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ID: 136659

Production Controller

  • General
  • Asap
  • Finance
  • K-Recruiting GmbH
Contact:

Julius Strack

+49 89 1890998-21

julius.strack@k-recruiting.com

Overview

Availability
Asap; 40 h/week; on-site & remote
Qualification
Degree in Business Administration
Language Skills
German (native), English (business fluent)
Relevant Expertise
Finance & Controlling, IFRS, Plant Controlling, International Stakeholder Management, Production Controlling, Consolidation, Forecasting, Budgeting, Liquidity Management, Process Optimization, Riskanalysis, SAP FI/CO

Key-Facts

  • Long-standing Interim Senior Controller with proven leadership of finance, controlling and transformation functions in international industrial and corporate environments

  • Excellent implementation skills in complex finance setups, including IFRS, HGB and US GAAP closing and reporting processes, up to fast close in global organizations

  • Strong focus on performance and cost management through plant, production and large-scale project controlling, including KPI systems

  • Highly reliable in critical business phases such as post merger integration, restructuring, spin-offs and major investment projects, with direct impact on liquidity, business steering and management decisions

Extract from Previous Activities

2013 – Date

Freelance Consultant

Interim Senior Plant Controller

  • Many years of interim and consulting mandates in the international finance and controlling environment with a focus on industry and production

  • Assumption of leadership and transformation roles in controlling, accounting and finance including budget, forecast and closing responsibility (HGB, IFRS, US GAAP)

  • Management of plant, production and project controlling including KPI analyses, cost control and performance management

  • Leadership and participation in international finance projects (PMI, restructuring, due diligence, system and reporting transformations)

  • Responsibility for monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements as well as fast-close and reporting processes in complex group structures

  • Collaboration with international stakeholders as well as support for management, plants and finance teams in operational and strategic issues

2025 - 2026

Financial Services

Group Reporting

  • Independent collaboration in the group reporting environment including IFRS interim financial statements and consolidation processes

  • Execution and analysis of impairment topics as well as support in valuation and closing logic

  • Work in the SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting environment including data preparation and reporting processes

  • Ensuring and further development of reporting and documentation standards according to RechKredV and IFRS

2024 – 2025

Manufacturing

Interim Head of Controlling/Finance

  • Overall responsibility for finance and controlling of two operating companies within a listed group

  • Management of post-merger integration (PMI) as well as operational harmonization of reporting and finance processes

  • Responsibility for IFRS annual financial statements as well as close coordination with the group holding company (Finland / Netherlands)

  • Management of forecasting, liquidity and KPI-based management processes including management reporting (OneStream)

  • Execution of variance, weakness and cost analyses including derivation of optimization measures

  • Development and evaluation of measures for sustainable cost reduction and performance improvement

  • Ensuring compliance and reporting requirements in the group environment

2024

Automotive

Interim Controlling Team Lead

  • Technical and disciplinary leadership of the controlling area in the automotive environment

  • Responsibility for IFRS annual financial statement processes as well as operational closing support

  • Management of project controlling and costing processes in the international production environment

  • Active support in customer price negotiations based on business analyses

  • Coordination and alignment with international subsidiaries and locations

2023 – 2024

Energy Solutions

Interim Senior Controller

  • Development and introduction of structured project controlling for an infrastructure project volume of €150 million

  • Development and implementation of planning, management and reporting logic at project level

  • Responsibility for IFRS-compliant POC reporting including ongoing calculations

  • Management of claim, contract and change management in close coordination with project management and customers

  • Development of a robust project structure including Excel-based management models

2023

Nuclear Decommissioning

Interim Senior Controller

  • Operational commercial support in project controlling and portfolio management

  • Execution of forecasting and reporting processes including IFRS (PoC) consideration

  • Support of commercial management as part of a spin-off process

  • Coordination of purchasing and procurement processes in the project context

  • Analysis of risks as well as management of liquidity and financial key figures

  • Work in the SAP-by-Design environment

2022 – 2023

Public Safety Technology

Interim Head of Finance

  • Interim management of the finance area including responsibility for accounting and controlling

  • Management of the entire reporting and closing process including cooperation with auditors

  • Technical leadership of a small finance team (3 employees)

  • Ensuring the timely preparation of monthly and annual financial statements

  • Coordination of intra-group reporting requirements within the French group structure

2022 – 2023

Manufacturing

Interim Major Project Controlling

  • Management of the commercial project controlling for a major investment project

  • Responsibility for forecasting, investment controlling and financial evaluation of the project

  • Support in the reporting and decision-making process for management and stakeholders

  • Work in the SAP S/4HANA environment with a focus on investment and project controlling

2022

Machinery Manufacturing

Interim Investment Controller

  • Support in investment controlling in the private equity environment with a focus on exit preparation

  • Execution of consolidation and reporting processes using IDL

  • Management of liquidity and working capital optimization

  • Support for product launches in the international production environment (plant China)

  • Commercial support of operational and strategic measures for corporate management

2021 – 2022

Life Sciences

Interim Senior Controller

  • Coordination of forecasting, budgeting and IFRS reporting processes in international corporate structures

  • Support of monthly and annual financial statements including financial close activities

  • Collaboration in project and consolidation environments (OneStream)

  • Execution of controlling and analysis tasks in the production and project business

  • Support in system tests and reporting optimizations (Prevero)

2020 – 2021

Smart Home Technology

Interim Finance Lead

  • Overall coordination of all finance and controlling activities at the German site of a US corporation

  • Management of plant controlling including KPI, capacity and productivity analyses

  • Responsibility for monthly reporting and earnings presentations in the international group environment

  • Execution of variance analyses as well as derivation of efficiency and productivity measures

  • Budget, forecast and CAPEX controlling including SAP based processes (WBS)

  • Coordination with international shared service centers