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
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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
Karlsruhe, Germany
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
St. Neots, United Kingdom
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
St. Neots, United Kingdom
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