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Michael Ussar

Michael Ussar

CFO ("Finanzreferent")

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CFO / CEO / execut. board / Vorstand at Brucker Wohnbau- & Siedlungsvereinigung, Genossenschaft, & subs.

  • Education

    • Karl Franzens Universität Graz

      2000 - 2006
      Master's Degree Business Administration and Management, General Master (2x)

      Activities and Societies: Circle of Excellence 2004 (High Potential Network) - 2 studies of Business Administration; - completed both studies with excellence (average: 1,41 & 1,23 of 1-5); - received 3 of 4 possible merit grants; - focus: (a) risk management, controlling, corporate finance(b) crisis management, management of organisation, knowledge management

    • Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku

      2003 - 2003
      Business Administration and Management, General -

      Duration of stay: 5 months; reason: Erasmus program

    • FH CAMPUS 02

      2023 - 2024
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Financial Accounting Guter Erfolg

      MBA BilanzbuchhaltungMasterthesis: Herausforderungen des steirischen gemeinnützigen Wohnbaus mit der Vermietung nicht ausfinanzierter Wohnungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Zinswendejahres 2023

  • Experience

    • ÖH Uni Graz

      Oct 2004 - Jun 2005
      CFO ("Finanzreferent")

      CFO of local student union (ÖH Uni Graz); focus on services for students via own controlled papers and focus on stabilizing financial figures => result: operating profit margin 35%information: job was done next to work at the controlling department of Steweag/Steg (energy supplier) and study. after end of period focus on study. position was on interim base.

    • Capgemini Austria

      Mar 2006 - Aug 2006
      Consultant

      CRM Consultant in DWH/CRM - team; 1 week training in Paris (Consulting Skills Workshop); projects: vendor selection (3 months, Prague); proof of concept (POC; Bratislava), local minor projectsinformation: offer from Wienerwald Restaurants to get their CFO

    • Wienerwald Restaurants GmbH

      Aug 2006 - Dec 2009
      CFO ("Kaufmännischer Leiter")

      Restructuring of gastronomy chain Wienerwald (approx 15 MEUR in sales, 220 employees). First positive result reached in 2007 (first for a long time). Responsibilities: controlling, accounting, procurement, treasury, IT, due diligence, grants, strategy, contract management=> successful sale of entity at the end of period to new ownerinformation: leave due to move from Vienna to Styria. restructuring successfull. approx. 1 MEUR taxfree profit (out of 8 MEUR sales) in 1st year after leave. Show less

    • GeHeMi GmbH

      Jul 2008 - Oct 2013
      CEO

      - CEO and owner- retail, wholesale, service and production in area of food (chocolate)- 3 retail locations run in fully own responsibility- additional task: support in restructuring of real estate & rental companyinformation: sold company in autumn 2013 to partners

    • Knapp AG

      Jun 2010 - Mar 2012
      Controller

      project controlling incl. valuation of projects for P&L (IAS 11), reports on Order Intake (incl. group), grants for R&D, customer service controlling (incl. group), balanced scorecard, HR controlling and much moreinformation: leave in order to get back to a leadership position and to learn much more

    • Andritz AG

      Mar 2012 - Apr 2013
      Teamleader Management Reporting

      teamleader (5 people), located at Group Controlling, responsible for Management Reporting (> 120 fully consolidated companies), reports for supervisory board meeting, maintenance of guidelines, supporting in group rules etc. regarding reporting and much moreinformation: had to leave company due to family's restrictions (time issues)

    • Allnex Austria GmbH

      May 2013 - Feb 2016
      Controller & implementation of consolidation software

      till June 2015: - controlling, management accounting, internal auditor- site controller Graz (R&D location), support for site controller (manufacturing), maintenance of SAP 4.0, Roll-Out to SAP ECC 6; R&D premium ("Forschungsprämie"); Cash Flow Forecasting (incl. group); special projects / topicstill the end: Shift from local Finance team to Roll-Out team regarding implementation of a consolidation software on Group's level. Local tasks like SME (Subject Matter Expert) for FI and CO in current SAP Roll-Out (SAP 4.0 => SAP ECC 6) are ongoing. Activities for internal audit are also done.information: change due to Group's decision to relocate tasks to a foreign shared service center Show less

    • Reifen Ruhdorfer GmbH

      Mar 2016 - Apr 2017
      CFO ("Kaufmännischer Leiter") of the Group

      - responsibilities: controlling, finance, accounting, IT, HR, material management, pricing, administration in general- restructuring (right sizing)- responsible for the Group of Reifen Ruhdorfer- in charge of the functional and professional leadership of 9 employeesMay 2016: opening insolvency proceedingsSep 2016: change to bankruptcy proceedings (political decision from some creditors)Mar 2017: last store closed

    • Brucker Wohnbau und Siedlungsvereinigung e.gemeinn.Genossenschaft m.b.H.

      Jun 2017 - now
      CFO / CEO / executive board / Vorstand / Geschäftsführer

      CFO / Vorstand from Brucker Wohnbau; general manager / Geschäftsführer from subsidiaries (Gemeinnützige ZUWO Zufrieden Wohnen GmbH, Brucker Wohn- und Kommunalbau)responsibilities: Finance/Accounting/Controlling, HR, housekeeping and much more (>16 employees)

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Michael Ussar
      Published Member Story at Alumni Uni Graz Alumni Uni Graz Member Story about me from Alumni Uni Graz published (edition 2008/01)
    • Awarded to Michael Ussar
      Publishing of awarded Master Thesis Michael Ussar Master Thesis "Wissensdatenbank als Grundlage des Krisenmanagements" was awarded by Arbeiterkammer and also published 978-3638711166
    • Awarded to Michael Ussar
      Several successes Wienerwald, ÖH Uni Graz, Allnex, Management Accounting - University: 3 merit grants for extra ordinary students (out of 4)- Wienerwald: first positive net income realised (2007); successful restructuring- ÖH Uni Graz: despite cost driving events like election, 35% operating margin realised- Management Accounting: within 1 year 3 courses finalized parallel to job (533 hours; 2012/07 - 2013/06; top grades)- Allnex Austria: several additional awards due to extraordinary achievements- Support of an one-man-company: increase in… Show more - University: 3 merit grants for extra ordinary students (out of 4)- Wienerwald: first positive net income realised (2007); successful restructuring- ÖH Uni Graz: despite cost driving events like election, 35% operating margin realised- Management Accounting: within 1 year 3 courses finalized parallel to job (533 hours; 2012/07 - 2013/06; top grades)- Allnex Austria: several additional awards due to extraordinary achievements- Support of an one-man-company: increase in sales of approx. 25% p.a. since 2013 and optimization of private framework Show less