SAP CO Experts in Hamburg

• Definition and setup of the subject areas
• Building a governance model for the department with the areas of responsibility
• IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
• Developing a communication strategy within the group
• Creating the IT strategy
• Designing templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent work
• Capturing strategic guardrails and grouping ongoing projects – deriving a roadmap for strategic planning
• Reviewing ongoing projects
• Creating staffing calculations and volume structure
• Defining job profiles

Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI

• Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
• ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
• 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
• Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
• Ongoing operation and further development

• Consulting, training, and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization, and IT topics

• MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on Virtual IBANs (VIBAN)

• Structuring requirements, market screening, creating RfIs, communicating with vendors, and conducting the selection process

• UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"

• Business analysis, creating business requirements and aligning solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers

• Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt, .pain, and .pacs formats), change management, team lead for a virtual team of fifteen line experts, and stakeholder management

• equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT service bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG, and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration

• Managing individual project managers regarding overarching goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordinating with dependent projects and programs

• Project management/PMO: interim project management, stand-in for project managers, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO tasks

Overall responsibility for the financial 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 plant management. Shared P&L accountability, including budget, forecast, and investment control. Leading the controlling, reporting, CapEx, and accounting teams, ensuring transparent and performance-oriented control structures. Since 05/2024, additionally serving as deputy plant manager with joint responsibility for overall performance, organizational development, and site strategy.

• Successful resolution of a complex insurance claim in the multi-million-euro range
• Active contribution in an interdisciplinary core team to secure a multi-year contract worth over EUR 150 million
• Successful negotiation of a restructuring program as part of a three-person corporate negotiation team
• Sustainable optimization of cost structures and investment prioritization to stabilize results

• Bridging the Head of Finance position until it was filled again
• Use of SAP R/3
• Hybrid working model
• 10% English

• Controlling business partner for the central department managing complex quality projects in plant operations

• Bridging vacancy: Operational leadership of the controlling team in Germany, Spain and India, knowledge transfer and onboarding of the new Head of Controlling

• Year-end closing: Calculation and audit-ready documentation of various scenarios for provisions for impending losses and performance obligations

• Process improvements: Increasing transparency of the monthly quality cost forecasts, partial automation of provision calculation with PowerQuery/PowerPivot

• Implemented a group-wide project management and project controlling framework (SAP PPM / SAC)
• Designed an earned value based control system (costs, progress, schedule)
• Integrated quotation, product and financial data into SAP
• Led interdisciplinary teams in agile and hybrid setups

• Developing and updating training programs on BP, SD, MM, PP topics according to the needs of the company and its employees.
• Creating and updating training materials such as presentations, manuals, and online resources.
• Identifying the team's training needs (TNA/TBA).
• Independently implementing a new company structure in RE-FX.

• Project management and change management
• Blueprint-to-go-live including cutover
• Implementation in a greenfield approach
• Management of the integrator
• Designing, organizing, and executing change management
• Agile management in Jira and Confluence
• Fit-gap analysis, requirement engineering, development, testing, cutover, and hypercare
• Covering the processes Sales-from-Stock, Procure-to-Pay/-Receipt, Invoice-to-Pay

• Financial controlling, IT controlling, support of a change process, implementation of new cost center and cost unit structures, adjustment of finance workflow, IT budget planning and budget tracking, CAPEX, OPEX (HGB, SAP, XFlow; trading group) (since 2024-09-01)
• Project controlling, contract controlling, project contribution margins, project accruals for monthly and quarterly closing, reporting, accounting (HGB, Datev; advertising agency group) (2024-06-01 to 2024-06-30)
• Financial controlling support in a group environment; vacancy cover, operational controlling, revenue accrual in the year-end closing, process optimization, support for new ERP implementation, introduction of new reporting (KPIs, cost center accounting, service charge allocations), support of a change process/restructuring/reorientation (IT services) (2022-01-01 to 2024-09-30)
• Financial controlling with focus on working capital, cash flow projection, SOX testing (US advertising agency group, shared service) (2023-11-01 to 2024-05-31)
• FP&A, financial modelling, balance sheet planning (Lucanet) in an international corporate environment (solar industry) (2023-09-01 to 2023-11-30)
• Vacancy cover, overall commercial responsibility; operational accounting (Datev), collaboration with external tax advisor/auditor, coordination with British parent company (advertising agency) (2023-04-01 to 2023-08-31)
• Support for the general ledger team in a service group (US GAAP, SAP, Lucanet); preparation of HGB financial statements, reconciliation and submission of VAT returns, accounts reconciliations, support during tax audit (US media group) (2023-01-01 to 2023-06-30)
• Operational commercial oversight; financial controlling, operational accounting (Datev, Datev Unternehmen Online), collaboration with external tax advisor/auditor (film production) (2021-04-01 to 2023-02-28)
• Planning and budgeting, introduction of KPIs; structuring of monthly profit and loss statements and advising the management (digital agency) (2021-03-01 to 2023-01-31)
• Inventory and concept development for product and project controlling as well as implementation (gaming agency) (2022-10-01 to 2022-12-31)
• Financial controlling and improvement of accounting processes, redefinition of KPIs/controlling (event agency) (2021-08-01 to 2022-12-31)
• Reporting, financial controlling, ERP system change (easyJob), process optimization, realignment of KPIs, operational accounting, ensuring a smooth document flow (advertising agency group) (2022-04-01 to 2022-10-31)
• Vacancy cover of operational controlling/project controlling; revenue accrual in monthly closing (IT service provider/digital agency in a group environment) (2021-06-01 to 2021-12-31)
• Software selection and implementation of ERP system with a focus on digital workflow/remote work, interface to Datev, Datev Unternehmen Online (design agency) (2021-03-01 to 2021-12-31)

• Consulting, planning, and adapting (extension and rebuild) of the existing test framework to cover necessary test cases as part of quality assurance for initiative implementations
• Executing cross-team manual test cases during regular sprint cycles
• Setting up test automation
• Advising front-end and back-end development on quality assurance aspects
• Building a framework for end-to-end test cases
• Performing software quality assurance across various projects within a program
• Supporting the creation of test cases
• Coordinating within the team with all relevant stakeholders

• Consulting on SAP authorizations and governance
• Conducting governance consultations, iteration support and project coordination
• Developing solutions for effective control and monitoring of SAP authorizations
• Creating concepts and recommendations
• Drafting detailed concepts to improve the assignment and management of SAP authorizations
• Providing clear recommendations based on established methods and best practices
• Creating/customizing authorizations for MM including MDG/MDM as well as FI, PP including AIRC Services within SAP Finance
• Reviewing existing structures and processes
• Analyzing and evaluating current SAP authorization structures and processes
• Identifying weaknesses and developing optimization strategies
• Conducting trainings and workshops
• Planning and delivering trainings and workshops for awareness
• Sharing knowledge in SAP authorizations, including role assignment, support during iterations and consulting on role development in the pharmaceutical environment.

• Design and implementation of a big data energy reporting infrastructure for operational data from data centers in EMEA for aggregated client reporting and the energy efficiency register (EnEfG)

• Integration of data from over 50 systems, including GridVis, Robotron, Niagara, ShowIT, and Salesforce

• Planning of projects and consulting services: professional, technical and commercial, focusing on transformation for public transport
• Identification and assessment of project risks with development of measures and recommendations for risk minimization and avoidance
• Evaluation of projects and reporting
• Execution of projects and delivery of consulting services on time, with required quality and within budget
• Project, hardware and consulting services forecasting
• Disciplinary and professional staff management
• Team development and coaching
• Resource planning across various locations
• Stakeholder management
• Client management with service and support
• Development of contingency plans