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Oversee AR and AP departments for $2 billion revenue DACH entity of global leading automotive aftermarket parts provider with >170 branches in Germany.Lead and manage a team of 20 employees, coordinating operations with international FSSC‘s with over 150 team members.Responsible for daily operations and strategic improvement of business processes.Act as Change Manager, driving digital transformation, process standardization, and departmental development.Lead the subledger accounting workstream for a pan-European ERP implementation project.

Head of Finance: overseeing and directing the daily operations of plant Finance department (>140 M€ Revenue)Prepare monthly forecast and AOPMonitor, analyze, and report monthly actual resultsDrive the site to meet or exceed annual financial metricsPart of local leadership team

Group Accounting & Management Reporting Period closing activities Kautex Germany (US-GAAP & HGB)Global SOX Internal Control Manager and AuditorGlobal SAP FI Business PartnerProject Management : Global SAP-Rollout(Canada 2021, USA 2022, China 2023, Japan 2024)Interim Finance Management/ Plant Controlling Kautex Textron Wales (September 2022 - Juni 2023)

Implementation and Controlling: Manage start-up costs, yearly budget/AOP planningDeveloped/ implemented KPI Reporting Tools, OCR and Invoice Management SoftwareProvide Financial Services to >10 locations in 6 European countriesTeam Management: Build up, manage and develop a team of up to 12 direct reports

Contribution in Month-End, Quarter-End and Year-End activities for Kautex Germany(US-GAAP & HGB)Fixed Asset Accounting Germany- Responsible for Fixes Asset Accounting at 6 German locations (HQ + Production Plants)Intercompany Reconciliation VAT Germany- Analyze and report monthly and yearly indirect tax declarations

Accounts ClearingBillingInsolvency Management GermanyDunning Management GermanyCredit Management GermanyReporting

Trainee in Sales, ISC, Controlling, Accounting, HR