
Kai Zhu
Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Kai Zhu
- Current 2 years and 11 months, since Jul 2023
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Invacare Holdings Corporation
- Market leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home and long-term care medical products - Overall responsibility for the entire group, incl. finance and accounting in regions, corporate accounting & reporting, tax, treasury and internal control Main tasks, projects and achievements: - Cost savings in NA and Corporate - Liquidity management process - Fresh Start Accounting - M&A initiatives - Assurance of the functional financial viability despite "brain drain" owing to reorganization
- 1 year and 3 months, Apr 2022 - Jun 2023
CFO EMEA
Invacare Holdings Corporation
- Responsible for finance and accounting, group reporting & consolidation, treasury & group Controlling and tax & compliance in Europe Main tasks, projects and achievements: - EBITDA improvement through transformation and restructuring - Reduced overdue liabilities by leveraging cash from overdue receivables collection and inventory reduction - Transformation of finance team into business partners - Insourced accounting shared service center to Portugal with improved processes and efficiency
- 3 years and 3 months, Jan 2019 - Mar 2022
CFO Fire Fighting Group
CNH Industrial
- Manufacturing and distributing fire fighting trucks and equipment - Overall responsibility for group financial reporting & analysis, finance & accounting, commercial & operations controlling Main tasks, projects and achievements: - Transformation of the finance team into proactive and problem solving business partners - Achieved the turnaround through profitable sales, improved operational efficiency and continuous process improvement - Management of a potential carve-out incl. due diligence
- 2 years, Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
CFO Emerging Market
Danaher KaVo Kerr Group
- Part of Danaher Dental platform acting as market leader in dental equipment and consumable business - Overall responsibility for all finance-related topics in the emerging markets of Russia, CIS countries, MEA, Asia and Latin America Main tasks, projects and achievements: - Management of month-end closing, forecasting and budget processes - Management of Accounting and FP&A teams and driving business partner and Danaher Business System culture - Realized continuous growth while improved profitability
- 5 years and 10 months, Sep 2012 - Jun 2018
Regent of Board
Institute of Management Accountants
- 8 years and 11 months, Aug 2009 - Jun 2018
Member of Exam Review Committee
Institute of Management Accountants
- 1 year, Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
VP Finance Global FP&A
Danaher KaVo Group
- Responsible for building and leading the global FP&A, EMEA Commercial FP&A and Asian Finance teams
- 9 months, Apr 2015 - Dec 2015
VP Finance Asia
Danaher KaVo Group
- Responsible for Finance in Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and India
- 1 year and 3 months, Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Head of Controlling
Britax Group EMEA
- Britax offering childcare products including car seats and pushchairs - Responsible for sales, operations and project controlling as well as FP&A in EMEA Main tasks, projects and achievements: - Management of month-end closing, forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning processes - Establishment of a pan-European team and transformation of the controlling team into business partners - Leadership of restructuring and cost saving initiatives
- 1 year and 10 months, Mar 2012 - Dec 2013
Manager Controlling
Danaher KaVo Group
- Part of Danaher Dental platform with focus on dental equipment - Responsible for the controlling of two strategic business units in EMEA and management report for whole EMEA Main tasks, projects and achievements: - Implementation of a product cost monitoring process, incl. a product cost calculation tool - Achievement of savings in indirect expenditure, e.g. by reducing travel costs - Reorganization & process redesign of the service business to improve profitability
- 3 years and 2 months, Jan 2009 - Feb 2012
Senior Controller EMEA
Danaher KaVo Group
- 2 years and 7 months, Jun 2006 - Dec 2008
Controller SCM and R&D
Avery Dennison Deutschland GmbH
- Avery Dennison Printer System group focusing on industrial bar code printers, RFID printers and labeling machines - Plant controller for production, supply chain, development & sales
- 1 year and 10 months, Aug 2004 - May 2006
Business Analyst
Avery Dennison Deutschland GmbH
Ausbildung von Kai Zhu
- 5 years and 2 months, Apr 1999 - May 2004
Business Informatics and Administration
Technical University Ilmenau
Informationsmanagement, Controlling, Marketing
- 3 years, Sep 1995 - Aug 1998
Business Informatics and Administration
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Sprachen
Chinese
C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)
English
C1 (Fließend)
German
C1 (Fließend)
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