Matthias Ola

Regional CFO D/A/CH @ Almirall Hermal GmbH

About

Experienced Finance Professional with a passion for people and commercial strategies. While I am, of course, fascinated by numbers and love analytical thinking, I above all enjoy working in teams and create value by smart resource allocation. I bring a track of experience in different industries and international environments with a special focus in LifeSciences. Given my past roles in Consulting, Corporate HQ and Country organizations I offer a broad skill set in Finance such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Controlling, Accounting/Tax, Change Management and Organizational Development, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit (SOX), IT and Analytical Skills.

Country

Germany

City

Greater Hamburg Area

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Steuer, Interne Kontrolle, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Due Diligence, Funktionsübergreifende Koordination, Kundenservice, Marktanalyse, Pharmazie, Biotechnologie, Unternehmensanalyse, Corporate FP&A, Planung, Budgetierung und Prognosen, Budget Monitoring, Reporting, Prozessverbesserung, Teamführung, Teamentwicklung, Trusted Business Partner, Interne Revision, Unternehmensstrategie

Experience

Regional CFO D/A/CH

Almirall Hermal GmbH

2021-4 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

Hamburg, Deutschland

Responsible for the D/A/CH regions finance activities including budgeting and forecasting, performance management / reporting, financial reporting, tax, customer service, key account management, purchasing, IT, as well as commercial support for Sales and Market Access

Head of Internal Audit EMEA

Olympus Corporation

2019-4 - 2021-3 · 2 yrs

Hamburg und Umgebung, Deutschland

Overseeing the European Internal Audit activities and helping to create a true global Internal Audit function. Business Partner for the European Management Board and Global Functional Heads in order to help balancing risk, control and process performance in a transforming business environment.

Head of Corporate Group Controlling & Finance Process Management

Olympus Corporation

2015-8 - 2019-4 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Hamburg und Umgebung, Deutschland

Being a Business Partner to the General Manager Finance EMEA as well directly to the European Management Board. Tasks included leading the coordination and improvement of the European budget process, support European subsidiaries during month end closing, alignment with the Japanese headquarter, implementation of Project Controlling incl. standardized business case templates, maintenance and development of the group-wide consolidation and reporting system (Oracle HFM and FDM), implementation and development of planning and forecasting software BOARD in EMEA, SAP Finance & Controlling Business Process Owner EMEA