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Switzerland

• Supporting local Canada commercial operations as Head of Finance
• Advising on global business development projects/long term investments
• ERP-implementation, Budgeting/Forecasting, Financial Accounting
• Built-up Finance processes for newly created Canadian entity

Therwil, Switzerland

• Developed the financial function of the affiliate as Business Partner, leading budgeting, forecasting, controlling, TAX/VAT, transfer pricing, accounting, monthly and annual closing, US-reporting, credit management.
• Established financial and operating processes in the go-to market phase, such as management planning and analysis tools, T&E policy, accounting guidelines, credit-scoring models, adapting SAP pricing schemes.
• Pioneered local rollout of an integrated business planning system (SAP BPC/EPM and BW/BI based) and led the change management process considering cross-functional needs
• Maintained profitability in highly challenging market environment, supporting restructuring and streamlining projects, creating substantial savings on overhead expenses
• Managed warehouse-move and switch of customer service provider for finance-related processes including SAP-adaptation, sucessfully reducing supply-chain expenses

Basel Area, Switzerland

• Cross-functional Business Partner for regional and local sales organizations in the EEMEA Direct Markets (incl. third-party agents/distributors, covering Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Russia)
• Support and coordination to guarantee product quality, supply and sales continuity, compliance and financing: Connecting various internal and external stakeholders, advising local and regional management in their.
• Co-led a project setting up affiliates in 19 countries and transforming intercompany remuneration and invoicing in the EEMEA Region, considering transfer-pricing, PE-risk, legal setups, determining optimal financing.
• Assured supply continuity in highly challenging geographies and under difficult political circumstances
• Allowed financial transparency by evaluating third-party production partnership projects (contract-/toll-manufacturing)

Kiev Region, Ukraine

• Business Partner for Marketing and Sales organization, driving financial accounting, reporting (IFRS), controlling, budgeting/forecasting, tax, legal, procurement, sales order management and logistics function; Guided.
• Built up finance, customer service and logistics organization and processes in the go-to-market phase in highly challenging environment, defining job profiles and recruiting staff
• Negotiated and implemented agreements with local distributors
• Reduced inventory levels and write-offs by improving demand forecasting
• Managed setup of a new warehouse with cross-functional team considering pharma-specific requirements
• Introduced ERP-system, replacing "C1"

Basel Und Umgebung, Schweiz

• Audit of local and global production units, sales organizations and central functions
• Analyzed and improved product costing processes and inventory valuation in several production entities

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Managed the financial accounting and reporting of subsidiaries, participations and holding structures (Luxembourg) for statutory and US-GAAP closing, US-GAAP advisor for the entire Cablecom Group in Switzerland (sales.
• Supervised budgeting/forecasting, supporting group consolidation and US-Reporting
• Provided guidance to Finance functions in the subsidiaries, external service providers and 2 direct reports
• Improved cash-planning for Cablecom Group with positive effect on working capital needs
• Successfully integrated acquisitions into the group reporting structure

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

• Audit and advisory missions for Automotive, Chemicals, Pharmaceutical, Retail and other sectors (IFRS, US-GAAP, GAAP, German GAAP HGB, SOX)

Paris Area, France

• Audit and advisory missions for Automotive, Chemicals, Pharmaceutical, Retail and other sectors (IFRS, US-GAAP, French GAAP)
• Participated in European consulting project assessing production entities for a major automotive supplier, focusing on optimization of the production network to reduce overall cost basis

Paris Area, France

• Automated reporting processes and implemented a dashboard with key performance indicators

Master'S Degree, Finance And Financial Auditing, Information Systems

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration

High School Diploma