Consultancy & Interim Management
Finance & GRC Solutions
(Sonstiges, < 10 Mitarbeiter)
Schlagwörter
Skills
Skills:
- Extensive experience with people management in international matrix organisations with exposure to manufacturing and the consumer goods business
- Proven ability to drive changes in a variety of projects and establish sustainable new structures in a multinational company
- Business partnering based on deep understanding of key business drivers
- Enthusiasm and ability to get to grips with new and unknown thematic areas quickly and flexibly whenever required
- Multilingual German, English, French, Spanish
- Established, organised and managed an internal audit department
- Implemented an enterprise risk management system
- Appraised strategic initiatives and planning incl. measures for improvement
- Operational audits focussing on risk mitigation and efficiency enhancement
- Process optimisation incl. IT-supported workflows
- Standardization of internal controls of Finance and transactional processes
- Improvement of “good financial practise”
- Audited compliance of financial reports with IFRS and internal reporting standards
- Reviewed and improved the compliance management system
- Integrated Compliance into Semperit's sustainability strategy and positioned Compliance as a value generating function
- Optimised internal funding and improved FX reporting and management of FX risk
- Structured a hybrid bond amounting to EUR 1.3 billion
Projekthistorie
09/2020
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bis jetzt
Practice-oriented consulting and interim management in the area of finance, governance, risk and control from as-is analysis to company-specific requirement planning and implementation.
12/2015
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12/2018
Group Chief Compliance Officer
Semperit AG Holding
Semperit AG Holding, Vienna
* Reviewed and improved the compliance management system
* Integrated Compliance into Semperit's sustainability strategy and positioned Compliance as a
value generating function
* Implemented new EU GDPR 2018 requirements
* Set up a group wide systematic business partner check
* Developed a set of e-learning tools for group wide trainings
* Expertise on international sanctions regimes (e.g. Iran)
* Led special investigations
* Managed a team of local Compliance Officers in the matrix organisation
* Reviewed and improved the compliance management system
* Integrated Compliance into Semperit's sustainability strategy and positioned Compliance as a
value generating function
* Implemented new EU GDPR 2018 requirements
* Set up a group wide systematic business partner check
* Developed a set of e-learning tools for group wide trainings
* Expertise on international sanctions regimes (e.g. Iran)
* Led special investigations
* Managed a team of local Compliance Officers in the matrix organisation
08/2011
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11/2015
Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management
Semperit AG Holding
(Industrie und Maschinenbau, 5000-10.000 Mitarbeiter)
Semperit AG Holding, Vienna
* Implemented a state-of-the-art enterprise risk management system
* Performed value added analysis on risks and opportunities and presented options to executives for
informed business decisions
* Effectiveness of risk management system confirmed according to Austrian Corporate Governance Code
by external auditor
* Developed internal control standards and rolled out standards to subsidiaries including best
practice documentation
* Established a "Competence Centre Internal Control System"
* Governance advisor in the context of a strategic groupwide SAP project
* Performed groupwide operational audits including improvement plans to drive process efficiencies
* Analysed cost accounting to increase efficiency
* Managed a team of local Risk Managers in the matrix organisation
* Implemented a state-of-the-art enterprise risk management system
* Performed value added analysis on risks and opportunities and presented options to executives for
informed business decisions
* Effectiveness of risk management system confirmed according to Austrian Corporate Governance Code
by external auditor
* Developed internal control standards and rolled out standards to subsidiaries including best
practice documentation
* Established a "Competence Centre Internal Control System"
* Governance advisor in the context of a strategic groupwide SAP project
* Performed groupwide operational audits including improvement plans to drive process efficiencies
* Analysed cost accounting to increase efficiency
* Managed a team of local Risk Managers in the matrix organisation
10/2006
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08/2011
Head of Internal Audit
Semperit AG Holding
(Industrie und Maschinenbau, 5000-10.000 Mitarbeiter)
Semperit AG Holding, Vienna
* Established, organised and managed an internal audit department while meeting deadlines, quality
standards, budgets and maintained relationships with senior management
* Focussed on risk and efficiency-oriented audits in procurement, sales, production and compliance
with IFRS and corporate reporting standards
* Implemented a process of continuous monitoring of audit findings
* Advised senior management and drove improvements in process standardisation, control environment
and guidelines
* Increased significantly audit and risk awareness in the entire organisation
* Established, organised and managed an internal audit department while meeting deadlines, quality
standards, budgets and maintained relationships with senior management
* Focussed on risk and efficiency-oriented audits in procurement, sales, production and compliance
with IFRS and corporate reporting standards
* Implemented a process of continuous monitoring of audit findings
* Advised senior management and drove improvements in process standardisation, control environment
and guidelines
* Increased significantly audit and risk awareness in the entire organisation
07/2003
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09/2006
Regional Treasurer Central Eastern Europe
Henkel Central Eastern Europe GmbH
(Konsumgüter und Handel, >10.000 Mitarbeiter)
Henkel Central Eastern Europe GmbH, Vienna
* Drove all treasury related activities in 14 CEE countries
* Expanded the regional cash pooling system going along with significant increase of payout of
dividends to headquarters to optimize internal funding and save interest cost
* Improved regional FX reporting and management of FX risk
* Rolled out an automated trading system to reduce banking fees and increase speed of deal making
* Implemented automated processing of incoming payments to decrease banking fees and Finance
headcount
* Structured a hybrid bond at headquarters; with EUR 1.3 billion hitherto one of the largest
placements of a German cooperation
* Member of Henkel Global Corporate Finance Committee
* Drove all treasury related activities in 14 CEE countries
* Expanded the regional cash pooling system going along with significant increase of payout of
dividends to headquarters to optimize internal funding and save interest cost
* Improved regional FX reporting and management of FX risk
* Rolled out an automated trading system to reduce banking fees and increase speed of deal making
* Implemented automated processing of incoming payments to decrease banking fees and Finance
headcount
* Structured a hybrid bond at headquarters; with EUR 1.3 billion hitherto one of the largest
placements of a German cooperation
* Member of Henkel Global Corporate Finance Committee
10/1999
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06/2003
Senior Auditor Corporate Internal Audit
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf
* Fully responsible for the entire audit process including planning, execution and follow up of
action plan
* Financial and business analysis, operational audits and audits focussing on compliance with IFRS
standards
* Evaluation of process risks and savings potential to increase business performance
* Performed embezzlement audits in emerging market countries
* Team leader on project basis
* Worked in multicultural environment while performing internal audits in Europe, the Americas and
Asia
* Fully responsible for the entire audit process including planning, execution and follow up of
action plan
* Financial and business analysis, operational audits and audits focussing on compliance with IFRS
standards
* Evaluation of process risks and savings potential to increase business performance
* Performed embezzlement audits in emerging market countries
* Team leader on project basis
* Worked in multicultural environment while performing internal audits in Europe, the Americas and
Asia
01/1999
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06/1999
Manager Consolidation of Financial Statements
TAFISA
(Industrie und Maschinenbau, 1000-5000 Mitarbeiter)
TAFISA, Madrid
* Engaged in the integration of an important acquisition in Germany
* Various accounting related seminars in the Cámara de Comercio de Madrid
* Engaged in the integration of an important acquisition in Germany
* Various accounting related seminars in the Cámara de Comercio de Madrid
06/1998
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12/1998
German tutor
DOPP Consultores
(Sonstiges, 50-250 Mitarbeiter)
10/1995
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12/1997
Senior Auditor Corporate Internal Audit
Raab Karcher AG
Raab Karcher AG, Essen
* Demonstrated the ability to manage the audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk
issues and accounting technical matters
* Performed audits of annual financial statements of group subsidiaries
* Audited finance and sales functions in service and trade business
* Supported Group Accounting during year end closure of consolidated accounts
* Demonstrated the ability to manage the audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk
issues and accounting technical matters
* Performed audits of annual financial statements of group subsidiaries
* Audited finance and sales functions in service and trade business
* Supported Group Accounting during year end closure of consolidated accounts
04/1994
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09/1995
Trainee
Raab Karcher AG
Raab Karcher AG, Essen
* Built up extensive knowledge of the finance functions controlling, accounting, tax and internal
audit
* Learnt the importance of cross-functional partnership to steer a company
* Built up extensive knowledge of the finance functions controlling, accounting, tax and internal
audit
* Learnt the importance of cross-functional partnership to steer a company
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