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Freiburg Im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

- Budgeting & forecasting- Internal & external Reporting (Management, Shareholder, Investors)- Secretary Board of Directors- support in legal and tax compliance matters- manage annual financial statement, audits, tax- inquiries and management of external consultants- maintain and further develop critical processes in accounting operations, controlling and crossdepartmental workflows.- responsible for managing month-end closing process (incl. intercompany… Show more - Budgeting & forecasting- Internal & external Reporting (Management, Shareholder, Investors)- Secretary Board of Directors- support in legal and tax compliance matters- manage annual financial statement, audits, tax- inquiries and management of external consultants- maintain and further develop critical processes in accounting operations, controlling and crossdepartmental workflows.- responsible for managing month-end closing process (incl. intercompany invoicing, COGS allocations, group consolidation)- fully responsible for accounts receivable and revenue (e.g. invoicing, dunning, revenue recognition)- maintain and further develop of ERP system setup (NetSuite)- ensure timeous submission of VAT and company tax returns in Germany and Switzerland. Show less

Freiburg Im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

- sparring partner of CFO- support in monthly shareholder reporting, legal and tax compliance matters, annual financial statement audits, tax- inquiries and management of external consultants- maintain and further develop critical processes in accounting operations, controlling and crossdepartmental workflows.- responsible for managing month-end closing process (incl. intercompany invoicing, COGS allocations, group consolidation)- fully responsible for… Show more - sparring partner of CFO- support in monthly shareholder reporting, legal and tax compliance matters, annual financial statement audits, tax- inquiries and management of external consultants- maintain and further develop critical processes in accounting operations, controlling and crossdepartmental workflows.- responsible for managing month-end closing process (incl. intercompany invoicing, COGS allocations, group consolidation)- fully responsible for accounts receivable and revenue (e.g. invoicing, dunning, revenue recognition)- maintain and further develop of ERP system setup (NetSuite)- ensure timeous submission of VAT and company tax returns in Germany and Switzerland. Show less

Basel, Basel-Stadt, Schweiz

Reporting line: direct CFO GWS Schweiz. Dotted line: Global Commercial Director MSD Account (UK) Developement in Finance Manager role• since 12/2017: managerial responsibility 3 employees Deputy CFO GWS Switzerland, additional Finance Manager DSM Account und Small Accounts CH• since 05/2016: additional Finance Manager CABB Account CH managerial responsibility 2 employees• since 07/2013: additional Finance Manager MSD Account Germany• since 09/2012:… Show more Reporting line: direct CFO GWS Schweiz. Dotted line: Global Commercial Director MSD Account (UK) Developement in Finance Manager role• since 12/2017: managerial responsibility 3 employees Deputy CFO GWS Switzerland, additional Finance Manager DSM Account und Small Accounts CH• since 05/2016: additional Finance Manager CABB Account CH managerial responsibility 2 employees• since 07/2013: additional Finance Manager MSD Account Germany• since 09/2012: Finance Manager MSD Account CH• since 08/2011: Controller/FP&A MSD Account Tasks• Ad hoc analysis• creating & consolidating monthly forecasts, internal budgets, client reports and client budgets• Creating monthly profit and loss statements, gap analysis • meetings with CEO & CFO• Implementing change processes• Interacting with clients regarding Commercials, Reports, Budgets and Forecasts• Interacting with external auditors• Projects: calculating bids for new business, developing and improving reporting- & planning tools, supporting transitions from finance side Achievements• Finance SPOC Switzerland for global Novartis Transition with successful implementation of a 90 Mio $ business• implementing client reporting CABB Account• Assistance in meeting commercial goals of the supervised accounts, thus increasing profitability.• implementing of project reporting for MSD Account• Implementation of global DataWareHouse for client MSD for local & regional reporting• Implementing a "Change Tracking" tool for the global MSD account to identify the service volume and the savings to be delivered to the client.• financial support for two transitions MSD Account (customer locations in Switzerland and Germany, service volume: Sfr. 10 million, 3 million EUR) Show less

Thayngen, Schaffhausen, Schweiz

Tasks• SPOC between accounting teams in the distribution companies in UK/USA/Canada and the group• Cost analysis• Creating monthly profit and loss statement• Preparing transfer prices to distribution companies and discuss them with CFO• Creating sales related data for financial plan• Creating sales related data for cost planning• Verifying annual financial statement for above mentioned distribution companies• Preparation for annual consolidated financial… Show more Tasks• SPOC between accounting teams in the distribution companies in UK/USA/Canada and the group• Cost analysis• Creating monthly profit and loss statement• Preparing transfer prices to distribution companies and discuss them with CFO• Creating sales related data for financial plan• Creating sales related data for cost planning• Verifying annual financial statement for above mentioned distribution companies• Preparation for annual consolidated financial statement of the group• Ad hoc analysis for corporate management• Analysis for logistic topics• Sales related management analysis• Verifying criteria for pricing calculation Achievements• implementing a shoe calculation analysis tool Show less

Diplom-Betriebswirt (Ba), Business Studies, 2,5

Abitur, Economics, 2,4