Helene Rosenberg

• Lead monthly close, forecasting and budgeting for BU spanning 20 countries (Central- & South-eastern Europe, Italy, Benelux), 15 P&Ls, 5 local offices for Notebooks & TVs; Reporting to BU Directors & headquarter; Resolve accounting, legal and tax issues; Liaise with internal and external auditors; Manage controlling for marketing, service, and logistics departments. • Improve & optimize BU processes and financial controls. • Key actor in restructurings and integrating new business units.

• Lead credit risk management for Russia, Middle East, South Africa and Central / Southeastern Europe. Develop tool monitoring A/R across 25 countries and 60 customers; reduced DSO from 140 to 65 days and allowed positive cash conversion cycle. • Conduct analysis driving corporate reallocation of resources to most profitable products, customers and markets. • Drive product positioning by developing monthly benchmarks comparing Toshiba products with competitors’ and model mix analyses.

• Prepare monthly reporting and presented to European headquarters. • Maintain product pricing and customer rebate data in SAP system. • Reduce monthly cycle time by 3 days, leveraging VBA programming expertise to automate bookkeeping entry forms and reporting. • Assure consistency of data between SAP / CO-PA and Oracle reporting tool.

Conducted SWOT analysis and market research to support rollout of new B2B tissue softener on the European Market. • Assessed markets, competitive products, customers, competitors and German pricing landscape; • Played critical role in introducing European product price scale.

• Forge connections between German retailers and French exporting companies specialising in furniture and textiles. • Recruit visitors and exhibitors for trade fairs in Germany including Hogatec and Internoga. • Recruit 2 sales agents to assist French furniture company in exporting to Germany.

• Track and analyse 5 studies for consumer goods manufacturers ranging in size from €6,000 to €24,000 in budget. • Communicate with customers to define study purpose and develop questionnaires. • Assess study results, deliver reports and present study results.

Serve as general manager in a wine retail shop: • oversee daily bookkeeping, inventory, and order management. • Advise customers and manage transactions.

Controlling & Corporate Finance

Controlling & Audit