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Senior Audit AssociateForvis MazarsOct 2025 - Current (11 months)• Leading financial audits under IFRS and German GAAP (HGB) for German and international corporate groups. • Supervising and reviewing audit working papers, validating evidence, calculations, and conclusions prepared by junior staff. • Assessing risks and internal controls, identifying risks, and issuing recommendations to accounting, finance, and management. • Maintaining direct communication with clients, coordinating information requests, and presenting audit findings. • Planning audit staffing, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring compliance with professional standards and regulatory requirements.- Audit AssociateForvis MazarsMar 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 7 months)• Participated in consolidated financial statement audits under IFRS and German accounting standards. • Executed audit procedures across key cycles including revenue, procurement, inventory, fixed assets, liabilities, payroll, and taxes. • Performed external confirmations and bank reconciliations, analyzed discrepancies, and documented sufficient and appropriate audit evidence. • Coordinated with finance and accounting departments to obtain documentation and support adjustments and reclassifications.
- Working Student / Audit AssistantForvis MazarsSep 2022 - Feb 2024 (1 year 6 months)• Supported substantive testing for key audit cycles including revenue, receivables, inventory, payables, fixed assets, and cash. • Prepared and reviewed audit working papers, performed bank reconciliations, variance analyses, and document validation. • Participated in physical inventory counts and asset verifications, and managed external confirmations.
- MAccounting, Finance & Controlling AssistantMilengo GmbHMar 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 6 months)• Daily accounting entries, bank reconciliations, and accounts receivable/payable control. • Supported monthly closings, prepared financial reports and revenue analyses, managed international invoicing, and prepared management reports.
- MTeam LeaderMadame Tussauds Berlin Picsolve LtdJun 2019 - Feb 2020 (9 months)• Led sales and daily operations, ensuring achievement of commercial targets and service standards. • Prepared daily sales reports, performance analyses, staff training, shift scheduling, and team management for up to seven employees.
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- BM.Sc. in Finance, Accounting, Controlling & TaxationBerlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin)Oct 2022 - Feb 2024 (1 year 5 months)Focus on international accounting under IFRS, international taxation, financial auditing, financial statement consolidation, and controlling.
- B.A. in European ManagementTechnical University of Applied Sciences WildauSep 2019 - Jul 2022 (2 years 11 months)Core subjects included accounting, financial management, micro- and macroeconomics, management, marketing, and human resources.