Description

A senior commercial finance leader with international experience, focused on performance management, financial planning, and executive decision support across complex organizations. Combines strong commercial acumen with hands-on leadership to strengthen financial steering, improve decision quality, and support sustainable growth.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Chinese
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

München (up to 50km)

Flix SE
Team lead Controlling
TRANSPORTATION
October 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 2 months)
Munich, Germany
• • Led the Commercial Finance / Controlling function, owning Gross Profit steering, financial planning, forecasting and executive reporting to support company-wide financial strategy
• • Acted as strategic finance partner to C-level leadership, delivering decision support through budgets, forecasts, investor reporting and multi-year strategic planning
• • Redesigned executive weekly financial steering process (54 stakeholders) through standardisation, automation, and introducing forward-looking deep dives, improving comparability and strategic decision-making
• • Streamlined the commercial forecasting framework, consolidating overlapping models into a single Revenue management-led forecast process, reducing manual workload by ~280 hours/month (~1.8 FTE), improve steering relevance while maintaining forecasting accuracy (~200bps variance)
• • Strengthened financial governance across Revenue Management, Commercial Excellence and HR by introducing clear ownership structures, standardized reporting, and improved steering metrics
• • Oversaw enterprise-wide OPEX planning and cost management, including headcount and salary planning, identifying efficiency opportunities while maintaining operational performance
• • Prepared and presented regular C-level updates, translating complex financial data into clear insights and actionable recommendations
• • Built and led a high-performing controlling team (4 direct reports), improving team capability, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration
Strategic planning Risk Management Cost Reduction
amazon
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
November 2018 - March 2020 (1 year and 4 months)
Munich, Germany
• • Owned regional financial planning, reporting and budgeting across six planning cycles for the MEU region
• • Partnered with regional leadership to support long-term network expansion and sustainable growth strategy
• • Led "Clawback Cost-Out" initiatives, securing director approval within four weeks and delivering $9.5M cost savings through delivery jurisdiction and DSP optimization
• • Managed and developed junior finance talent, including a Financial Analyst and intern
• • Active member of the regional DEI leadership team, co-hosting quarterly all-hands events for 110+ employees.
Amazon Transportation Service
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
April 2020 - August 2022 (2 years and 4 months)
Munich, Germany
• • Owned controllership and financial steering for EU Last-Mile operations, partnering with Operations, DSP Management and central planning teams to drive cost efficiency and network performance
• • Designed a 3-step operational cost mitigation framework (AmFlex → Sideline → Max routing) to manage demand volatility, preventing €11M in cost escalation against a €15M budget risk while maintaining service levels
• • Led delivery jurisdiction optimization across 90+ zip codes, using peak shipment-per-route analytics to right-size delivery areas, delivering €5.1M cost savings and avoiding additional driver hires
• • Redesigned DSP mileage compensation policy, replacing a 2-tier system with a 9-tier structure to beter reflect route variability, improving fairness and generating €1.2M cost savings
• • Built financial models and KPI frameworks for EU cargo electric bicycle delivery pilot (6 sites launched within two months), defining productivity metrics and benchmarking performance vs traditional van delivery
• • Designed DSP financial protection and governance frameworks to mitigate insolvency risk during operational disruptions, improving financial resilience of the delivery partner network