Jan 2025 – Oct 2025 · 9 mos · Basel, Switzerland

• Role: head of operational excellence (finance), 30 global sites, $6b revenue
• Design and deploy global Site and CAPEX standards within the Process Excellence program
• Coordinate cross-functional improvement projects with Finance, Operations, and IT
• Lead process documentation, metrics, and continuous-improvement tracking
• Support Global Process Owners on data-driven decisions and transformation planning

Nov 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Berne, Switzerland

• Role: business controlling, 20+ plants in Switzerland, Germany and France, revenue $500m
• Accountable for financial and operational results, and application of corrective measures
• Lead the Business Intelligence strategy definition and coordination with other departments
• Responsible for the transfer pricing strategy, calculation and application
• Finance Lean Six Sigma lead to internal production and backoffice processes

Apr 2022 – Oct 2022 · 6 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• Promoted: reporting to CEO, all former responsibilities with addition of
• Management: finance team ~ 15 headcount international (accountants, controllers, managers)
• Controlling: accountable for defining account reconciliations and group policies
• Audit: lead with external auditors, both for group US GAAP and local statutory
• M&A: involvement in business development to support growth strategy with group executives

Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 · 5 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• Promoted: report to CFO, all former responsibilities with addition of
• Management: accounting team ~ 9 headcount international (Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific)
• Accounting: responsible end-to-end for global and local GAAP requirements
• Closing: accountable for schedule definition, monitoring, financials consolidation, and review
• IT: development of system standards to enable key stakeholders proper and timely reporting

Mar 2021 – Sep 2021 · 6 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• Role: report to group VP Finance Controlling
• Operations controlling: review inventory costing strategies, variances and saving opportunities
• SG&A and R&D controlling: define group accounting & controlling rules for cost center reporting
• Account reconciliation: define applicable US GAAP principles, trainings, and review quarterly
• Solution owner: end users support on Oracle Cloud Financials (AR, AP, SCM, FA, Expenses)

Feb 2020 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr · Aargau, Switzerland

• Promoted: report to site FM, all former responsibilities with addition of
• Management: 2 interns respectively on project and manufacturing
• Costs of Poor-Quality reduction: liquidated damages, scrap, rework, concessions, warranty, etc.
• Review inventory levels and coordinate actions to support the group working capital strategy
• Follow up contractual obligations with respect to billing, payments, and dispute management

Mar 2019 – Jan 2020 · 10 mos · Aargau, Switzerland

• Promoted: report to site FM, all former responsibilities with addition of
• Responsible for product costing in collaboration with the industrialization department
• Develop the annual operating plan and review the financial performance of the plant operations
• Manage week/month-end closing, prepare financial statements and other operational reports
• Follow-up actuals and forecasts for supply chain operations (labor, overheads, leakage)

Jun 2018 – Feb 2019 · 8 mos · Aargau, Switzerland

• Role: GIS product line portfolio, report to site finance manager
• Project accounting and controlling under US GAAP ASC 606 for global portfolio
• Lead the review process end-to-end: tender, engineering, production, shipping, site, warranty
• Ensure budgets, actuals, commitments, and forecasts are consistently updated in SAP
• Responsible for booking and follow-up of warranty provisions (value, start, duration, end dates)

Nov 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Vaud, Switzerland

• Role: consultant, Lean projects management (manufacturing and services)
• Structured business cases, coordinated, and followed up with internal customer teams
• Extended Lean application to back-office for support to operations (internal customers)
• Created real-time web applications connected to open data repositories on respective markets
• Implementing and/or coordinating risks and opportunities follow-up with operations

Sep 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Vaud, Switzerland

• Role: consultant, divisional business flows optimization (leverage and restructuring)
• End-to-end Value Stream Mapping investigation and reviews with divisional/functional managers
• Development and maintenance of various Business Intelligence tools (mainly around PowerBI)
• Delivered UX-first solutions (quality) with real-time (speed) and durable feed (low cost)
• Documented and trained customers for self-maintenance and future developments

Sep 2014 – Aug 2015 · 11 mos · Vaud, Switzerland

• Role: financial analyst for short on-site and off-site missions to international SMEs
• Controlling: basic to advanced, especially referring to ERP cleanup investigations
• Consolidation: basic to advanced, intercompany alignment, corrections, reviews
• Support and follow-up on manufacturing lean implementation with financial forecasting
• Documented and trained customers for self-maintenance and future developments

Aug 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr · Aargau, Switzerland

• Promoted: deputy to Product Line Finance Director, 10+ plants global, $200 million
• FP&A monthly/yearly financial reporting cycles, processes, and statements
• Operational reviews: Capital Expenditures, R&D, Lean implementation, Software licenses usage
• Preparation and presentation of consolidated financial statements to senior management
• Coordination of product line budget process with all functional managers

Aug 2012 – Jul 2013 · 11 mos · Aargau, Switzerland

• Promoted: central business controller, report to Director Accounting Controlling, 100+ BUs
• Lead on financial process improvements, reporting, and tools (mainly Excel + Analytics)
• Lead on Non-Production Overheads process and yearly calculation for all Product Lines
• R&D controller with direct support to Business senior management for investment/portfolio day
• Technical administrator for finance best practices, trainings, and guidelines (InfoSys)

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · Aargau, Switzerland

• Role: deputy to Lead Project Controller for project Sostanj 6 in Slovenia, $1 billion
• Project accounting, controlling, and reporting in accordance with IFRS
• Follow-up on project schedule and actual costs vs budget with project manager and director
• Follow-up on cash milestones and provide forecasts analysis to Business Unit controlling
• Risk management deep-dive with contractual/commercial/legal experts