Christian Tetens

Development of a new reporting system, which reduced the duration of the month-end closing processes by 60% / Inhouse development of PowerApps for budget planning of customer sales, personnel, material and other operating expenses; thereby, significant reduction of budgeting time / Management of overall budget planning including on-site discussions with site managers and area managers / Conduct of monthly results meetings with location managers, including the agreement of recommendations for action

- Accounting & Controlling - Budget planning - Reporting - Cash Flow management - Monthly-, Yearly Close (HGB/IFRS) - Consolidation - SAP - Mircrosoft Excel BI, Word, Powerpoint

Managed finance department incl. accounting, performance management, IT and human resources/Led three accountants and members of the office staff/Responsible for year-end closing and preparatory work for the tax declaration by tax consultants/ Created yearly budgets and conducted regular performance analysis/ Planned and controlled cash flows/ Conduct job interviews with new candidates/ Maintain professional exchange with bank, tax consultants and insurance advisors

Verantwortlicher Controller für die Bereiche „Retail & B2C“, „OPEX“ sowie „CAPEX“ ; Aufbau des Berichtswesens für die verantworteten Bereiche, inkl. der Einführung einer Kostenstellenrechnung; Erstellung wöchentlicher bzw. monatlicher Berichte über die Entwicklung der Plan-/Ist-Zahlen wie Verkaufsvolumina; EBITDA, Betriebsausgaben, u.a. an das lokale Management und an die Zentrale; Erstellen des Jahresbudgets in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Handelsteam;

- Project leader of CTRM Software Implementation (Commodity XL) for financial trading - Successfully implemented CXL at several ADM location, such as Hamburg or London - Undertook “As-Is”-process analysis and wrote “To-Be”-process design for affiliates - Trained colleagues in using Commodity XL for financial trading - Worked on further enhancements of the software Commodity XL in cross-functional teams - kept relevant stakeholders informed about project progress, timelines, budgets and risks

- Supported the quarterly financial reporting of Toepfer Ukraine’s silo division - Analyzed variation of actual quarterly results from planned results - Created yearly silo budget together with local silo controllers - Supervised the budget of a new silo construction project - Undertook several silo audits throughout Ukraine - Brought my Russian language skills to a fluent level through continuous training - Built up a network of relationships with Western farmers in Ukraine

- Preparation for delegation to Controlling department at Alfred C. Toepfer (Ukraine) Ltd., Kiev (Ukraine)

- Executed Ukrainian and Romanian barley, wheat and corn on basis of CIF and FOB contracts to destinations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe

Logistics/Execution, Trade, Finance, Accounting - Gained practical experience of Grain and Oil Trading - Supported price calculations, daily risk plan creation and FX risk management - Executed sun, soybean oil and grains from Europe to North African and the Middle East