Lukas Bauer

Project: Rollout of the finance system in SAP S/4 HANA • Conceptualized contribution margin schemes for various business models and customized them in SAP • Planned, prepared and conducted the migration of Controlling structures • Validated the migration results, solved problems and delivered progress reports • Took responsibility for the master data management in the P/C2R work stream • Demonstrated our work stream achievements in monthly review sessions in front of around 60 controllers

Institute of Management Accounting and Control • Teached courses in Management Accounting, Internal Accounting and Investment • Coordinated a business game for the application of stratetgic management instruments • Supervised seminar works, bachelor and master theses

Project: Rollout of the finance system in SAP S/4 HANA • Conceptualized contribution margin schemes for various business models and customized them in SAP • Planned, prepared and conducted the migration of Controlling structures • Validated the migration results, solved problems and delivered progress reports • Took responsibility for the master data management in the P/C2R work stream • Demonstrated our work stream achievements in monthly review sessions in front of around 60 controllers

Project: Implementation and testing of the finance system in SAP S/4 HANA • Conducted migration tests of master and transaction data to SAP S/4 HANA • Customized controlling objects, hierarchies and allocation rules in SAP S/4 HANA • Provided guiding documents such as “Best Practices” and training material for the client’s end user • Supported and supervised the testers as a test coordinator in functionality test and troubleshooting • Provided knowledge about accounting concepts such as parallel accounting

Project: Restructuring of the finance organization and preparing for SAP S/4 HANA) • Developed a client specific performance management system as basis for automated real-time measurement of performance (earnings, profitability, value-based and non-financial performance) • Identified KPIs and value driver trees and linked them to accounting structures for deviation analyses • Conducted performance and liquidity assessments using discriminant and benchmarking analyses

Diehl Aviation is a global avionics and cabin integration first tier supplier with headquarters in Laupheim. In the finance and controlling team of around 30 employees, wich was directly subordinted to the CFO; I contributed to the day-to-day business as follows: • Developed a peer-group analysis for employee productivity in the Engineering & Service Center Debrecen • Prepared the advance turnover tax return • Developed and evaluated various deviation analyses

Grant Thornton is the world's seventh largest by revenue service network for accounting and consulting. Contributed in a team of six auditors to the annual audit of two medium-sized companies as follows: • Evaluated Journal-Entry-Tests in accordance to the Germany Assurance Standard 210 • Examined random samples of various income statement items as part of revenue stream testings • Reviewd various balance sheet items as part of the annual audit

This course focused on value creating boards and corporate governance, regarded from strategic management, entrepreneurship and organizational behaviour perspectives. The understanding of value creation and the human side was discussed. Topics were board processes and team dynamics, board leadership, interactions and influences inside and outside the boardroom, board-management relationships, trust and power, norms and codes, values and value creation.

This course focused on quantitative empirical research methods used in management accounting research (archival, experiment, quantitative field study, and survey) and frequently used theoretical perspectives including economic theories (agency, value of information, organizational architecture, and complementarities in organization design), organizational contingency theorizing (selection fit, interaction fit, and system fit), and psychology theories (cognition, motivation, and social).

Dissertation: Empirical analysis of the role of corporate purpose for the design of management systems

Postgraduate course covering subjects such as Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics, Law and Computer Science. • Main subject: Business Management and Controlling • Master Thesis: Analysis of digitization implying changes in the conceptual design of performance management

Undergraduate course covering subjects such as Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics, Law and Computer Science. • Main subject: Business Management and Controlling • Bachelor Thesis: Analysis of different approaches to manage innovative corporations