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Interim-Manager Finance

Interim-Manager Finance

Work Experience

Since 08/1997 Interim Management, freelance

Managing Director
• Management Services on a interim basis (Accounting & Controlling)
• SOX-Implementation, SOX-Testing & SOX Remediation
• Project Management
• IFRS and US-GAAP
• Outsourcing services for accounting, reporting and controlling
• Start Up Service for German subsidiaries of US


Project Range:

05/2007 – 07/2007 International fast food franchisor, London
Interim-Manager SOX and Turnaround Project
• Review of Sox controls of the Purchasing and AP department (incl. F&E)
• Remediation of SOX Controls
• Training of employees and management on Sox controls
• Improvement of the internal procedures to increase the company’s effectiveness


05/2006 – 04/2007 Internet real estate broker, Munich
Interim Manager Finance
• Accounting & Controlling (12 employees)
• Various projects to increase effictiveness of the financial department
• Reporting directly to the Board of Directors
• Budget Review
• Monthly financial statements and reporting
• Periodic Consolidation
• Setup IAS/IFRS Reporting
• Year end closure and audit organization
• M & A Project
• Accounts Payable workflow project
• Reorganisation of chart of accounts and cost center structure

11/2005 – 04/2006 International pharmacy group, Munich
Interim Manager SOX
• Performing of walk throughs
• Analysis of existing control deficiencies
• Testing of control activities for all cycles (Purchasing, Sales, IT, Human Resources, Controlling and Financial Reporting)
• Detailed documentation of the testing (working papers) and summary of observations
• Reporting
• Quality review and improvement of SOX documentation (workflows and narratives)
• Setup of B/S account reconciliations incl. Leadsheets
• Redesign of workflows and narratives
• Coaching of the Management

04/2003 – 03/2005 US IT-Company, Munich
Interim-Manager
• M & A project
• Sarbanes Oxley Act – compliance project
Control Reviews
Implement of internal control procedures to ensure compliance with SOX requirement
Documentation
For all material balance sheet accounts “Leadsheets” were created to define the key processes, systems, subsystems, risks and controls.
Local GAAP and US GAAP differences were identified and addressed appropriate.
Controls Testing
On a monthly basis the material accounts were reconciled and based on the experience made the internal procedures (i.e definition of subsystems, backup required, layout of the reconciliation sheets) were amended.
• Monthly Reporting (local and US-GAAP)
• Financial statements
• Accounts Payable workflow project
• Intercompany Reconciliation

01/2002 – 04/2004 IT-Company, Munich & Frankfurt
Outsourcing Provider for Credit & Collection
Management of the credit & collection team:
• Credit & collection B2C and B2B by mail and phone
• Detailed monthly reporting
• Management reporting
• Close contact to lawyers and collection agencies
• Reporting of customer complaints
• Update of the customer master data in Navision

10/2000 – 03/2004 E-Commerce Company, Munich
Interim-Manager Finance Germany / Outsourcing Provider for the Finance Department
Interim-Management:
• Review of the whole F & A Department
• Identification and Resolution of process issues
• M & A Project
• Due Dilligence Project
• Year End close
• Reporting directly to the Board of Directors
Management of Outsourcing Services:
• Day to day bookkeeping
• Resolution of incomplete records
• Accounts Receivables Management
• Accounts Payables Management
• Cash Management
• Forecasts and Budgets
• Payroll Management (130 employees)
• Monthly Management Reporting
• Intercompany Reconciliation

07/2001 – 06/2002 E-Commerce Company, Munich
Outsourcing Provider for the Finance Department
• Management of the day to day bookkeeping for the German and UK subsidiary
• Set-Up of the reporting package
• M & A project
• Adjustments and improvement of the ERP-Software NAVISION
• US-GAAP reporting

07/2001 – 11/200 US Hardware Manufacturer, Munich
Start Up Service and Outsourcing Provider for the Finance Department
• Creation and operation of the german subsidiary
• Day to day bookkeeping
• Month end reporting (local and US-GAAP)
• Financial Statements
• Intercompany Controlling
• Payroll
• Solving of VAT issues
• Management of the Operations department



03/1997 – 10/2001 US Hardware Manufacturer, Munich
Interim-Manager Credit & Collection Europe
• Review and Improvement of the existing credit & collection processes
• Setup of the RMA –Procedure
• Customer visits all over Europe
• Preparation of VAT audits
• Controlling of the Marketing Budgets

01/2000 – 04/2000 US Software Company, Munich
Interim-Manager Employee Services
• SPP and SOP calculation
• Cooperation with the payroll agency
• Reconciliation of accounts
• Review and update of the Employee master data
• Monthly Reporting

12/1995 – 06/1996 US Software Company, Munich
Customer Royalty Audit - Consultant (freelance)
• Audit of the quarterly license reports
• Review of the manufacturing process and the reporting tools
• Recalculation of the fees due
• Detailed reporting to the executive management


Education

1984 – 1990 Diplom-Volkswirt (Degree in Economics)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

1981 – 1983 Studies of “Agrarwissenschaften” (without grad.)
Technische Universität, Munich

1972 – 1981 Abitur (A-Level)
Katharinen-Gymnasium, Ingolstadt


IT SKILLS:

• SAP
• Navision
• Sage KHK
• APERTUM (Great Plains)
• Datev
• Great Plains


Skills

Interim-Management Finance (Accounting, Controlling, Payroll)
Sox Testing

Languages

English: Fluent
German: Mother tongue

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