Supporting Business Unit Manager reaching business goals trough professional and consistent financial deliveries.Advicing, challenging and supporting Business Unit Management team in financial matters.Leading divisional business planning process, including preparation of budgets and forecasts.Coordination of periodic management reporting.Leading a finance team of 8 individuals.

- Implementation and development of management reporting: Validation and consolidation of financial data of international locations, KPI development and utilisation analysis - Reorganisation and optimisation of various reporting systems as part of the merger process- Budgeting and forecasting- Training and consulting of project and department managers in financial aspects- Interface role with corporate accounting and securing of application of accounting rules on operational level

Profit and loss controlling on business unit level.

- Economical management of international research projects mainly in cooperation with European Commission- Cost calculation and periodical reporting of the projects- Valuation of projects during annual accounts- Consulting for Fraunhofer institutes- Since April 2011: central contact person for external financial auditors and European Commission during international project certifications and reviews

- Creation of shipper activity report which gives information about container volumes, commodities and contribution margin on different service routes- Creation of consolidated booking forecast for different vessels regarding capacity utilisation- Calculation and filing of shipping rates for major customers

- Set-up and process-optimisation of a new manufacturing cell- Including: layout planning, automation and production speed optimisation- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of current situation- Development of target concept incl. corresponding economic impact- Realisation of target concept

- Strategic projects mainly in media, power supply and health sector- Market analysis and benchmarking, economic feasibility studies- Enquiries, evaluations, creation of presentations

- As part of my Study thesis: Redesign of a SAP controlling module for material costs- Analysing and forecasting relevant cost drivers of Trackside cost centre- Key role in reconciliation between plan, forecast and actual figures for reporting to DaimlerChrysler AG- Detailed analyses of profit and loss account for corporate tax computations- Participation in budgeting process for material, production and development

Standardisation, development and design engineering

SAP based planning of machines, equipment and staff.