Renate Pessel

- Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings for Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Responsible for Accounts Payable, Payroll Services, monthly VAT reporting - Manage Statutory audits, tax and internal audits, in conjunction with International Tax departments - Partner with Corporate Finance and Treasury, Sales Operations, Corporate and external Tax Teams, Corporate and local audit teams, Legal, HR, Controlling/FP&A, Billing/Revenue - Review of processes for scalability and Corp. Best Practices

MACH sàrl was acquired by Syniverse in 2012. Since 1987, Syniverse has become a global leader in mobile interoperability, mobile communications and mobile expertise.

Performed various temporay assignments and projects in International companies, one of these for Microsoft, DACH Region.

Global Payroll Migration (SSC): Responsible as part of the Global Payroll Organization within Shared Services for managing the centralized payroll process with one external vendor for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Acting as Primary Contact for Payroll Vendor, the local Finance and HR team for Data Delivery Issues, new Business Requirements (system changes) and Escalations. Support Standardization and Consistency of processes throughout countries. Monitor KPIs including Payroll Accuracy, Timeliness, Comp

Reporting to Controller in USA • Responsible for Accounting and Payroll Services for 7 legal entities in Central and Eastern Europe • Responsible for Planning and Migration of all Finance functions for the above entities into a European Shared Service Center based in Dublin • Financial planning, controlling, statutory reporting in line with US GAAP and local requirements • Responsible for Facilities and Car Park Management • Managing a team of 7 direct reports

• Ensuring Revenue Compliance in line with US- GAAP (SOP 97-2, 98-9) • Monitoring cross departmental guidelines to ensure timely booking of software revenues in line with US GAAP • Training of Sales, Finance, Legal on Revenue Recognition

• Responsible within the Shared Services for Revenue Bookings EMEA • Ensuring Revenue Compliance in line with US GAAP and SOP 97-2, 98-9 • Focal point for Controllers, Sales Management and Legal on all Revenue Recognition topics • Implementing JDE CRM System; responsible for training and support of the EMEA Sales Teams • Implementation of European wide standards for commission and bonus payments (service for ca. 800 Eployees)

• Managing accounting and payroll services for 9 legal entities in Central and Eastern Europe • Continuous re-alignment of financial processes to support rapid growth of the company • Managing all external and internal audits • Responsible for all internal and external audits • Managing a team of 7 direct reports

• Aufsetzen und Führung der externen Buchhaltung • Office Management

Financial Assistant

Accounting Clerk