Melissa Lim

Global business-travel technology

Owned group-level cost controlling across the Product House (4 pillars, 33 cost centres), partnering with 13+ VPs and Directors — steering ~10% cost reductions in 2025 and ~€1.3M savings in the 2026 budget. Cut month-end close from 10+ days to 8, improving reporting speed by 20%. Built the operational and reporting workflow for a major new customer worth ~€0.9M won in 2025.

Leading German e-recruiting SaaS

- 200 FTE

- ~€20M

Led FP&A with full P&L cost ownership for a ~€20M ARR SaaS business, delivering board reporting and financial insight that drove business steering.

Redesigned budgeting and rolling forecasting across 2 BUs and 1 subsidiary, including headcount planning and scenario modelling.

Built and maintained the ARR bridge tracking new business, expansion, contraction, and churn; raised KPI reporting efficiency 15% via SQL/Tableau automation.

Strengthened cost controls across 18 departments (+15% variance-analysis accuracy) and designed IFRS-compliant processes cutting close timelines by 4 days.

Developed a cash-flow forecasting model integrating P&L and headcount assumptions for scenario planning and liquidity visibility.

Proprietary remote-desktop software

- 150 FTE

◦ · ~€25M revenue

Designed and ran an agile budgeting process with 15+ department heads, embedding financial discipline and faster decision-making.

Owned the finance workstream for the NetSuite ERP implementation — defined chart of accounts and entity setup, completed UAT ahead of go-live.

Scaled the controlling function's processes and analytical capability as the team grew from 1 to 4.