Markus Dr. Süss

• Business with Private Equity Investments

• Corporate role as Managing Director in a portfolio company

• Management of 15 employees (project work)

• Budgeting, IFRS/HGB forecast preparation (up to 10 years planning horizon)

• Internal accounting/controlling reporting (costs, marketing success, sales and marketing controlling), variance analyses

• Execution of complex Excel modeling, including VBA

• Project management for the introduction/changes of Finance IT solutions (Accounting, Controlling, Payment Transactions)

• Derivation of measures in case of potential target deviation, advising the CEO, investor communication

• Project planning for IPO execution

• Optimization of margin calculation

• Contact person for auditors and internal audit

• Result: Bridging a personnel vacancy, contributing specialized know-how (IPOs), assisting in improving operational efficiency as well as sales and

Technologies used: brand controlling, and leveraging quick wins from a financial perspective (e.g., optimization of working capital) of approx. €25 million in cash SAP HANA user, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, contract reviews, planned vs. actual variance analyses, KPIs, accounting according to HGB, IFRS; SAP FI-CO, Budget & Financial Forecasts (preparation, discussion, adjustment), C-level collaboration, company valuation, M&A process management, IPO, corporate finance, legal, taxes, insurance, internationalization, cost optimization, sales controlling

Accounting, DACH region; supporting the annual audit by PWC, tasks included:

• Accounting, annual financial statement preparation and audit coordination for 5 companies, mostly joint ventures with industrial partners (AGCO Agricultural Machinery, Komatsu, and Cargobull)

• Drafting and adapting (after initial audit) management reports and notes, including calculation of relevant key figures (KPIs)

• Answering questions on balance sheet and P&L items, working with SUN Infor SunSystems v4, Excel reports, and original documents (invoices, contracts, SLAs, etc.)

• Accompanying tax audits at 2 companies, working with tax-relevant documents such as tax pre-declarations, VAT and income tax returns, and tax assessments or the underlying tax accounts in the general ledger, explaining financial processes, providing customer information, invoices, and booking documents, reducing initial tax claims (from approx. EUR 7 million to EUR 5 thousand); reconciling results with managing directors

• Responding to official letters (especially from the German Federal Bank and the National Bank (Austria)), working with mandatory official reports Technologies in use: Compliance with the requirements of HGB and German/international (especially Dutch) tax legislation/accounting, BaFin and German Federal Bank compliance for leasing companies, obligations for annual financial statement preparation and publication, ensuring compliance in the preparation and publication of annual financial statements