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Hamburg, DE

Luxembourg, LU

Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

Mertert, LU

Mertert, Luxembourg, LU

London, GB

• Spend base €25bn, revenue €7bn and 1,100 staff in 23 markets. Roaming with 650+ external Telecom partners.All aspects of Finance with team of 35 multinational staff (Luxembourg, Hungary, India).
• Delivered digitalisation of financial & operational management information establishing transparency “one single set of the truth”, faster distribution, and radically reducing number of reports and time spent.
• Drove balance sheets quality resulting in Roaming’s balance decreased from €900m to €500m, Procurement Co’s balance of €3.5bn cleared of aged items. Significant multi-million impact on working capital.
• Delivered commercial finance business support and secured profitable non-roaming €200m revenue with key US and Chinese operators.
• Drove Vodafone’s Supply Chain Financing program to 2nd largest globally with €12bn enrolled for the scheme.
• Active board member of 6 boards including on Vodafone’s innovation investment, Tomorrow Street.Regions: Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, LATAM and Australia

Stockholm, SE

• NASDAX/OMEX listed global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company with sales of €605m and 30,000 employees in 28 countries.Managing Financial Control, Treasury, Tax, Internal Audit, Investor Relations, Legal and 4.
• led closure of cash burning French company with 400 employees and centralised global functions achieving savings of €2.3m.
• secured bank financing of €125m loan facility and improved the operational cash flow by €7m.
• drove and implemented a global client and site profitability reporting and analysis tool resulting in strategic decision-making of €10m profit improvement opportunities across the group (SAP CO-PA/BO).
• resolved the group's significant international tax exposure, defined tax defence strategies and mitigated future risks by implementing a transparent transfer price policy.Regions: Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America.

Luxembourg, LU

• Kamprad family (IKEA) owned investment group with businesses in retail, banking, real estate, insurance and asset managementManaged Group Control – corporate reporting, annual strategy and budget process, financial.
• Developed strategic plans securing board’s approval for €200m+ investment in Asian retail malls (Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur).​
• Implemented consolidation & management reporting system covering 6 business divisions and 100+ entities. Achieved full transparency across the group and addressed auditor’s noted concern of control weaknesses.
• Re-designed annual year-end closure & audit process and reduced 30+ process days, enhanced quality and control of reported group numbers.
• Implemented treasury system (TWIN, Logica), which led to improved cash flow management, better control environment and elimination of 3 legacy system. Regions: Europe, Asia and North America

London, UK, GB

• Managed group-wide delivery of financial targets, planning and reporting, strategic process, business controlling and evaluation of investments and M&A projects. Led a team of 10 qualified financial controllers and.
• Drove Hyperion implementation to address shorter production time, higher quality & control of reporting.
• Led key project to increase transparency of the group’s complex FX exposure and mitigated risk exposure.Regions: Europe, Middle East & the Gulf, Asia, Australia, Africa, North- and South America

Bonn, DE

• Financial strategic planning & reporting, Costing and transfer pricing of aviation and ground operations (€3.5bn) and Investment controlling (€1.2bn). Led a team of 50+ multinational finance professionals.
• Led key project creating transparency of €800m Global Overhead allocations across the group with executive management and board engagement. Implemented IT solution with support of Booz & Co.
• Implemented group consolidation & reporting system replacing 5 legacy systems on time and budget. Developed and launched management reporting suit improving the clarity of financial metrics globally.
• Successfully relocated Global Controlling function (50+ senior professionals) to Bonn in 6 months and retained all key staff. All month-end reports and on-going key projects were delivered on time and quality. Regions.

Neu-Isenburg, DE

• Global Controlling, annual budget process and multi-year strategic plan, led Global Merger & Acquisition- and Investment Committees. Reported to Group CFO and Corporate Controller of Lufthansa AG.
• Initiated and drove divestment of Chicago based convenience food group with revenue of €350m resulting in cash flow improvement of €50m. Led financial decision support of all M&A activities.
• Relocated Global Controlling from Dallas to Frankfurt. All deadlines & key projects met on time and quality. Regions: Europe, Middle East & the Gulf, Asia, Australia, Africa, North- and South America

Battle Creek, Michigan, US

• Regional Finance Director (CFO), Central Europe - Bremen, GermanyDirector, EMEA Financial Planning and Treasury - Manchester, UK Regional Finance Director (CFO), The Nordics - Copenhagen, Denmark
• Actively contributed to the successful turn-around of Central Europe resulting in enhanced EBIT by +€20m and improved cash flow through strong B/S management, and manufacturing controlling.
• Led commercial finance as major Swiss retailer was gained as new and profitable customer. Developed customer-, product- and market profitability analytics which improved the sales mix.
• Resolved Oracle ERP and Shared Service Centre implementation in Central Europe addressing delivery issues, delayed cash collection and non-transparent management reporting.
• Led Danish plant closure with 450 employees. Delivered on ambitious regional overhead reductions of +10%.Regions: Europe, Middle East & the Gulf, Africa, North America

Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, CH

Business controlling of key European and US markets, and corporate multi-year planning and budget process.Regions: Europe and North America

CH-1009 PULLY/LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CH

• Finance Director (CFO), Tetra Laval Food Schröder - Lübeck, GermanyRegional Finance Director (CFO), Tetra Pak Baltic States - Riga, LatviaRegional Controller CIS, Tetra Laval A/O - Moscow, RussiaFinance Manager, Tetra.
• Hands-on emerging market experience; accounting transparency, banking, tax, hyperinflation challenges.
• Commercial finance; project financing, barter trading supporting growth markets in cash trapped environment.Regions: Europe, Middle East & the Gulf, Asia, Australia, Africa, North- and South America

Bsc, Business Administration And Economics. Specialised In Management Control

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