Martin Schauer
Director Financial Projects and Reporting @HELM AG
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WORK HISTORY
Director Financial Projects and Reporting @HELM AG
Finance Leadership | Business Unit and its Subsidiaries (UK & Spain, turnover €50m-€150m): • I lead a four‑member finance team and drive continuous improvement across all finance processes • I improve internal reporting and strengthen transparency and performance management • I steer budgeting and forecasting cycles for the Business Unit • I manage working capital, liquidity, project financing and hedging • I oversee global financial performance and provide actionable insights to the business lead • I deliver standard and ad‑hoc analyses to support strategic decisions • I manage accounting and financial reporting under German GAAP (HGB), IFRS and UK GAAP • I enhance production cost controlling and cost transparency • I act as a strategic business partner on financial and commercial mattersStrategic Investment Projects | Financial Leadership: • I manage financial workstreams across major investment projects (up to €400m) • I lead selected strategic projects from concept to execution • I define objectives, conduct feasibility analyses, and oversee resource and budget planning • I evaluate business models and business cases and prepare decision papers • I support change management and execute post‑merger integration initiativesKey Achievements: • I introduced a monthly Business Review and a semi‑annual forecasting cadence • I successfully delivered the post‑merger integration of LevertonHELM Limited • I implemented annual budgeting and multi‑year planning processes • I applied for funding under Spain’s PERTE VEC transformation programme
EDUCATION
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Executive Education Negotiation
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Magister Artium, Modern History
Mark McGregor Leadership Workshop
Great teams are built, not born
Mark McGregor Leadership Workshop
Being on mission
Freie Universität Berlin
Magister Artium, Economics
ABOUT MARTIN SCHAUER
Als Finance Director einer Business Unit erkläre ich finanzielle Kennzahlen und übernehme in strategischen Projekten (Investitionen, M&A und Finanzierung) alle Aufgaben von der Erstbewertung bis zum erfolgreichen Closing. Ich führe ein kleines Finanzteam mit Kollegen in Deutschland, England und Spanien.
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