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CFO, Finance Executive Manager, Vice Persident Finance & Adm

CFO, Finance Executive Manager, Vice Persident Finance & Adm

Work Experience

Professional experience:

04/08 – UBS AG, UBS Global Asset Management Zurich
- Financial services
- Public company
Head Global Reporting & Controlling (Executive Director)
Main Focus / Projects:
- Strengthen Global Reporting and Controlling function to meet Global- and Regional-Management as well as Corporate Reporting requirements
- Key stakeholder on Finance IT strategy (maintain and improve key Finance reporting and analysis systems)
- Improve time to market of standard and ad hoc reporting / analysis
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (IAS, Mgmt GAAP), Accounts profitability (cost accounting), Reporting / Analysis


09/05 – 04/08 UBS AG, UBS Global Asset Management Zurich
- Financial services
- Public company
Head Business Unit Controlling EMEA (Executive Director)
Main Focus / Projects:
- Strengthen and reorganize the Regional Business Unit Controlling function to meet Regional-, Market- and Segment-Management as well as Global Reporting & Controlling requirements
- Key role in due diligence, acquisition and integration projects
- Roll out of the Client Accounts and Product Profitability calculation/ analysis system as a key approach for business decisions
Further areas of responsibility:
Reporting / Analysis, Accounting (regional subledger functions and local statutory), Tax (specifically VAT)


10/04 – 08/05 Zepter International Group Wollerau
- Direct sales and manufacturing
- Privately held company
- Globally operating, mainly in Eastern Europe
Chief Financial Officer
Main Focus / Projects:
- Build up Corporate Finance / Controlling structures
- Define and launch Group IT strategy
- Optimize Group tax structures and transfer pricing approach
- Optimize cash pooling
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (IAS, consolidation, statutory), Cost accounting, Reporting / Analysis, Treasury / Cash management, Tax, Insurance


10/01 – 09/04 H.B. Fuller Europe GmbH Zurich
- Chemical production industry – Adhesives
- Public company
- Globally operating in manufacturing and distribution
Manager Controlling Europe
Main Focus / Projects:
- Implement three-party-business model (principal trading company, toll manufacturing companies, sales commissionaires) across the region Europe
- Implement cash-pooling in Europe; in-house bank in Ireland
- Implement shared service center Europe, for accounting, credit&collection, controlling, tax and treasury functions
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act 404 project (redesign and documentation of processes and internal control system)
- Deployment of Lean Six Sigma program (sponsorship)
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (US-GAAP, consolidation, statutory), Cost accounting, Reporting / Analysis, Treasury / Cash management, Tax, Insurance, Legal


08/00 – 09/01 IMV Holding AG Zurich / Riazzino
- Manufacturing of Electro components – UPS systems
- Privately held / public company
- Globally operating in manufacturing and distribution
Chief Financial Officer
Main Focus / Projects:
- Lead role in due diligence, acquisition and integration by General Electric
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (IAS, consolidation, statutory), Cost accounting, Reporting / Analysis, Treasury / Cash management, Tax, Insurance, Legal, IT, HR


03/96 – 07/00 INTAMIN AG Wollerau
- Special machinery industry – Amusement rides (fixed installations e.g. roller coaster, water rides, simulators), Towers, Monorails
- Privately held company
- Globally operating in engineering and manufacturing
Vice President Finance and Administration
Main Focus / Projects:
- Build up the finance and administration management function in a fast growing, international, family-owned company
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (statutory), Project accounting / controlling, Reporting / Analysis, Treasury / Cash management, Tax handling, Tax strategy, Insurance, Legal


08/92 – 02/96 REHAU GmbH Berne
- Chemical production industry – Polymer products
- Privately held company
- Globally operating in manufacturing and distribution
Financial Controller Group Headquarters
Main Focus / Projects:
- Implementation of Group standards and staff training
- Improvement of reporting and analysis
- Several short term interim assignments abroad (2 - 4 months, Germany, South Africa, Brazil)
Further areas of responsibility:
Accounting (HGB, statutory, Group consolidation), Financial Reporting / Analysis, Treasury, Tax,


01/91 – 07/92 NCR (Switzerland) AG Zurich
- Hardware / Software industry
- Public company
Financial Analyst
Main Focus / Projects:
- Improvement of reporting and analysis tools
Further areas of responsibility:
Reporting / Analysis, Capital expenditure monitoring


05/90 – 12/90 University of St.Gallen / HSG St. Gallen
Assistant to Prof. Dr. A. Meier


Education

1985 – 1990 University of St.Gallen / HSG St. Gallen
Master of Arts in Economics

1981 – 1985 Freies Gymnasium Bern Berne
Matura Types C


Skills

- Leadership and coaching skills
- Entrepreneurial behavior and approach
- Excellent business sparring partner
- Commitment, target orientation, persistence and discipline
- Internationality, work in different cultural environments
- Broad knowledge across different industries
- Fast analytical skills
- Decision taking
- Combine conceptional and pragmatic approaches
- Sense for the feasible
- Flexible and hands-on
- Integrity and confidentiality


Languages

- German mother tongue
- English very strong written and spoken knowledge
- French good written and spoken knowledge
- Portuguese good knowledge
- Italian basic spoken knowledge
- Spanish basic spoken knowledge
- Thai basic spoken knowledge (currently in training)

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