Informa Financial Shared Service Center GmbH
Project Manager
• Planning, coordination and monitoring of the transition phase of the French sister company´s accounting function into the shared service center in Duesseldorf.
• Weekly status meetings.
• Coordination between the CODA IT-Team and the accounting department.
• Coordination between the SSC and the French sister company
• Monitoring of compliance to legal requirements.
• Integration into the SSC

Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
Manager Restructuring
• Restructured finance processes.
• Evaluated existing creditors process from receipt of invoice to payment to creditor.
• Designed more streamlined creditors process and implemented the new process.
• Analyzed necessary requirements for implementation of a digital invoice checking process and presented requirements to local management.
• Trained and advised employees ( technical and finance employees ).
• Presentation to Board Members.
• Developed new budget procedures and forms.
• Implemented procedures and forms to be used.
• Coordinated interdepartmental transfers of knowledge

Hexion Speciatly Chemicals GmbH
Chief Financial Manager, Transition Manager

• Lead preparation of yearend reports per local GAAP and US GAAP and presented to local and international Management.
• Discussed yearend reports with external auditors.
• Lead preparation of month end and quarterly reports and presented to local and international Management.
• Negotiated with tax authorities, external auditors and other governmental and none governmental institutions.
• Managed the accounting and controlling department.
• Transferred the accounting function to a newly implemented shared service center and to the European Headquarter in Holland.
• Streamlined processes in relation with the shared service center.
• Developed and implemented new processes for the accounting function.

EPM Assetis GmbH
Manager Finance and Project Leader Restructuring


• Asset and Facility Management Company.
• Restructured the Finance Department and financial processes.
• Managed the Finance Department with 60 persons in two locations (Frankfurt and Düsseldorf).
• Managed Month-, Quarter- and Yearend reports including their interpretation and the reporting to the clients and the mother company
• Process optimization
• Prepared budget for new fiscal year.
• Contact to External Auditors, Governmental Institutions, Suppliers and Clients.

BP Ltd
Project Manager SOX and implementation of Credit Control guideline and software

• Project spanned Germany, France, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland and Luxembourg
• Implemented Credit Control Software as a pilot in Turkey and further implementation in other European countries
• Description of processes impacting financial information resulting in balance sheets and P & L accounts.
• Tested processes to ensure control mechanism quoted in the process description are working and gaps properly closed, documented and policies issued.
• Remediated Issued a template presenting the current status to local and international Management.
• Implemented European Credit Policy as a pilot in Turkey into the existing organization and developed adjusted policy for Turkish requirements and further implementation in other European countries.
• Supervised implementation of new credit management software CredMan to meet target dates.
• Tested the effectiveness of the new CredMan Software and made proposal of changes / developments for the software

ISPAT Germany GmbH
Project Manager SOX

• Ensured existence of internal controls, transparency and documented financial and operational processes.
• Correctness of financial statements as a requirement per SOA.
• Analyzed, reviewed and descript the revenue and receivable cycle.
• Prepared detailed flowchart of each process within the R&R cycle by performing interviews with related persons.
• Identified and documented related key controls per SOA to ensure secure processes for reliable financial figures.
• .Analyzed existing processes for internal control weaknesses in the existing operational, financial and IT processes with proposals for improvement.
• Discussed the developed process description with management for implementation of none existing controls.
• Prepared master document for sign of by local management including scope of work, key personnel, flowcharts, segregation of duties, fraud consideration, GAP sheet etc...

Deutsche Exide GmbH
Project Manager
• Ensured existence of internal controls, transparency and documentation of processes.
• Correctness of financial statements as a requirement per SOA.
• Analyzed, reviewed and descript the revenue and receivable cycle.
• Prepared detailed flowcharts of each process within the R&R cycle by performing interviews with related persons.
• Identified and documented related key controls per SOA to ensure secure processes for reliable financial figures.
• Discussed the developed process description with management for implementation of none existing controls.
• Prepared master document for sign of by local management including scope of work, key personnel, flowcharts, segregation of duties, fraud consideration, GAP sheet etc..
• Reviewed work papers prepared by prior and existing team members.

Christian Salvesen GmbH & Co. KG
Manager – Finance project manager
• Project Management.
• Implemented new accounting software called CODA.
• Reorganized bookkeeping department.
• Developed and implemented internal controls through policies and procedures
• Developed policies and procedures.

Beckers KK-Convenience GmbH
CFO
• Managing the finance department.
• Reorganization of the finance department.
• Implementation of monthly reports per company policy.
• Consultant to the senior management in personnel affairs.
• Implementation of control issues and company guidelines.
• Leading up to 8 persons.
• Member of the management team.