Ariane Curbach

Building the regional Supply FP&A team for chocolate segment | Driving insights into chocolate factory performance in EMEA region to support short- and long term decision making regarding profitability and strategy | Financial shaping of Year End Estimate and Plan | Leading a team of five Financial Analysts

Leading and conducting performance, operational, financial, and compliance audits across all Mars segments throughout Europe ||| Identifying and evaluating the organization’s audit risk areas including recommendations for improvement ||| Providing consulting services on governance, risks and controls to the organization’s management and staff ||| Providing key input to development of the risk-based annual internal audit plan

Demand Analyst: Demand and trade forecasting for UK chocolate, highlighting key trends, R&O | Reporting and analysis of demand performance | Providing transparency and insights into business performance | Quarterly innovation review to ensure pipeline fill for growth targets ||| E-Commerce Analyst: Business partner of e-commerce channel | Performance analyses, identifying R&O, giving insights into forecast implications | Challenging and steering to drive the delivery of channel targets

Factory P&L forecasting and steering incl. identification of R&O | Consultation of value stream, site logistics, engineering and SES for short- and long term decision making regarding profitability and strategy | Providing financial transparency on actual factory performance | Period closing, including analysis of actuals & managing the balance sheet

- Financial evaluation of innovative processes and products for LVZ express mail service - Strategic planning - Specification of IT requirements

- Analysis and strategic planning of onsite and offsite optimization projects - Business value calculations (e.g. for conversion rate optimization projects) - KPI tracking and A/B testing

Aufnahme in das Porsche Talent Network Projektwirtschaftlichkeitsrechnungen Produktkostenberichte • Soll-/Ist-Abweichungsanalysen • Bewertung von Entscheidungsvorlagen • Baureihenergebnisrechnung • Entwicklung neuer Controllinginstrumente

Major: Finance and Accounting Minor: Financial Economics and Global Markets