Robert Butscher

Management of the finance and accounting department for SOPRO-COMEG (Manufacturing plant for endoscopes) • Monthly and annual reporting in German GAAP • Statutory accounting and tax declarations • Manufacturing controlling and costing • Businessplan • Continuous improvement of the closing process and other internal processes • Responsible for IT, HR and administration

Financial Controller for Stellram in Europe (50 M$ sales, 200 employees in 6 subsidiaries, manufacturing units in Switzerland and the UK); Management of the European Finance department and Purchasing (20 employees); Director of the Swiss entity; Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in US-GAAP in Europe; Business Plan; Forecasting; Key performance indicator development and reporting; Development and implementation of new processes and procedures to improve efficiency of finance function

Management of the European Finance department in Gland (15 employees); Responsible for the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in US-GAAP in Europe; Responsible for statutory accounts and the tax declarations; Business plan; Responsible for internal and external audits; Development and implementation of new processes to improve efficiency of the finance department

• Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in US-GAAP • Statutory accounting and tax declarations (German GAAP, French GAAP) • Businessplan • Continuous process improvement in the finance department, design of Excel tools with SQL queries, roll-out and training of colleagues. • Creation of a Limited Risk Distributor structure • Setup of new reports and monthly closing processes • Design and automatic distribution of reports with the business intelligence software COGNOS

Management of the finance and accounting department of the French subsidiary and staff of 7 employees in Nanterre • Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in US-GAAP • Statutory accounting and tax declarations • Businessplan • Participation in the restructuring of Stellram France with the centralization of the European services in Gland (Switzerland) • Reducing of the closing lead time from five to two work days • Outsourcing of the French payroll to an external service provider

Establishment of quarterly and annual reports in US-GAAP and German GAAP; Monthly reporting; Financial Support of the operational departments; Establishment of the budgets

Planning and control of costs and investments; Preparation of the business plan; Part of a project team to elaborate the creation of a new production site; Project manager for putting in place a new logistics system in the production

Controlling, International Management, Strategy

Business Logistics and Materials administration, Production Management