Dennis Franz - Controller/Accountant

Q: Where is Dennis based?

Dennis is based in Eltville am Rhein, Germany .

Q: What languages does Dennis speak?

Dennis speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Dennis have?

Dennis has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Dennis has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 20 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months . Note that Dennis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Dennis's latest experience?

Dennis's most recent position is Controller/Accountant at Adama Deutschland GmbH .

Q: What companies has Dennis worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Dennis has worked for Adama Deutschland GmbH , Linde GmbH , Dechema Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. , AOE Medien GmbH , and Reiff Reifen GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Dennis most experienced in?

Dennis is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance , Education , and Chemical . Dennis also has some experience in Real Estate , Manufacturing , and Agriculture .

Q: Which business areas is Dennis most experienced in?

Dennis is most experienced in business areas like Finance , Accounting , and Project Management . Dennis also has some experience in Human Resources , Business Intelligence , and Customer Service .

Q: Which industries has Dennis worked in recently?

Dennis has recently worked in industries like Chemical , Banking and Finance , and Manufacturing .

Q: Which business areas has Dennis worked in recently?

Dennis has recently worked in business areas like Accounting , Finance , and Business Intelligence .

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Eltville am Rhein, Germany

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Experience

Aug 2025 - Aug 2026

1 year 1 month

Controller/Accountant

Adama Deutschland GmbH

Execution of accounts receivable, accounts payable, asset, and general ledger accounting
Preparation of quarterly/annual financial statements under HGB/IFRS16
Reviewing, classifying, and posting all business transactions
Payment transactions and treasury planning
Coordinating tax matters
Preparing and analyzing statistics and reports
Preparing analyses, reports, and liquidity forecasts
Optimizing financial processes
Contact person for colleagues, tax advisors, and auditors
Valuation of foreign currencies, special cases in VAT law
Supporting internal audits
Evaluating and posting provisions under HGB, IFRS, and tax law
Preparing and posting IFRS 16 entries

Jan 2025 - Nov 2025

11 months

Deputy Team Lead (Accounts Payable) and Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable including Testing

Linde GmbH

Acting as team lead for accounts payable
Supporting the implementation of XRechnung
Accounts receivable (write-offs)
Accounts payable (dunning, dunning notices, invoice research)
Independently creating and executing test scenarios for electronic invoices (XML, ZUGFeRD)
Mapping and validating test cases in the external service provider's system and in the SAP system
Documenting test results and developing optimization proposals
Independently contacting and corresponding with suppliers to update and obtain new SEPA mandates
Contacting customers to switch to new bank details
Monitoring feedback and independently documenting progress
Balance lists
Checking goods receipts

Sep 2024 - Jun 2025

10 months

Accounting (Accounts Receivable)

Dechema Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.

Account reconciliation for accounts receivable
Advising and operational support in improving sales processes
Supporting and advising on the outbound ledger with ERP system reconciliation
Account reconciliation for payments and credit cards
Dunning processes
Assisting with monthly closing
Optimizing ongoing accounting processes and further development
Annual closing: account reconciliation, reclassifications, trial balance, checking revenue accounts

Apr 2024 - Aug 2024

5 months

Financial Accounting

AOE Medien GmbH

Advising and operational support for timely and accurate accounting, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, bank, payment runs, credit cards, travel expenses
Advising and operational support for monthly closings
Advising on optimizing workflows and processes to comply with internal and legal requirements
Technical and system-side optimization of existing finance processes
Sending balance confirmations and business analysis (BWA)
Sending analyses of various cost centers
Advising and operational support for other upcoming accounting tasks

Oct 2023 - Aug 2024

11 months

Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable

Linde GmbH

Writing off irrecoverable receivables (bad debts, insolvencies)
Account maintenance
Checking RZH (billing for qualified patient transports)
Balance confirmations
Fleet project for switching all vehicle costs to a new provider
Uploading various vehicle files into SAP

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

6 months

Accounts Payable

Reiff Reifen GmbH

Invoice verification
Recording incoming invoices
Coding and posting incoming invoices
Managing open items
Resolving invoice queries
Bank postings
Preparation and posting of payment runs
Account reconciliations

Feb 2023 - Sep 2023

8 months

Project Controller

EON Grid Solutions

Financial planning and actual cost controlling
Preparation of first and second forecasts and baselining
Preparation of data exports from SAP, Apptio, Uffective
Compiling data from different sources and creating Excel-based analyses and reports
Order-to-cash process
Variance analyses against plans
Risk reporting against plans
Operating customer-internal planning tools
Actual cost controlling using various sources
Setting up controlling tools for program financial management
Performing deep dives into cost developments
Focus on capitalization issues in project context
Regulatory optimization

Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

4 months

Accountant

Augsburger Allgemeine

Accounts payable invoices
Preparation and update of annual financial statements HGB and IFRS
Review of provisions documentation
Preparation of balance sheet and income statement
Schedule for annual financial statements HGB and IFRS
Travel expense accounting
Creating chart of accounts manual (tasks and examples)
CTS fee accounting
Cash and credit card reconciliations

Jul 2022 - Sep 2022

3 months

AR/AP

LogWin

Manual payments
Bank postings
Netting
Payment runs/paycheck
Hedging
Sending statements
Dunning

May 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year 2 months

Controlling

Vesuvius

Month-end inventory statements HGB and IFRS
Costing of in-house production and merchandise
Import duty management
Assets
Verification of intercompany invoices
Preparation of additional statistics

Jan 2022 - May 2022

5 months

Financial Accounting

Reventa

Recording invoices and credit notes (accounts receivable and accounts payable)
Dunning and managing open items
Netting
Matching
Intrastat
Monthly closing under HGB and IFRS
Participation and updating of annual financial statements under HGB and IFRS
Reviewing provisions documentation
Checking audit reports
Preparing balance sheet and profit and loss statement
Account reconciliation
VAT returns
EC Sales List
Payment transactions
Bank postings
Master data maintenance
Intercompany costs
Forecast
Inventory management

Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

2 months

Accountant

Schur Flexibles

Recording invoices and credit notes (accounts payable)
Preparing payment runs for direct debit collections
Travel expense reports
Bank postings
Account reconciliation and clearing

Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

5 months

Project Lead and Head of Accounting

Supralift

System conversion from DATEV to SAP Business One
Master data maintenance
Elster VAT return
Accounts payable and accounts receivable
Payroll
Inventory management
VAT returns
Monthly closing under HGB

May 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year 6 months

Controlling

KfW

Updating depreciation
Monthly creation of the cockpit for all cost types
Maintaining CATS as backup
Procurement for office operating costs, depreciation, external services
Posting goods receipts and invoices
Maintaining SEL calculation and Fiori
Budget and plan adjustments
Order to cash process
Reviewing depreciation list
Maintaining IT controlling cockpit (forecast, plan adjustments)
Accrual reporting to accounting (pre-billing)
KGFP tasks/entries in CoCo, data gathering via Excel from team lead
On- and Offboarding (rights ordering, hardware/software, badge creation)

Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

5 months

Controlling

Stada AG

Preparation of monthly closings (P&L)
Preparation of settlements
Budget controlling and cost savings
Presentation support for meetings and workshops
General maintenance of files and mailboxes

Dec 2015 - Sep 2019

3 years 10 months

Project Management Office

Commerzbank AG

staffing of employees
budget monitoring and control
support in creating forecasts
monthly accounting (travel expenses and monthly billing)
onboarding and ensuring operational readiness
ongoing project monitoring
maintenance of current costs and recorded hours (resources)
resource planning and time tracking
presentation support for meetings and workshops
organization of events and rooms

Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

9 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Telephone Service Customer Advisor

Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG

professional customer consulting on building savings
advice on home Riester plans and pre-financing
modifying personal data
sending various types of documents

Nov 2011 - Apr 2014

2 years 6 months

Mainz, Germany

Tutor

Studentenring Mainz

tutoring in German, math, and English
homework supervision
preparation for assignments, tests, and homework checks

Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

7 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Accountant

DV Ratio

payroll accounting for consultants
calculation of travel expenses for consultants
filing

Jul 2010 - Mar 2012

1 year 9 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Temporary Assistant

IVG Asset Management

processing lists of rented buildings
scanning documents

Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

1 year 1 month

Independent Financial Consultant

Tecis AG

Appointment scheduling
Customer consultation
Portfolio management
Training sessions

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Education, Chemical, Real Estate, Agriculture, and Biotechnology.

Banking and Finance

Education

Chemical

Real Estate

Agriculture

Biotechnology

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Human Resources, Business Intelligence, and Customer Service.

Finance

Accounting

Project Management

Human Resources

Business Intelligence

Customer Service

Skills

Controlling
Budget Planning
Inventory Valuations
Calculations
Plan/Actual/Forecast
Procurement Of Software/Hardware/Personnel
Statistics Of All Kinds
Accounting
Monthly/Annual Closing Hgb, Ifrs
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Netting
Zm Reporting/Vat
Account Reconciliation
Travel Expenses
Dunning
Payment Runs
Industry Experience: Insurance, Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Media, Energy, Automotive, Chemical, Software
Very Good Knowledge Of Ms Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Power Bi, Word, Outlook, Onenote)
Sap Ps (Very Good)
Sap Srm (Very Good)
Sap Ppm (Very Good)
Sap Hhm (Very Good)
Sap Cats (Very Good)
Sap R3 (Very Good)
Sap Business One (Very Good)
Sap S/4 Hana (Good)
Sap Bw (Good)
Apptio (Good)
Uffective (Good)
Ms Visio (Good)
Ms Project (Good)
Sharepoint (Good)
Confluence (Good)
Jira (Good)
Navision (Very Good)
M365 (Good)
Egecko (Very Good)
Winline (Good)
Jd Edwards (Good)
Sun (Good)
Datev (Very Good)
Topm R6 (Good)
Fibu 7 (Good)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2012 - Jun 2015

DEVK Versicherungen

Insurance and Finance Clerk · Insurance and Finance · Frankfurt, Germany

Oct 2006 - Jun 2009

Fachoberschule Dr.Obermayr

State-certified Commercial Assistant for Information Processing · Commercial Assistance for Information Processing · Wiesbaden, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Business Controller (Certified Accounting Specialist)

IWW Fernuni Hagen

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 21

Experience in Banking and Finance 7 y

Avg length 11 m

Longest experience 3 y 9 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Controller/Accountant, Deputy Team Lead (Accounts Payable) and Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable including Testing, Accounting (Accounts Receivable)

Main industries Banking and Finance, Education, Chemical

Main business areas Finance, Accounting, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

June 2026

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Where is Dennis based?

Dennis is based in Eltville am Rhein, Germany.

What languages does Dennis speak?

Dennis speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Dennis have?

Dennis has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Dennis has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 20 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Dennis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Dennis be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Dennis would be well-suited for roles such as: Controller/Accountant, Deputy Team Lead (Accounts Payable) and Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable including Testing, Accounting (Accounts Receivable).

What is Dennis's latest experience?

Dennis's most recent position is Controller/Accountant at Adama Deutschland GmbH.

What companies has Dennis worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Dennis has worked for Adama Deutschland GmbH, Linde GmbH, Dechema Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V., AOE Medien GmbH, and Reiff Reifen GmbH.

Which industries is Dennis most experienced in?

Dennis is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Education, and Chemical. Dennis also has some experience in Real Estate, Manufacturing, and Agriculture.

Which business areas is Dennis most experienced in?

Dennis is most experienced in business areas like Finance, Accounting, and Project Management. Dennis also has some experience in Human Resources, Business Intelligence, and Customer Service.

Which industries has Dennis worked in recently?

Dennis has recently worked in industries like Chemical, Banking and Finance, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas has Dennis worked in recently?

Dennis has recently worked in business areas like Accounting, Finance, and Business Intelligence.

What is Dennis's education?

Dennis attended DEVK Versicherungen for Insurance and Finance.

Does Dennis have any certificates?

Dennis has 1 certificate: Business Controller (Certified Accounting Specialist).

What is the availability of Dennis?

Dennis will be available part-time from July 2026.

What is the rate of Dennis?

Dennis's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.