Yaw Asante

Finance Manager

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany2 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led major finance projects at Unilever.
Expert in financial analysis and reporting.
Strong background in corporate finance and controlling.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance professional with expertise in corporate finance and financial analysis.

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SAP HANARechnungswesenRControllingAccountingCorporate FinanceEconomicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft AccessVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP BW)SAP Analytics CloudTableauTM1Planung

Experience

Unilever

6 roles

Finance Manager Customer Development Germany

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos

Finance Business Partner Ice Cream Austria | Unilever Future Leaders Programme

Mar 2025 – Aug 2025 · 5 mos

Supply Chain Finance Manager Foods | Unilever Future Leaders Programme

Sep 2024 – Mar 2025 · 6 mos

As a Supply Chain Finance Manager located in Hamburg, with regular presence in Rotterdam and factories in the European Foods factory network, my responsibilities include:
Support in driving the network-wide production cost agenda and month end cycles
Aid in the creation of yearly factory budgets
Driving insights through projects on factory benchmarking (quantitaive and qualitative) across certain product portfolios and factory energy cost reduction/allocation

Financial Controlling Manager | Unilever Future Leaders Programme

Jan 2024 – Aug 2024 · 7 mos

Project Lead for IFRS Data Pack Collection for separation of Ice Cream business in DACH
Allocated company wide balance sheet items (PPE, receivables, rebates, payables) to Ice Cream business as a basis to create historic stand-alone Ice Cream business financial statements.
Managed project members, key stakeholders, and the global project team, ensuring smooth coordination.
Established a new project planning tool, organizing team structure, timings, and supporting documents.
Developed appropriate allocation approaches for balance sheet items through deep dives and stakeholder collaboration, making necessary adjustments.
Ensured proper documentation for subsequent audit of Data Packs.
Project Lead for Intercompany Charge Out Processes
Redesigned charge out processes for intercompany transactions between German and European Supply Chain entities, ensuring regulatory compliance and increased efficiency.
Proposed redesigned charge out process to senior management, providing management summaries
and comprehensive process overviews. Changes implemented as result of the project
Conducted deep dives into accounting and cost reporting, creating financial models and collaborating with various teams to consolidate data.
Statutory Accounts and Audits Delivery
Prepared and delivered management reports for German statutory reporting ("HGB-Lagebericht") for German legal entities.
Managed audit-related inquiries, ensuring thorough and accurate responses.

Unilever Future Leaders Programme - Management Trainee (Finance)

Sep 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Two-year rotational management trainee program in DACH.
The Unilever Future Leaders Programme comprises personal leadership experience and close collaboration with senior management, formal trainings in various fields ranging from agile ways of working to technical skills development, and provides project-based insights into a wide range of business areas.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager | Unilever Future Leaders Programme

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 · 3 mos

Managed actuals collection and forecasting for Working Capital, Repacking, and Gift Packs Business, achieving significant results
Developed a Working Capital Reporting system using an Excel model, integrating data from different financial reporting systems for quicker insights and emerged as key point of contact for senior management and informed commentary
Significantly improved forecasting quality of Gift Packs business & Repacking cost by creating financial models that integrate data from different sources enabling faster business insights and accurate cost estimation

Bmw group

Master’s Thesis Intern - Controlling Region Europe

Apr 2023 – Aug 2023 · 4 mos · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Conducted my Master’s Thesis in cooperation with the BMW Group, examining how the shift to an agency-based sales model impacts the steering relevance and future development of selected KPIs for OEMs

Esb business school, reutlingen university

Research Assistant - Doing Business in Africa

Jan 2022 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The applied research project Doing Business in Africa aims to make the opportunities in African markets transparent and to identify ways in which companies can take advantage of these opportunities. The project aims to help understand and promote the engagement of German, European and local companies in Africa. The focus is on the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the markets of sub-Saharan Africa.

Bmw group

Gap Year Intern - Controlling German Market

Feb 2021 – Aug 2021 · 6 mos · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Business advisory during the contract negotiations with strategic key accounts
Commercial evaluation of pricing and product measures (price increases, decontenting, line enrichments)
Commercial evaluation of offer conditions for different sales channels (key accounts, public agencies, retail)
Conduction of ad-hoc analyses (e.g., contribution margin calculations)

Tchibo

Gap Year Intern - Controlling E-Commerce

Aug 2020 – Feb 2021 · 6 mos · Hamburg, Germany

Project for the development of a navigable sales performance dashboard using the BI Tool SAP Analytics Cloud and subsequent presentation of project results to the sales and controlling directors
Conceptualisation and creation of monthly KPI cockpits of e-commerce business units for the top management
Conduction of ad-hoc analyses (e.g., profitability analysis of coffee brands and identification of influencing factors)

Robert vogel gmbh & co. kg

Working Student - Controlling

Mar 2020 – Aug 2020 · 5 mos · Hamburg, Germany

Involvement in the creation of financial and investment budgets
Conduction of ad-hoc analyses (e.g. vacancy analyses, plausibilation of real estate valuation reports)
Advancement of the Business Intelligence tool (IBM Cognos TM1)
Preparation of quarterly reports
Preparation of reports for banking covenants

Kfw

Intern - Credit Risk Management

Sep 2019 – Feb 2020 · 5 mos · Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Risk and performance analyses of Asset Backed Securities (ABS) and Structured Debt Funds used in development cooperation
Creation of internal ratings of ABS including statistical derivation of input parameters, cashflow modelling and financial stress testing

Robert vogel gmbh & co. kg

Working Student - Controlling and Accounting

Oct 2018 – Aug 2019 · 10 mos · Hamburg und Umgebung, Deutschland

Controlling:
Involvement in the creation of financial and investment budgets
Conduction of ad-hoc analyses (e.g. vacancy analyses, plausibilation of real estate valuation report)
Advancement of the BI tool
Preparation of quarterly reports
Preparation of report for banking covenants
Accounting:
Booking of accounts payable
Booking of bank statements (incoming and outgoing payments)

Hochschule für angewandte wissenschaften hamburg (haw hamburg)

Student Consultant

Aug 2018 – Mar 2019 · 7 mos · Greater Kiel Area

Together with my team at HAW Student Consulting we conducted market strategy analyses for a large Norwegian ferry operator.
We evaluated different concepts, developed action recommendations and presented our solutions to the company.