Wentan Tsao

Financial Support

Evershine CPAs · Remote

Closing and reporting support for international clients of an accounting firm.

• Supported period-end closings under HGB and IFRS
• Prepared VAT reports and financial reports
• Handled supplier invoices end to end: checking, account coding, booking and preparing the payment run for approval

Financial Controller

T.EN Zimmer GmbH · Technip Energies group · plant engineering · Frankfurt am Main

Project controlling for plant-engineering projects, from budget to billing.

• Prepared, presented and monitored project budgets and forecasts, analysing variances and adjusting forecasts
• Prepared the figures for monthly, quarterly and year-end closings: actuals, forecasts, provisions, hours reports and cost overviews
• Kept project management reports (PMR) current and looked after the project interface to EcoSys
• Managed customer billing and monitored receivables through the invoice register; supported cash flow management and group reporting
• Contributed to the Oracle implementation and provided documentation for audits
• Acted as the interface between project managers and accounting/controlling, and onboarded new team members

Controller

Light Mobility Solutions GmbH · Mobility · Obertshausen

Liquidity, cost controlling and closing for a mobility company.

• Prepared the liquidity plan and cash forecast
• Cost controlling, including product cost collectors, price calculations and variance analysis
• Contributed to monthly and year-end closings, including the material cost closing
• Reviewed purchase requests for approval

Junior Cost Accountant

INEOS Styrolution Europe GmbH · Chemicals · fixed-term · Frankfurt am Main

Product cost controlling in SAP for three German production sites and their toll-manufacturing companies.

• Calculated standard prices on my own responsibility, maintained material masters and validated all European products
• Determined actual production costs with the SAP Material Ledger, settled process orders and analysed production variances
• Responsible for cost centre accounting and SAP CO-PA; looked after five holding and six service companies
• Ran monthly, quarterly and year-end CO closings and weekly analyses of sales prices, production costs and raw-material prices

Finance Intern

Roman Klis Design · Herrenberg

Weekly and monthly reporting, receivables management, and support for closings and forecasts.

Accountant · Editorial Assistant · Sales

Taiwan Gospel Book Room · Taipei, Taiwan

Seven years in three roles: accountant for monthly and year-end closings and receivables, editorial assistant, and sales. Trained three new colleagues in accounting.

Master of Finance

International School of Management (ISM) · Frankfurt am Main

Focus:

Corporate finance, financial mathematics, IFRS accounting, controlling

Master's thesis:

“The effect of M&A goodwill on firm performance”

GPA

1.15(German scale, 1.0 is best)

Exchange semester, Master of Finance

The University of Auckland · Auckland, New Zealand

Focus:

Risk management, modern corporate finance, governance in finance

Bachelor of Accounting

National Cheng Kung University · Tainan, Taiwan

Focus:

Intermediate and advanced accounting, cost accounting, financial management, business management

Factory Guild member · Ambassador Program

Factory

Accepted into Factory's Ambassador Program. I use AI agents to prepare analyses and automate repetitive spreadsheet steps, and I check every number the way a controller should.

Taught more than 50 children at an elementary school, with lessons on personal development and character.

Coached community groups from seven countries and regions, and grew participant recruitment by 30% in six months.

• Designed training for new volunteers
• Improved course content with teams from Indonesia, South Korea, China, Japan and the US