Roswitha Schulz

Managing Director & Sr. Finance Manager of legal entities in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Armenia

Commercial business partner for Siemens Software DACH Region and managing director for legal entity in Egypt.

EMEA CFO Organization: ensure legal entity business continuity, compliance and risk management, financial and tax compliance and investment controlling, support system changes, streamline processes under consideration of commerical aspects and group structure, governance over EU and national funding and national tax credit claims; influencing strategic decisions

Head of the Accounting Shared Service Center; remote Management 20+ people supporting 35+ companies in Europe; responsible for USGAAP accounting as well as local statutory and tax compliance; supporting tax inspections in all forenamed countries; supporting M&A activities; cash forecasting; system implementations to increase efficiency; SOX & company policy compliance; involvement in strategic finance decisions high travel volume;

I'm supporting Mentor's aquisition activitis through the various Finance steps of due diligence, Finance/Accounting integration and transitions. This includes also post close activities like the preparation of financial statements, the facilitation of tax and grant processes as well as initiating and facilitating company restructuring processes. In addition I lead various international Finance and cross-departemental projects and initiatives.

I'm responsible for the support of acquisitions through Financial due diligence, Finance/Accounting integration and transition. Includes also post close activities like finalizing statutory audits and financial statements, facilitation of tax and grant audits and initiating and facilitating the shut down/liquidation of legal entities. In addition I contribute to international Finance projects and initiatives, including process re-engineering, training and support.

My responsibilities were quarterly, yearly close of accounts for the entities in Central Europe; Forecasting and Planning of total expenses for the region; cash forecasts and actual vs plan analysis; Statutory reportings and tax filings as well as supporting tax audits; I was the first contact for auditors and Managers. The implementation of projects in the Central Europe region was also part of my responsibilities. In this role, I was leading a team of 3 people.

Eigenverantwortliche Bearbeitung der Buchhaltung der belgischen Zweigniederlassung inklusive Reporting an die Konzernmutter, Forecast und Budgetplanung.

Kontieren und Buchen aller Geschäftsvorfälle, Erstellen von Ausgangsrechungen, Verwaltung der Kasse, Erstellen von Reisekosten.

Kontieren und Buchen von Eingangsrechnungen, Kasse- und Bankbuchungen, Erstellen von Ausgangsrechnungen, Mahnwesen, Abrechnungen mit Krankenkassen.