David Tast
Duesseldorf
Summary
Finance professional ready to drive financial strategies and optimize performance. Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Strong focus on team collaboration and flexibility to meet changing needs. Reliable, analytical, and results-oriented with keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH
07.2022 - Current
- (Digital Power/Renewable Energy and DCF Business)
- - FP&Add
- - In charge of Channel financing
- - Managing different bonds and factoring
- - Internal strategy consultant
- - Leading the internal finance digitalisation process
- - Controlling
- - Marketing budget controller
- - Managing the local ESG
- - Member of the German rep. office employee commission
Finance supervisor
Trapeze Group Deutschland GmbH
03.2021 - 07.2022
- - Prepare, examine, and analyse accountings records, financial statements and other financial report in a monthly basis
- - Manage of various bank accounts
- - Compare monthly actuals vs. forecast report
- - Develop, maintain, and analyse PS and license backlog
- - Prepare quarterly and annually forecast
- - Monthly bookkeeping
- - Monthly payroll
- - Monthly VAT and Intrastat declaration
- - Annual financial report
- - Working with GP/Adaptive/Hubspot/Salesforce
Founder
Own company for natural baby skin cares
08.2020 - 01.2021
- - Search for suitable contract manufactures and packaging producers in Germany
- - Estimate different financial data (Cashflow, product price, financial statement, statement of income)
- - Identify the local law in Germany and China regarding producing and selling natural baby skin care
- - Execute different surveys and bench marketing
Accounting and Tax assistant
Tristate GmbH
02.2018 - 07.2020
- - Support of small and medium-sized corporations in Germany with foreign parent companies
- - Tax advice for subsidiaries in Germany
- - Preparing and auditing annual financial statements
- - Preparing corporate income and trade tax returns
- - Preparing monthly and annual VAT returns
- - Support companies with the foundation of GmbHs in Germany
- - Create monthly reports for clients
- - Support with payroll accounting
- - Preparation of transfer pricing documentation
- - Support the valuation team with tax due diligence and for other projects
Education
Part-Time MBA -
WHU Germany
01.2025
Exchange student - undefined
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, California06.2017
Master of Science - Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
University Siegen
01.2017
Exchange student - undefined
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
06.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Economics and Sinology
Friedrich-Alexander-University Nuremberg-Erlangen (FAU)
01.2014
Bachelor of Science - undefined
International Production Engineering and Management
01.2012
Skills
- Computer skills
- Competent with GP- Accounting
- Competent with DATEV program
- Competent with SAP-Accounting
- Competent with all MS-Office programs
- Basic knowledge in python
- Budget forecasting
- Financial budgeting
- Financial analysis
- Regulatory compliance
- Project finance
- Customer relationship development
- Variance analysis
Language skills
Mother tongue is German
Fluent in English
Very good command in Mandarin
Hobbies and Interests
Travelling, Photography, Cooking, Cryptocurrency
Timeline
Finance Manager
Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH
07.2022 - Current
Finance supervisor
Trapeze Group Deutschland GmbH
03.2021 - 07.2022
Founder
Own company for natural baby skin cares
08.2020 - 01.2021
Accounting and Tax assistant
Tristate GmbH
02.2018 - 07.2020
Exchange student - undefined
University of California Berkeley
Master of Science - Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
University Siegen
Exchange student - undefined
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics and Sinology
Friedrich-Alexander-University Nuremberg-Erlangen (FAU)
Bachelor of Science - undefined
International Production Engineering and Management
Part-Time MBA -
WHU Germany
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