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Björn ZimmermannBZ

Björn Zimmermann

Finance Business Partner

€900/day
Frankfurt am Main, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Björn

•Experienced Finance Expert: Over 25 years of international leadership experience in the private equity, energy, healthcare, and FMCG sectors (P&G, GE, INNIO).
•Results-Oriented Leader: Proven track record in strategic transformation and post-merger integration, increasing cash flow (+20%) and EBIT (+15%).
•Entrepreneurial Bonus: As a co-founder of a start-up, I combine deep corporate expertise with an agile, hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial foresight for complex business situations.
•Global Management: Proficient in leading global, multi-ethnic teams (up to 40+ employees) and implementing complex financial systems to optimize forecast accuracy and cost efficiency.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km)

Experience

  • INNIO GmbH (Part of Advent International, PE Investor)
    Commercial CFO
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    November 2018 - March 2020 (1 year and 4 months)
    Innsbruck, Austria
    •Responsibility for orders, revenue (+2 billion USD), cash flow, and EBIT.
    •Successful Post-Merger Integration: Continued growth trajectory with EBIT +15%, Free Cash Flow +20%, and market share increase of +50%.
    •Initiated digitalization of sales and finance by implementing Salesforce.com, reducing forecast cycle time by -30% while increasing data accuracy by +20%.
    •Defined global financial strategy, leading mid-term planning to support corporate objectives.
    •Conducted M&A due diligence as well as monthly and annual closings (HGB, US-GAAP), successfully transitioning from quarterly to monthly closings.
    •Led a global, multi-ethnic F&A team of over 40 employees.
    Salesforce Post-Merger Integration Mergers & Acquisitions Strategic Planning Accounting
  • General Electric, Distibuted Power Business Unit
    Commercial CFO
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    December 2015 - October 2018 (2 years and 10 months)
    Frankfurt, HE, Germany
    •Responsible for incoming orders and revenue (+2 billion USD), achieving revenue growth of +10%.
    •Established and led the new trade finance department (OEKB project financing), increasing incoming orders by +15%.
    •Optimized global expansion strategy: Responsible for finance, logistics, and IT for new market entry in Nigeria and Peru.
    Project Management Corporate Governance Controlling & Key Performance Indicators Project Financing International Expansion
  • General Electric, European Headquarter
    Finance Director
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    June 2012 - November 2015 (3 years and 5 months)
    Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    - Successful System Transformation: Implemented Oracle Hyperion for a 16 billion USD P&L structure, improving forecast accuracy by 40% and reducing reporting time by -30%.
    - Built and developed the European FP&A team (+10 employees).
    - Optimized German S&GA budget, reducing costs by 2 million USD.
    Project Management FP&A Cost Optimization Strategic Planning Hyperion

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Education

  • Diplom Kaufman
    JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITY,
    1999
    Diplom Kaufman
  • Bachelor of Arts
    UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON,
    1997
    BA (Hons)

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