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Description

I am an experienced CFO and Business Leader. You can benefit from my over 20 years of highly successful professional and leadership experience in medium-sized, privately held, or publicly listed industrial companies – meaning faster progress and accurate decision-making for you.

If you are looking for excellent expertise for an important turnaround or are embarking on a profound, strategic realignment, you have come to the right place. Or if you are looking for in-depth process expertise that touches the entire breadth of business processes, enabling you to implement a lean and powerful ERP system promptly, you can benefit from my unique experience for your challenge. This way, you can avoid costly mistakes and reach your goal much faster.

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Zürich (up to 50km), Basel (up to 50km), Luzern (up to 50km), Bern (up to 50km), Lausanne (up to 50km)

LAWInvest Advisers GmbH
Managing Director
January 2021 - Today (5 years and 5 months)
Zofingen, AG, Switzerland
• Interim Management CFO and Finance Functions
Tornos Gruppe
Chief Financial Officer
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
August 2012 - April 2021 (8 years and 8 months)
Moutier, Switzerland
- Refinancing of the group through public capital increase
- Clarification and negotiation of SIX Exchange Regulations leading to an agreement
- Downsizing of the workforce at the Swiss location by >30%
- Reduction of net working capital by MCHF 40 (> 44%) within 18 months
- Establishment of a Chinese location and negotiation with a Chinese JV partner
- Refocusing of subtractive manufacturing and reduction of staff from 85 to 15 employees; parallel establishment of an external supply chain
forteq Group
Chief Financial Officer
AUTOMOBILE
January 2005 - August 2012 (7 years and 7 months)
Nidau, BE, Switzerland
- Implementation of a highly automated financial consolidation system according to IFRS, where all disclosure tables are compiled and reconciled within the system.
- Establishment of the group's financial reporting process with fully consolidated monthly reports on the 4th business day and rolling forecast on the 5th business day through high standardization and optimized consolidation system setup (SAP BPC).
- Carve-out and establishment of the group's IT infrastructure and client management, managing 450 clients and 80 servers (physical and virtual) in a 5/24-hour service with 5 employees through infrastructure centralization and high standardization.
- Significant contribution to the group's restructuring (from -11% EBIT to +7% within 3 years) through the development of financial and non-financial KPI management.