Thomas Heller-Head of Finance (Financial Controller)
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Experience
Head of Finance (Financial Controller)
Collins Foods Germany
- Built up the finance department after company start-up
- Implemented JD Edwards and SAP Concur
- Responsible for accounting and controlling with a team of 12 employees in the Netherlands and Germany
- Prepared annual financial statements including data preparation and coordination with auditors for audits
- Reported to the CFO, CEO and COO
- Networked and improved collaboration with external and internal partners
- Created budgets and forecasts
- Implemented new financial and invoice processing software
- Managed and controlled projects
- Optimized processes
Project Lead
Metro Group
- Coordinated all non-food projects
- Regular reporting to division heads/management
- Prepared decision papers
- Aligned project objectives
- Planning (schedules, resources, costs, budget)
- Personnel management and team leadership
- Documentation and reporting
- Project management and controlling
- Implemented new processes
Project Manager/Controller Non Food
Metro Group
Created budgets/forecasts
Operational controlling and reporting
KPI performance analysis
Daily and monthly reporting
Developed management cockpit
Advanced controlling tools
Forecasting
Managed import control
Organized meetings
Performed analyses
Space optimization
Advertising cost savings
Purchasing cooperations
Cannibalization resolution
International sales
Cross-functional concepts
Stay abroad in Central America
- Spanish language course in Guatemala
- Volunteering in various aid projects
Private Equity (Corporate Finance)
NRW.BANK
- Cross-departmental project work
- Sub-project management
- Reporting to external committees
- Reporting to the board
- Fund management support
- Annual financial statement preparation
- Departmental controlling
- Budget and forecast creation/commenting
- Database development
- Managing portfolio companies
Risk Management – Market Price and Liquidity Risk
NRW.BANK
- Value at Risk calculation
- Backtesting
- Stress testing
- Monitoring liquidity risk
- Determining results
- Identification of hidden liabilities
- Daily and monthly board reporting
- Project work
Central Controlling
NRW.BANK
- Budget and forecast preparation/commenting
- Cost/revenue controlling
- Product costing
- Internal cost allocation
- Project work
- Board reporting
- Department support
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage, Retail, and Education.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Audit, Investments and M&A, and Operations.
Skills
- Team Leadership (5 Years)
- Budget Planning/Forecast (16 Years)
- Project Experience (15 Years)
- Cost Controlling (14 Years)
- Business Development (10 Years)
- Leadership Experience In Projects (3 To 15 Employees, 10 Years)
- Accounting (6 Years)
- Capital Markets Risk Management (3 Years)
- Private Equity (3 Years)
- Merchandise Controlling (2 Years)
- Software Implementations (Sap R3, Jd Edwards, Concur, Various Erp Systems)
- Team Player
- Focused
- Foresight
- Structured
- Hands-On Mentality
- Think Outside The Box
- Numbers-Driven
- Persistent
- Well-Connected
- Strong Leadership Presence
- Motivated
- Ms Office (Very Good Skills)
- Visual Basic (Good Skills)
- Sap R3 Co/Fi (Good Skills)
- Datev (Very Good Skills)
- Jd Edwards (Very Good Skills)
- Sap Concur (Very Good Skills)
- Excel (Very Good Skills)
- Word (Very Good Skills)
- Powerpoint (Very Good Skills)
- Think Cell (Very Good Skills)
- Data Warehouse (Very Good Skills)
- Access (Good Skills)
- Vba (Good Skills)
- Sql Server Management Studio (Good Skills)
- Jira (Good Skills)
- Bloomberg (Good Skills)
- Sap R3 Gp (Good Skills)
- Prime Front Arena (Good Skills)
Languages
Education
FOM Duisburg
Part-time studies · Business Administration · Duisburg, Germany
NRW.BANK
Office communication clerk with banking specialization · Düsseldorf, Germany
Steinbart Gymnasium
High school diploma (Abitur) · Duisburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Access Programming
Accounting Policies and Analysis According to IFRS
German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG)
Controller's Seminar Level I
EVCA Masterclass
Front Arena ASQL
Basics of Derivatives Valuation
Communication – Cooperation – Conflicts
PowerPoint – Advanced
PowerPoint – Professional
Value At Risk
Presenting Effectively
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
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Thomas is based in Bochum, Germany.
Thomas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).
Thomas has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Thomas has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month. Note that Thomas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Thomas would be well-suited for roles such as: Head of Finance (Financial Controller), Project Lead, Project Manager/Controller Non Food.
Thomas's most recent position is Head of Finance (Financial Controller) at Collins Foods Germany.
In recent years, Thomas has worked for Collins Foods Germany.
Thomas is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage, and Retail. Thomas also has some experience in Education.
Thomas is most experienced in business areas like Finance, Accounting, and Project Management. Thomas also has some experience in Audit, Investments and M&A, and Operations.
Thomas has recently worked in industries like Food and Beverage.
Thomas has recently worked in business areas like Accounting, Audit, and Finance.
Thomas attended FOM Duisburg for Business Administration.
Thomas has 12 certificates. Among them, these include: Access Programming, Accounting Policies and Analysis According to IFRS, and German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG).
The availability of Thomas needs to be confirmed.
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