Kai Zhu

Angestellt, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Invacare Holdings Corporation
Albstadt, Germany

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

US-GAAP and IFRS
Management Accounting
Sales Controlling
Financial Planning & Analysis
Indirect Costs Saving
Finance Business Partnering
Problem Solving
Restructuring & Reorganization
Change Management
Cashflow Management
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Turnaround Management
Budgeting & Forecasting
Performance Management
Working Capital Management
Capital Budgeting
R&D Project Controlling
Internal Audit
Compliance
ERP
Continuous Improvement
Strategic Planning
External Financing
Team Building & Coaching
Talent Management

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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