Stéphane Langer Email & Phone Number

Delivered increased automation, reliability, and transparency across the bank’s analytical accounting systems; contributed to the budgeting process and revenue projections in collaboration with business unit controllers; managed the indirect costs allocation process; contributed to the analytical accounting month-end close with a focus on interest margin, commissions and assets under management; coordinated matters related to the department’s internal control system. Key deliverables… Show more Delivered increased automation, reliability, and transparency across the bank’s analytical accounting systems; contributed to the budgeting process and revenue projections in collaboration with business unit controllers; managed the indirect costs allocation process; contributed to the analytical accounting month-end close with a focus on interest margin, commissions and assets under management; coordinated matters related to the department’s internal control system. Key deliverables include:• Developing a fine-grained budgeting model for a chf 30bn mortgage portfolio • Accompanying the roll-out and subsequent upgrades of the bank’s budgeting platform relying on Oracle Essbase• Reducing by 80% the time required for month-end interest margin and assets under management calculations Show less

Managed financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting for a complex organization of 800+ employees providing datacenter, software development & back-office services. Promoted to head of a team of 5 in 2014 and awarded the title of deputy director in 2015. Key deliverables include: • Leading the forecasting and budgeting processes with regards to revenues, human resources, hardware, software, and project costs, closely cooperating with technical and business department heads as well as the… Show more Managed financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting for a complex organization of 800+ employees providing datacenter, software development & back-office services. Promoted to head of a team of 5 in 2014 and awarded the title of deputy director in 2015. Key deliverables include: • Leading the forecasting and budgeting processes with regards to revenues, human resources, hardware, software, and project costs, closely cooperating with technical and business department heads as well as the project management office• Increasing cost transparency, process efficiency and data quality by designing and deploying to 20+ budget owners a self-service budgeting application tightly interfaced with SAP• Building and implementing an end-to-end service costing model to provide internal chargeback transparency, enable ad-hoc benchmarking and facilitate more consistent service pricing Show less

Provided decision makers with regional and individual performance metrics while heading a team of three and participating in multiple transformation projects. Key deliverables include:• Coordinating for dozens of entities worldwide the analysis, specifications, testing and training phases of a group-wide project dedicated to building a centralized financial reporting system• Leading the design and implementation over just a few weeks of entirely new systems, dashboards and processes for… Show more Provided decision makers with regional and individual performance metrics while heading a team of three and participating in multiple transformation projects. Key deliverables include:• Coordinating for dozens of entities worldwide the analysis, specifications, testing and training phases of a group-wide project dedicated to building a centralized financial reporting system• Leading the design and implementation over just a few weeks of entirely new systems, dashboards and processes for monitoring worldwide performance across markets, aligning key metrics to the organization’s new strategic priorities• Partnering with other team leaders through a major transformation effort that involved process offshoring, onshore staff reductions and the adoption of standard tools & processes Show less

Managed the intercompany chargeback of more than CHF 100mio/year worth of IT services while heading an offshore team in charge of invoicing and support. Key deliverables include:• Coordinating standard cost calculation with technical department heads• Streamlining the chargeback process, reducing the error rate and increasing transparency

Monitored and analyzed operating results, continuously enhancing information systems with regards to completeness, granularity and efficiency; consolidated cost budgets and computed revenue projections; Key deliverables include:• Building & managing a cost allocation platform that provided insights into the bank’s cost structure • Shortening the monthly analytical close by implementing an efficient, reliable end-to-end solution

Drove data quality improvements in key components of a corporate data warehouse, reconciling client-level results with financial statements and developing an online dashboard dedicated to the monthly performance assessment of 80+ relationship managers.

Encouraged the adoption of the company’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform by Sales and Marketing staff, facilitating the convergence across European subsidiaries of best practices related to marketing campaigns; provided support and training to 400 sales & marketing specialists (Siebel & Trilogy).

Managed the process for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) at a computer manufacturing facility, closely collaborating with counterparts in California and Wisconsin, USA. Slashed 80% off the time necessary to run MRP and helped cut order-scheduling times in half by creating an online decision support portal for 100+ users.

Master'S Degree, International Management

Master Of Science, Accounting Control And Finance