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Thorsten Becker
CFO Services for SMEs
Achieving Goals Through Financial Expertise
Contact data
Franz-Coenen-Str. 4
D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach
rq.xbbyghb@erxpro.e.argfebug D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach
http://www.linkedin.com/in/thorsten-r-becker
- Telefon Mobile
- +49 170 5919987
Social networks
Short profile
Intro
With over 20 years of experience in financial management, controlling, and accounting, I am a highly accomplished and result-driven CFO. Throughout my career, I have worked with multi-billion-dollar corporations as well as medium-sized market leaders, consistently demonstrating my ability to improve financial performance and drive success. I have increased profitability, streamlined processes, and restructured businesses.
Experience overview
- Financial Performance Management
- Strategic Financial Planning
- External Financial Reporting for public companies
- Audit Management and Compliance
- Costing
- M&A
- Financing
Tasks
- Building a Company / Business
- Yield Increase
- Management
- Merger & Acquisition
- Turnaround
Functions
- Finance
- Management / General Management / Board
- Accounting & Controlling
Role in the company
- 1st Level / Executive Board / Management
- Supervisory Board / Advisory Board / Board of Directors
Industry experience
- Automotive, Supplier
- Chemistry
- Electrical Engineering / Electronics
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Mechanical Engineering
Social Media Künstler-Management
Bauindustrie
Type of company
- Owner-managed / Family Business
- Corporation / Group
- Medium-sized Enterprise
- Start-up
Regions (Regions where you have proven experience)
- Belgium
- France
- Great Britain
- Italy
- USA
Schweiz
Litauen
Portugal
Languages
- German (Mother tongue or bilingual)
- English (Mother tongue or bilingual)
- French (Basic knowledge)
Special certificates and awards
2020: Kollaborative Arbeitsmethoden in bereichsübergreifenden Teams
2013: Motivationsmethoden in internationalen Teams
2011: Methoden der strategischen Unternehmensführung II
2008: Methoden der strategischen Unternehmensführung I
2002: Six Sigma Green Belt und Money Belt zertifiziert (TBM)
2002: Projektmanagement, Universitätskurs (UCLA)
2001: Personalmanagement und -führung, Universitätskurs (UCLA)
Special skills
- Verbesserung des Ertrags und Liquiditätsverbesserung
- M&A und Finanzierungen
- Strategische Finanzplanung
- Interne und externes Reporting von KMU bis börsennotierten Unternehmen
- Prüfungsmanagement und Compliance
- Treasury und Steuern
- Kostenrechnung
- ERP Einführung
IM projects (self employed)
06/2024 - Today Duration: 14 months
Profitability Improvement and Strategic Growth
Spezialchemie GmbH
Spezialchemie GmbH
Company description
Chemical SME für the food packaging industry
- Company turnover in Mio $
- 10 Mio USD
- Number of employees in company
- 30
- City / place
- Essen
02/2024 - Today Duration: 18 months
Strategic Growth
Start-up GmbH in Social Media
Start-up GmbH in Social Media
Company description
Social Media Artist Management, Consulting and Product Management
- City / place
- Köln
09/2023 - Today Duration: 23 months
Strategic Growth
Spezialchemie GmbH
Spezialchemie GmbH
Company description
Market leader in the area of defoamers und corrosion protection
- City / place
- Düsseldorf
Initial situation at the client
Vorbereitung auf skalierbares Wachstum
Area of responsibility (sales and employees)
CFO
CFO
Mission
- Define and improve business processes
- Make decision making more transparent
- Financing and M&A projects
Measures taken
- Implement cost accounting
- Improve ERP system
- Create system of internal control
Special challenges
- Culture
- Market conditions
- Kapazität
03/2024 - 10/2024 Duration: 8 months
Turnaournd
Mittelständische Maschinenbau GmbH
Mittelständische Maschinenbau GmbH
- Company turnover in Mio $
- 10 Mio USD
- Number of employees in company
- 30
- City / place
- Dänemark
01/2024 - 07/2024 Duration: 7 months
Tunraround
Biostatistik GmbH
Biostatistik GmbH
Company description
Biostatistic Analysis Services (CRO)
- Company turnover in Mio $
- 3 Mio USD
- Number of employees in company
- 25
- City / place
- Köln
01/2022 - 03/2022 Duration: 3 months
M&A Advisory
Vertraulich
Vertraulich
Company description
Full-service CDMO for GMP manufacturing of APIs, lipid excipients, drug products, such as injectable & osd, and packaging
- Company turnover in Mio $
- 600 Mio USD
- Number of employees in company
- 3100
- City / place
- Deutschland
Initial situation at the client
Beratung und Analyse während einer Due Diligenfce zur Übernahame eines Pharma Unternehmen
Work history (permanent employment)
11/2019 - 10/2023 Duration: 48 months
Executive Director - Group Reporting and Controlling
Balta Group NV
Balta Group NV
Marktführer in textilen Bodenbelägen
- City / place
- Gent, Belgien
Remarks
Global responsibility for internal and external reporting, controlling, FP&A, consolidation, treasury
coordinated accounting and tax departments
6 direct and 32 indirect reports
Employee responsibility: 38
Sales volume: €670m
Global responsibility for internal and external reporting, controlling, FP&A, consolidation, treasury
coordinated accounting and tax departments
6 direct and 32 indirect reports
Employee responsibility: 38
Sales volume: €670m
07/2018 - 09/2019 Duration: 15 months
CFO Europe and Head of European Operations Controlling
Littelfuse Inc.
Littelfuse Inc.
Electronic components for a sustainable and connected world
- City / place
- Mannheim, Deutschland
Remarks
Responsible for Finance and Accounting in Europe; 8 direct and 33 indirect reports
Employee responsibility: 41
Sales volume: €450m
Responsible for Finance and Accounting in Europe; 8 direct and 33 indirect reports
Employee responsibility: 41
Sales volume: €450m
03/2013 - 07/2018 Duration: 65 months
Group CFO
CordenPharma
CordenPharma
- City / place
- Frankfurt, Germany
Remarks
Responsible for Finance, IT and Procurement; 8 direct and 26 indirect reports
Employees responsibility: 34
Sales volume: €370m
Responsible for Finance, IT and Procurement; 8 direct and 26 indirect reports
Employees responsibility: 34
Sales volume: €370m
Education
08/1995
- 04/1996
Dipl. Betriebswirt /fh)
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University
Notes / specifics
Studienaustausch
Studienarbeit:
- Subjektive Qualität bei KfZ - ein internationaler Vergleich
- Einfluss auf Entwicklungszeit durch Concurrent Engineering
Studienaustausch
Studienarbeit:
- Subjektive Qualität bei KfZ - ein internationaler Vergleich
- Einfluss auf Entwicklungszeit durch Concurrent Engineering
10/1993
- 08/1997
Dipl. Betriebswirt /fh)
Fachhochschule, Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Fachhochschule, Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Notes / specifics
Diplomarbeit: Integrated Strategy for a Pan-European Supply Chain Management
Diplomarbeit: Integrated Strategy for a Pan-European Supply Chain Management
Documents and files
Lebenslaufpdf
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CV
in Deutsch
Lebenslaufpdf
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CV