Ralf (Peter) Wüstermann-Finance and Controlling Manager
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Experience
Finance and Controlling Manager
Vanderlande Industries do Brasil Ltda
- International reporting in English
- Budget preparation
- Production controlling
- Process optimizations
Head of Accounting and Finance
KNDS Deutschland Tracks GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB
- Group financial statements
- Intercompany billing
- Liquidity plans
- Advising and implementing uniform group-wide accounting policies
- Support with tax matters
- Optimization of accounting processes
Financial Accountant
Ramudden Global GmbH
- Ongoing booking of business transactions for 4 companies
- Monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS
- Worldwide group consolidation
- Advance VAT returns
- Statistical data for the Federal Statistical Office
Finance and Controlling Manager
Vanderlande Industries GmbH & Co. KG
- Monthly closings according to IFRS and HGB
- International reporting in English
- Budget preparation
- Production controlling
- Process optimizations
- Personnel responsibility: 6 employees
Commercial Manager
Areal Shared Services GmbH
- Development of the growth strategy for the corporate real estate group
- Valuation of companies in the real estate industry
- Strategic acquisitions in the real estate industry
Head of Finance
Hans von Mangoldt GmbH
- Liquidity planning and control
- Budget planning and preparation
- Month-end closings according to HGB
- Investment calculations and special projects
- Cost optimization
Senior Accountant
Copart Deutschland GmbH
- Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
- Development of folder structures
- Preparation of the notes and management report
- Development of a reconciliation bridge between HGB and US GAAP
- Optimization of accounting processes
Data Management
GEA Germany
- Master data migration and data completeness check from IScala to S/4Hana
Professor and Program Director for General Management
EUFH Europäische Fachhochschule
- Teaching courses in market research, bookkeeping and financial statements, cost and performance accounting, controlling, corporate management, and investment management
- Professor of General Management and program director
- Management control
- Financial statements and bookkeeping
- Corporate management
- Investment management and financing
- Cost and performance accounting
- Business partnerships, alliances, and networks
- Market research, marketing, and service marketing
Group Accounting
Schweizer Electronic AG
- Evaluation of a direct investment in China
- Consolidation
- Group accounting according to HGB and IFRS
- Fixed asset schedules for all domestic and foreign entities
- Provisions schedule for all domestic and foreign entities
Continuing Education in Classical and Agile Project Management
WBS Training
- Classical and agile project management
Head of Finance
UKM Fahrzeugteile GmbH
- Set up and develop a liquidity statement
- Measures to increase and optimize liquidity
- Monitoring daily liquidity
- Process optimization in accounting and controlling
- Monthly reporting
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB
- Personnel responsibility: 6 employees
Head of IT, HR, Finance and Controlling
CCL Design GmbH
- Leading IT projects in production and administration
- Leading and optimizing HR department processes
- Employee development
- Implementation of an electronic workflow
- Monthly reporting in English
- Process optimization in production and administration
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS
- Personnel responsibility: 12 employees
Head of Finance and Accounting
IT Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB and BilMoG
- Management and responsibility for public funding
- Receivables management
- Liquidity management
- Implementation of an electronic workflow
- Personnel responsibility: 14 employees
Psychology for Managers
Corporate Happiness
- Psychology for managers (hourly)
Plant Controlling
Mayr-Melnhof Gernsbach GmbH
- Monthly international reporting
- Investment accounting and special projects
- Process optimization in controlling
- Integration of individual reporting software into an ERP system
Commercial Manager
ELB-Form GmbH
- Leading finance and accounting
- Leading controlling
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to UGB
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Short- and medium-term financial planning
- Liquidity and budget planning
- Reporting
- Introduction of a contribution margin accounting
- Optimization of controlling processes
- Staff responsibility: 6 employees
Head of Finance
Dronco GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to HGB and US GAAP
- Financial reporting
- Strategic and financial planning
- Corporate taxes
- Plant controlling
- Budget creation and forecasting
- Staff responsibility: 5 employees
Plant Controlling
Z & J Technologies GmbH
- Optimization of preliminary costing
- Optimization of ongoing costing
- Development of an electronic workflow for costing
Senior Controller
DigitasLBi AG
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS
- Consolidated financial statements
- International group reporting in English
- Support for the implementation of SAP R/3
Head of Financial Accounting
Gedore-Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB
- Budget preparation
- Intercompany reconciliation (German, English, Portuguese)
- Accounts receivable management
- Cash management
- Process optimization in accounting
- Managing a team of 12
Senior Controller
ThyssenKrupp Industriesolutions GmbH
- Cost center controlling
- Product line controlling
- Personnel controlling
- Strategic and operational workforce planning
- Further development of the planning tool
Accounting / Finance Manager
nicko tours GmbH
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Journal entries
- Standard and margin postings
- Resolving VAT issues in the travel industry
Senior Controller and Head of IT
Mondi Raubling GmbH
- Leading the IT department: 3 employees
- Managing 9 employees in accounting and IT
- Signing authority for Bauernfind Blockheizkraftwerk GmbH and Mondi Raubling GmbH
- Group reporting (monthly, quarterly and half-year financial statements under HGB and IFRS)
- Monthly financial statements under IFRS and HGB
- Transfer from SAP to HFM (Miras) and upload
- Project implementation: automatic SAP to HFM upload
- Optimization of monthly reporting
- Forecasting and planning
- Budget preparation
- Investment calculations and special projects
- Automation of waste paper valuation and logistics
- Introduction of the One sales software
- Process optimization and project management
Investment Controller
Sell GmbH
- Development of a business case in English
Branch Manager
Sana Rechnungswesen GmbH
- Monthly and quarterly financial statements according to HGB and IFRS for 15 group companies
- Liquidity planning
- Cash flow statement
- Multi-year financial planning
- Team management: 15 employees
Deputy Head of Project Controlling
Engineering Dobersek GmbH
- Set up the project controlling department
- Optimized commercial processes for projects
- Introduced and developed a KPI system
- Implemented a contribution margin accounting system
- Introduced a working capital analysis
- Monthly project reporting
- Introduced project forecasting
- Budget planning and preparation
- Introduced project analysis with development forecast
- Introduced project planning
- Introduced rolling project control
- Implemented DATEV
- Assisted with monthly closing
- Introduced variable costing
- Introduced a chart of accounts
- Introduced cost center and cost object accounting
- Introduced allocation of overhead cost centers to projects
- Introduced monthly calculation of capacity utilization
- Prepared pro forma balance sheets and profit and loss statements
- Project control in Bulgaria
- Credit analysis of foreign partners
- Negotiations with partners in Bulgaria
- Team management: 2 employees
International Controlling
B2X Care solution GmbH
- Created the IT budget
- Further developed the IT budget into a rolling budget
- Developed a credit limit form with creditworthiness indicators
- Responsible for assigning and validating credit limits
- Created travel expense policies in English and German
- Developed travel expense report forms and user guides
- Developed a template letter for travel expense report errors
- Developed an accounts receivable invoice form and template letters
- Developed a template letter for VAT audit
- Prepared a requirements specification for the further development of a time tracking software
- Prepared for certification under ISO 9000 series
Group Controlling
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Developed monthly reporting for the ROCE metric in English
- Validated figures from the ERP system for different scenarios and periods
- Prepared the report for the CFO
- Initiated a rolling optimization process at the 19 European subsidiaries
- Supported the optimization measures
Deputy Head of Group Controlling
Spheros GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB
- International group reporting in German and English
- Reporting for the international private equity firm, banks and subsidiaries
- Created budgets and prepared forecasts
- Expanded and automated international reporting processes
- Developed intra-group pricing (transfer pricing and management fees)
- Conducted special analyses and evaluations for international subsidiaries
- Prepared and supported a due diligence review
- Team management: 4 employees
Controller and Finance Manager for the Austria and Switzerland branches
Trane Deutschland GmbH
- Preparation and execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to IFRS
- Payroll accounting
- Corporate taxes in Austria and Switzerland
- Monthly reporting in English
- Ad hoc analyses
- Budget monitoring and preparation
- Forecasting
- Team leadership: 2 employees
Reporting / Controlling
easycash GmbH
- Developed a monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting system as a payment institution according to legal requirements
Finance and Accounting / Reporting / Controlling
Seppelfricke Armaturen GmbH
- Interim head of finance and accounting
- Consolidation and monthly closings of 8 companies
- Reorganization of accounting
- Preparation of annual and sub-consolidated financial statements
- Monthly reports, reporting according to IFRS
- Worked in accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger accounting
- Dunning processes and general accounting tasks
- Leadership responsibility: 4 employees
Finance and Accounting / Reporting / Controlling
DSB Bank N.V.
- Set up a German finance and accounting system
- Weekly and monthly reports
- Special analyses
- Transfer price documentation
- Daily accounting tasks
Reporting / Controlling
Hitachi Metals
- International reporting
- Business special analyses
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual closings according to IFRS and US GAAP
- Consolidation
- Adaptation to international accounting standards
Plant Controlling
ESK SIC GmbH
- Plant Controlling
- Investment Controlling
Sales and Plant Controlling
Sanha Kaimer GmbH
- Sales Controlling
- Group Reporting
- Transfer Pricing Documentation
Group and Plant Controller
Rütgers Chemicals GmbH
- Group Accounting
- Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Financial Statements under HGB, IFRS, and US GAAP
- Consolidation
- Internal and External Reporting
- Plant Controlling
- Intercompany Transfer Pricing
- Development of KPI Systems
Senior Controller
Avery AG
- Reorganization of Plant Controlling
- Further Development of the KPI System
- Special Analyses and Introduction of New KPIs
- Further Development of Group Reporting
Group and Plant Controller
Evobus GmbH
- Plant Controlling
- Budget Monitoring
- Benchmark Analyses
Treasury Manager
Edscha AG
- Operational treasury
- Operational cash management for the entire group
- Global liquidity planning
- Set up a Europe-wide daily electronic account clearing and electronic rooming
Controller
Johann Hay GmbH & Co KG
- Plant controlling
- Developing a KPI system
- Optimizing SAP R/3 usage for FI and CO modules
- Support in the implementation of BDI
- Further development of group reporting
Plant controlling
Daimler AG, NL Port Elisabeth
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Plant controlling
Daimler AG, NL Juiz de Fora
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Plant controlling
Johann Hay GmbH & Co KG
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Senior Controller
Jackstädt GmbH
- Further development of management control
- Structuring profit centers
- Development of KPI systems
- Production controlling
- Further development of reporting
Trainer
Köln Data
- IT training covering the full MS Office suite including MS Access
Trainer
AEG Signum
- Business administration training
Trainer
Manß & Partner GmbH
- SAP training, business administration training
Head of Finance and Accounting, Business Development
Leonhards GmbH & Co. KG
- Year-end closing for a non-standard fiscal year
- Liquidity management, liquidity and financial planning
- Development of a cash flow analysis
- Development of profit centers and profit center accounting
- Market analyses of profit centers
- Measures for market development and customer retention
- Employee motivation in all company areas
- Development of an employee profit-sharing model
- Management of 6 employees
Head of Accounting
Uponor Anger GmbH
- Leading financial, accounts receivable, and accounts payable accounting
- Independent postings
- Reconciling sub-ledgers
- Preparing tax returns
- Managing liquidity
- Dunning
- Reviewing rental, leasing, and service contracts
- Managing 6 employees
Senior Audit Assistant
KWU Gesellschaft für Unternehmensbewertung GmbH
- Auditing all balance sheet items
- Contract controlling
- Company analysis and valuation
Office Manager
Aritech Europe GmbH
- General administrative tasks
- Development and expansion of administration
- Dunning
Accounting and Controlling
Toyota Deutschland GmbH
- General administrative tasks
- General accounting tasks
- Reporting
- Developing key metrics
Plant Controlling
Jenoptik AG
- Evaluating machinery fleet, investment planning
- Setup times - analysis and evaluation
IT activities and lecturer
AOK Hessen
- Development and expansion of a database
- Cost-benefit analysis of two IT programs
- Training for the AOK business administrator
Commercial Manager
Krima Modevertriebs GmbH
- Leading the controlling, finance and organization departments
- Developing a controlling system
- Liquidity planning and medium-term financial planning
- Expanding administration
- Leading a team of 5 employees
Customer Service Development
Techniker Krankenkasse
- Developing a complaint tool
- Creating a strategy for customer-focused handling of complaints
Enhancement of reporting with SAP/R3
Gebr. Wicharz GmbH
- Building a database
- Using the reporting tool
Enhancement of reporting with SAP/R3
DeTe Immobilien
- Building a database
- Using the reporting tool
Instructor
Sinn Leffers AG
- Training commercial apprentices for all three years
Translator
Wal Mart Deutschland
- Business English
SAP / R3 User Training
Siemens / Nixdorf AG
- Instructor for SAP and accounting
SAP / R3 User Training
Manß und Partner GmbH
- Instructor for SAP and accounting
Teacher
Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie GmbH
- Training in business administration
- Training in accounting
- Training in Windows and MS Office
Lecturer for Cost Accounting and Controlling
Hanzehogeschool van Groningen
- Part-time teaching in cost accounting and controlling
Financial Accountant
Amadeus Fire
- Set up and transition of reporting from HGB to IFRS
- Adjustments in SAP
Owner, freelance project manager and interim manager
W-Consulting
- Controlling, finance and accounting, and business development
Controller
ADIA Interim GmbH & Co.
- Plant controlling
Deputy Head of Finance Department
Klinikum Erfurt GmbH
- Managed 52 employees
Practice-oriented management and leadership training seminar
Fulde Personaltraining
Managing Partner and Project Manager
W&H International Trade and Service
Head of Accounting
Ostseetrans Verkehrs GmbH
- Managed 10 employees
Accounting Trainee
Hochtief AG
Audit Assistant / Audit Manager
KPMG Deutsche Treuhand Gesellschaft AG
- Audit focus areas: industry and trade
- From 01.03.91 moved to the new Erfurt branch as Audit Manager
Intern
Lady Sandra of Canada Ltd.
Intern
Zurich Insurance AG
Insurance Clerk
Insurance Agency Kost & Beintker
- working in administration alongside studies
Apprentice Wholesale and Foreign Trade Clerk
Opel Car Dealership GmbH
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Experienced in Professional Services, Manufacturing, Insurance, Automotive, Transportation, and Education.
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Experienced in Accounting, Finance, Strategy, Operations, Business Intelligence, and Information Technology.
Skills
Controlling
- Management Of Operational And Strategic Controlling
- Sales, Plant, Investment And Group Controlling
- Cost Analysis With Sap R3 And Other Erp Systems
- Setup And Development Of Controlling, Kpi And Planning Systems
- Development, Documentation And Calculation Of Transfer And Group Prices
- Setup And Development Of Group Transfer Pricing Systems
- International And National Reporting
- Investment Calculations And Special Analyses
- Complex Process Optimizations
Accounting
- Management Of National And International Finance And Accounting With Up To 52 Employees
- Month, Quarter And Year-End Closings According To Hgb, Ifrs And Us Gaap
- Group Accounting And Consolidation According To Hgb, Ifrs And Us Gaap
- Payroll, Financial And Balance Sheet, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable And Fixed Asset Accounting
- Development And Expansion Of Cost Center Systems
- Harmonization Of Group Chart Of Accounts
Finance
- Rolling And Fixed Budgeting In Group Companies And Smes
- Operational And Strategic Financial Planning
- Liquidity Management And Planning In Smes And Group Units
- Tax Planning And Optimization Of Operating Taxes
- Advance Vat Returns And Declarations
- Treasury In Smes And Group Units With Daily International Electronic Account Balancing Between Group Units (Electronic Rooming)
Corporate Development
- Direct Investments
- Planning And Development Of Business Units
- Corporate Restructuring
It Skills
- Microsoft Office: Excellent Skills In Word, Excel, Works, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint
- Sap R/3: Very Good Knowledge In Fi, Co, Mm, Pp, Sd
- Accounting Software: Good Knowledge Of Datev, Lexware, Khk, Hyperion, Navision, Iscala And Other Accounting Software
- Operating Systems: Very Good Knowledge Of Windows 10
Languages
Education
GAU Girne American University
Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Business Management · Business Management · Summa cum laude
BUW Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Diploma in Economics · Economics · Wuppertal, Germany
Technical Secondary School for Business Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Germany
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