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Tobias Abel

Tobias Abel

Lohn

Summary

Driven Tax Accounting Analyst with 16 years working experience in global companies with a corporate head office in the United States. Bringing 3 years hands-on experience in Tax plus bringing 17 years of hands-on experience in Accounts Receivable including cash applications, account reconciliations, billing, collections, VAT reporting, netting, intercompany and revenue release/calculations.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Tax Accounting Analyst

TEREX GLOBAL GMBH
11.2021 - Current
  • Preparing the Tax Provisioning Workbook for Italy
  • Reviewing the Tax Provisioning Workbook for Italy, Spain, France, Turkey, Mexico and UAE
  • Preparing the Accrual-To-Return for Italy
  • Reviewing the Accrual-To-Return for Italy, Spain, France, Turkey, Mexico and UAE
  • Backup for Subpart F audit documentation

Reporting and Administration

Kanton Schaffhausen
03.2021 - 10.2021
  • Reporting financial support transfers for local companies affected by Covid-19 to the Swiss Government
  • Final check of all support transfers before the final signature
  • Registering all support transfers in three different databases

Revenue Accountant EMEA

Meltwater News International GmbH
02.2012 - 02.2021
  • Outline of Scope Responsibilities:
  • Cash Applications in Netsuite including customer refund, Celigo CAM matters, Billtech
  • Other VAT Reporting Matters
  • Revenue Recognition Releases (Netsuite)
  • Deferred Revenue ST-LT reclasses
  • Account Reconciliations/Blackline
  • General Revenue and A/R Reserves calculations
  • Corporate and EMEA Statutory Audit Support
  • Any other ad hoc matters/requests as delegatedCommodity trade
  • Involvement in Major Projects/Initiatives:
  • Celigo Cash Application Manager (CAM) system implementation
  • Celigo CAM scope expansion - UK and Germany
  • Integration of datasift UK and Sysomos UK acquisitions -> AR/Def Rev/Rev areas
  • APAC transition to new consultant -> training and supervision for over 1 year
  • Point person for Celigo (external IT vendor) for regular weekly support calls

Billing and Collections Administrator

ICT Software Engineering GmbH
03.2009 - 01.2012
  • Billing
  • Collections
  • Direct reporting to the CEO and F&A Manager
  • IC invoicing
  • Invoice allocation
  • Month-end and year-end reporting

Assistant Accountant

Sealed Air Limited
09.2005 - 11.2008
  • General Accounting Closing:
  • Ensure compliance with US GAAP
  • Ensure completeness of data
  • Review balance sheet and P&L to ensure results are understood
  • Reconcile general ledger accounts
  • Post accruals and prepayments, allocations and journals
  • Maintain clearing accounts on a regular basis
  • Reconcile inter-company accounts
  • Reporting to Corporate Head Office:
  • Complete the supporting monthly / quarterly schedules
  • Provide accurate reports within the deadlines
  • Ensure compliance with corporate policy
  • Deal effectively with queries
  • Maintain good relationships with external bodies, (audit/tax/Govt/bank) as well as business personnel in Sealed Air, most of them located outside the Service centre
  • Achievements:
  • To get a promotion from Finance Assistant to Assistant Accountant after just being 1 year and 2 months at Sealed Air Limited
  • As an Assistant Accountant at Sealed Air Limited, I addressed the GRIR Intercompany issues to the Global Finance Director at Sealed Air Corporation and that way I managed to get him on the weekly logistics call and I got all differences solved

Finance Assistant

Sealed Air Limited
06.2004 - 08.2005
  • Accounts Receivable department

Education

Double entry accounting, Commercial calculations

HKV & HFW Schaffhausen
07.2019

German vocational schoolleaving certificate - Accounting, Specialized English, General economics, Specialized economics, Accounting basics

Ludwig Erhard Schule
07.2001

Business Studies - Qualification/Economics, Maths, Economic Theory/Policy, Accounting, English

Berufliche Schulen des Kreises Plön
06.1997

Skills

  • Cash applications
  • Account reconciliations
  • Revenue release
  • Revenue calculation
  • Billing
  • Collections

Accomplishments

  • To get a promotion from Finance Assistant to Assistant Accountant after just being 1 year and 2 months at Sealed Air Limited
  • As an Assistant Accountant at Sealed Air Limited, I addressed the GRIR Intercompany issues to the Global Finance Director at Sealed Air Corporation and that way I managed to get him on the weekly logistics call and I got all differences solved
  • When I started working as a Billing and Collections Administrator at ICT Software Engineering GmbH, I had no experience in Collections, but still I managed to have all invoices collected those were overdue when I joined the company

Languages

German
English
French

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10/14/77
  • Marital Status: Married

Nationalities

  • Swiss
  • German

Timeline

Tax Accounting Analyst

TEREX GLOBAL GMBH
11.2021 - Current

Reporting and Administration

Kanton Schaffhausen
03.2021 - 10.2021

Revenue Accountant EMEA

Meltwater News International GmbH
02.2012 - 02.2021

Billing and Collections Administrator

ICT Software Engineering GmbH
03.2009 - 01.2012

Assistant Accountant

Sealed Air Limited
09.2005 - 11.2008

Finance Assistant

Sealed Air Limited
06.2004 - 08.2005

German vocational schoolleaving certificate - Accounting, Specialized English, General economics, Specialized economics, Accounting basics

Ludwig Erhard Schule

Business Studies - Qualification/Economics, Maths, Economic Theory/Policy, Accounting, English

Berufliche Schulen des Kreises Plön

Double entry accounting, Commercial calculations

HKV & HFW Schaffhausen
Tobias Abel