Gracia Tshimanga

• Manage financial reporting and month-end closing processes, including accruals, provisions, and reconciliations, ensuring
accuracy, consistency, and compliance with HGB and EU regulatory requirements.
• Mapped, documented, and standardized end-to-end finance processes (closing, reporting, audit preparation), improving
consistency, transparency, and audit readiness.
• Identified process gaps and control weaknesses and implemented improvements to strengthen financial governance and
operational efficiency.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring data integrity, completeness, and adherence to regulatory and internal
control requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, Operations, Legal, IT) to collect data, analyze performance, and
streamline financial workflows.
• Lead in various projects with the purpose of improving transparency and understanding for key financial and non-financial
metrics (i.e. ESG Reporting).
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes, analyzing trends, identifying root causes of variances, and
recommending process and cost efficiency improvements.
• Prepare business development & financial analysis findings & recommendations to executive management, board
members and stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Monitor and enhance the companys central data protection and documentation system (ZDMS), strengthening process
transparency, control documentation, and GDPR compliance.

• Conducted structured market and cost analysis processes for commodities, supporting data-driven sourcing and
supplier negotiations.
• Performed price analysis and supported benchmarking activities for cost optimization that resulted in a projected
saving of $650, 000 over the next 12 months with a major supplier.
• Supported supply base expansion analysis, evaluating cost, risk, and operational impact, resulting in projected
savings of $16, 800.
• Created and maintained a standardized cost matrix, serving as a single source of truth and improving data consistency
across teams.
• Prepared quarterly intelligence and performance reports, ensuring timely, accurate, and actionable insights for
Product, R&D, WTS, and Finance stakeholders.

• Supervised staff in 2 locations that included delegating, coaching, monitoring performance, and ensuring
compliance with all company standards.
• Recruited, selected, and trained over 20 new employees; developed an onboarding plan for new employees to ensure
success.
• Managed ticket inventory, cash flow, reports, and audits to prevent loss through theft, error, or carelessness, resulting
in staff pay increase of over $4 per hour.
• Reviewed P&L statements, adjustments, and variance reports monthly; plan as necessary to achieve budget goals.

• Analyzed both qualitative and quantitative data used in developing solutions on increasing readership and revenue by
50%.
• Identified key actions to strengthen pre-existing revenue streams and implement new revenue streams.
• Developed strategy to both increase firms local market share and to export the companys concept to 5 other cities.