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Kurt Oswald

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Letztes Update: 24.10.2022

Experienced Controller / CFO

Firma: Holistic Solutions
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Sprachkenntnisse: deutsch (Muttersprache) | französisch (gut)

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Skills

SAP, R/3, IFRS, FER, Taxes, Projectcontrolling, Celonis, 

Projekthistorie

11/2019 - 11/2019
Chartered Accountant
C&L Zürich


01/1998 - 11/2019
Country Controller CFO/ Deputy of Country Manager


01/1996 - 11/2019
Manager Finance and Accounting


01/2011 - 12/2015
Director Industrial Projects & JVs
Today Owner of Holistic Solutions GmbH; ALSTOM

Business Excellence
-2009 Managing Director (JV) Start-Up
Operation for fossil Power Plant
-2006 Vice President (CFO) of the division
for Power Plant Components

01/2011 - 01/2015
Director Industrial Projects and Joint Ventures
ALSTOM

Responsibility: Investment M€ 320, Project team 20 Employees
* Planning of a factory with the investment volume of M€ 320
* Definition of make vs buy for manufacturing and analysis of the Russian supply chain
* Develop a production concept, define the manufacturing processes and the machine park
* Contractual negotiation with the Russian joint venture partner Rosatom
Main Achievements:
* Change Management and mobilization of the joint venture teams after 5 years of planning
without a green light for the project
* Detailed process mapping according to LEAN and introduction of the LEAN methodology
for the future production processes
* Development of 3 investment scenarios with the local Authorities, Podolsk, St. Petersburg
and Volgodonsk including tax breaks and other incentives
* Establish the ALSTOM Technology with the various technical bodies and the Nuclear
Agency in Russia and approval of the ALSTOM technology for Russia

01/2009 - 01/2011
Vice President Quality & Process Improvement, EHS, IS and Cost Excellence
ALSTOM

Member of the Management committee of the Turbomachine Group
Responsibility: Employees > 1000, Budget responsibility > M€ 100
* Lead and integrate the world-wide quality function
* Lead the team for the process integration for the boiler business
* Define the analytical tools for the reporting and Quality-Matrix
Main Achievements:
* Integration of the boiler business with > 1´000 employees
* Establish of 6 Sigma with 400 Project and 1´000 Belts generating M€ 10 of savings
* Negotiate a global license pool for the various worldwide engineering software with
savings of M€ 5
* Lead the quality task force for T24 material for the boiler business with a potential risk
profile of > M€ 1´000
* Change Management of the quality function by establishing quality communities

01/2006 - 01/2009
Managing Director, Start-Up
ALSTOM Beizhong Power

Responsibility: P&L 70 M€, Order intake 250 M€, Employees > 500
* Buildup of a local manufacturing facility for fossil power plants and build up and qualify the
supply chain in China for local orders and the ALSTOM Group
* Establish the execution processes for design, purchase, erecting and commissioning for
fossil power stations in China
* Establish the ALSTOM technology in China and adopt the product offering and design to
the Chinese market
Main Achievements:
* Commissioning of 6 power station and sell 6 new power station in China
* Profitability achieved 3 years after signing the Joint Venture contract
* Increase the localization rate for the parts bought in China from 10 % to 80 % with savings
between 20-50 by parts
* Certification and qualification according to ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO14001
* Increase of production by 400 % by performance-oriented salary system for all Employees

01/2003 - 01/2006
Vice President Finance & Control and Member
ALSTOM

Power component Group
Responsibility: > 100 Employees, Revenues M€ 2´000
* Lead the worldwide finance and information system departments
* Incorporate the new group and buildup the controlling
* Incorporate shared service centers and build up Risk Management
* Participate and supervise the restructuring programs > 1`000 employees
Main Achievements:
* Establish and lead the risk committee to supervise and approve orders
* Enable the risk committee to assess the marginal cost of a tender for all units involved by
establishing an integrate a consolidated value-added calculation
* Reduction of the tax risks with a transfer price model approved by the local tax authorities
for cross border trade
* Closed and negotiated the sale of 2 businesses with a contract volume of M€ > 50
* Reduced the currency risk on tenders by establish and implementation of a hedging model
in foreign currencies

01/1999 - 12/2004
Director Finance und Controlling of Steam Turbine Business
ABB/ALSTOM


01/2002 - 01/2003
Project manager
ALSTOM

Responsibility: Investment > M€ 150, Project team 20 employees
* Lead the team of specialists from: Law, technology, purchase and production planning
* Negotiate the Joint venture contact with the Joint Venture Partner
* Develop and drive the production concept and the business plan
* Negotiate the machine park, the building facilities and the utilities with the suppliers and
the joint venture partner
Main Achievements:
* The signing of this contract with a new Joint Venture Partner was the precondition of the
European Commission to enable ALSTOM to receive the government grants from France
* Acceptance by the Joint Venture Partner for the production concept and vertical
integration
* Acceptance of the business plan and production facilities by the Authorities and the Board
* After ¾ years the Joint Venture has been founded and all contractual documents signed
* ALSTOM has been asked by the Joint Venture Partner if they would mandate me to start
the organizational buildup of the Joint Venture after civil erection has been finalized.

01/1998 - 01/2002
Director and member of the management committee
ABB & ALSTOM

Retrofit business
Responsibility: > 20 Employees, Revenues > M€ 700
* Lead and integrate the world-wide finance function after the merger
* Participate in the integration of the merger between ALSTOM and ABB and define the
restructuring targets with Boston Consulting > 1`500 Employees
* Financial assessment of the order backlog > M€ 1`500 of the various local units and
negotiate the transfer Payments between ABB and ALSTOM
Main Achievements:
* After the successful restructuring and integration, this business was one of the most
profitable in ALSTOM
* Acceptance of the transfer payment of ABB and ALSTOM for the financial risks of the order
backlog of their units
* Establish common plans and measurements with clients to maintain continuity of their
projects, which have been jeopardized by the insolvency risk of ALSTOM. Bases on these
measurements we have not lost one client

01/1992 - 12/2000
Country Controller CFO/ Deputy of Country Manager
ABB


01/1998 - 12/1999
Country Controller / Deputy Country Manager
ABB

Responsibility: Employees > 50, Revenue > 1´500 M€
* Lead the finance- and IT-function of 6 companies
* Buildup of a shared service center for IT and finance for the 6 companies
* Board member of the 6 companies
Main Achievements:
* Negotiation of > M€ 200 outstanding debts from clients after the financial crises in
Malaysia
* Nomination in the advisory team of the National Bank of Malaysia for foreign companies
after the Malaysian Government have decided to stop the trading of the Ringit by the
financial markets and changed to fixed non-tradeable currency scheme
* Implementation of SAP for 6 companies and integration into shared service center.
* Fraud investigation with internal audit and external advisors in cooperation with corporate
compliance

01/1996 - 01/1998
Country Controller/ Deputy Country Manager
ABB

Main achievements: > 40 Employees, Revenues > M€ 1´000
* Certification and qualification according to ISO 9001
* Implementation of SAP
* Sale of real estate M€ 1,5
* Implementation of Supply Management and Project-Controlling
Manager of Business Unit Contracting
Main Achievements:
* Buildup and market introduction of the business unit contraction for petro chemical plants
* Establish tendering and technical clarification for petro chemical plants with clients
* Order received for MUSD 50 from Formosa Plastic

01/1992 - 01/1996
Manager Finance and Accounting
ABB Transportsystem

Main Achievements:
* Participate in the Due Diligence of AEG Transportsystem und ABB Transportsystem.
* Financial restructuring of the backlog > M€ 1´000 agreed with ABB Switzerland
* Risk reduction on foreign currency orders by implementing a hedging concept for projects
* Nomination to the Finance Committee of ABB Switzerland

01/1991 - 01/1992
Senior Auditor
Coopers & Lybrand


01/1987 - 01/1991
Financial Analyst
General Motors Europe; General Motors Corp.


01/1985 - 01/1987
Sales adviser and project manager for SAP implementation
Siemens Albis


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