Alexander Block-Interim Finance Leader I Industrial Performance & Transformation
Experience
Finance Business Partner | Deputy Site Manager
Speira GmbH
Overall responsibility for managing the commercial functions of a production site with over 600 employees and more than EUR 500 million in annual revenue. Actively shaping the strategic and operational site development in close collaboration with site management. P&L accountability including budget, forecast, and investment management. Leading controlling, reporting, CapEx, and accounting departments and ensuring transparent, performance-oriented control structures. Since 05/2024 also serving as deputy site manager with shared responsibility for overall performance, organizational development, and site strategy.
- Successful settlement of a complex insurance case in the multi-million-euro range
- Active contribution in an interdisciplinary core team to close a multi-year contract with over EUR 150 million in revenue
- Successful negotiation of a restructuring program as part of a three-person senior management negotiation team
- Sustainable optimization of cost structures and investment prioritization to stabilize results
Head of Controlling, Reporting & Investments
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
Technical and disciplinary leadership of a three-person team in controlling, reporting, and investments. Full responsibility for the plant’s financial control processes, including planning, monitoring, and prioritizing an annual investment budget of around EUR 10 million. Further development of robust management and cost accounting structures, and implementation of efficient, decision-oriented reporting standards to actively support operational and strategic plant management.
- Significant efficiency gains in controlling and reporting processes through digitization and automation
- Improved transparency in cost and performance structures
Industrial Engineer (Investment Controlling)
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
Management and coordination of an annual investment budget (CapEx) of around EUR 10 million, including conducting thorough profitability analyses, business case evaluations, and structured prioritization of technical modernization projects. Close cross-functional coordination with site management, production, and engineering to ensure economically viable, strategically aligned investment decisions.
- Driving role in central plant automation projects for sustainable efficiency improvements
- Structural improvement of investment evaluation and budget planning
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing and Metals and Mining.
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Experienced in Finance, Accounting, Strategy, and Project Management.
Summary
Entrepreneurial leader with extensive experience in the financial and operational management of an industrial production site (>600 employees, >500 million EUR annual revenue). Proven P&L accountability, active role in shaping strategic projects, and negotiation skills for major contracts and restructuring programs. Close sparring partner to site management and, since 2024, deputy site manager responsible for site performance, investment decisions, and sustainable results growth. Hands-on mentality, resilient, authentic, and solution-oriented – even in dynamic and challenging environments.
Skills
- Finance Business Partnering For Business Units
- Performance & Kpi Management
- P&l Accountability & Performance Management
- Cost And Performance Optimization
- Commercial Control & Financial Governance
- Project & Transformation Controlling
- Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning
- Negotiation & Stakeholder Management
- Business Case Calculation & Investment Evaluation
- Team Leadership & Development
- Ms Office
- Sap Fi/co
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Education
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Master of Science · Management & Engineering · Lüneburg, Germany · 1,4
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Bachelor of Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Lüneburg, Germany · 1,3
IHK Hamburg / E.ON Hanse AG
Vocational Training · Industrial Clerk · Hamburg, Germany · Excellent
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