Experience

Actelion (now Janssen Pulmonary Hypertension)

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Financial Specialist

  • Apr 2020 - Present



Lonza

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Corporate Controlling

  • Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Assistance in monitoring and optimizing FI-CO processes.• Maintenance and development of Management Accounting Policies.• Maintenance and development of SAP CO Master Data.• Setting compliance rules for FI-CO processes.• Management of bonus accrual process.

• Treasury Controller

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Verification and validation of Group Financial Net Result.• Assisting in preparation of Financial Net annual budget and explanation of actual vs. budget deviations.• Assuring the Hedge Accounting for business planning cash flows, commodities and M&A transactions.• Assuring the correctness of valuations and accounting for financial derivatives ( IAS 39, IFRS9).• IR, FX Exposure stress testing and reporting.• CFO reporting (Liquidity Forecast, Exposures and Treasury KPIs).• Assistance in selection of new Treasury Management system



Nokia Siemens Networks

• Treasury Risk Manager

  • Apr 2011 - May 2016

  • Monitoring of FX, IR risk exposures and development of appropriate hedging strategies.• Cash flow and fair value hedge accounting IAS 39, IFRS9.• Fair value of derivatives IFRS 13 and counterparty credit risk. • Control of sales and procurement long/short-term forecasts and resulting FX exposures.• Management of balance sheet and cash flow risks at group level and in subsidiaries.• Reporting of P&L Financial Net results to Senior Management.• Assuring accuracy of FX results postings resulting from financial and operative items.• Constant Currency reporting and Financial reporting notes preparations (IFRS rules).

• Cash Management

  • Jun 2008 - Mar 2011

  • Implementing working capital strategies: performing analysis of cash flows to assess funding requirements of local entities and developing the strategies to repatriate money from highly regulated countries. (dividend payments, intercompany flows, intercompany loans or local financing, structured banking products, local investments etc.).• Optimization of capital structures: (minimization of cost of capital, analysing debt to equity leverage strategies with respect of the local regulations)• Establishing new and monitoring of existing banking relationships. Negotiating banking fees, credit lines, deposits and investment plans• Treasury Migration Project Leadership: Insured migration of treasury data from old legacy systems to SAP R/3.• Responsible of coordination of the set of up of data connections between the banks, global payment hub, Netting and accounting systems.• Reconciliation of intercompany loans and internal current accounts.• Treasury Department key contact person for accounting and group reporting issues.



Kaz Europe

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AR Specialist

  • 2007 - 2008



Philip Morris International

• Switzerland
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Credit Analyst, AR Accountant

  • Nov 2005 - Sep 2007

  • Analysing current financial activities in the affiliate. Identifying the future activities to be performed by the finance Shared Service Center. • Monitoring of affiliate intercompany payables and receivables positions and validating with the short-term forecasts. • Forecasting and anticipating cash movements. Cash pooling management and Cash Management reporting. • Responsible for calculating and updating client credit limits. Financial screenings of clients, updating clients’ financial information, releasing of orders. • Following up and encouraging clients for payments, informing clients of outstanding payments due, performing an overdue reporting