Bennett Mende

Participated in the audits of statutory and consolidated financial statements for companies of various industries, legal forms, and sizes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisted in audit execution, and documentation using electronic audit software
• Prepared reconciliations and evaluations utilizing Excel
• Performed analytical procedures and plausibility checks on financial statement figures and disclosures
• Communicated with clients to clarify audit findings and inquiries
• Collaborated within both German- and English-speaking engagement teams

Audit of Key Balance Sheet Items:

• Inventories: Performed detailed testing of inventory inflows and outflows
• Accounts Receivable: Executed sampling, evaluated results, and performed foreign currency translations for international debtors
• Intercompany: Audited receivables and transactions from affiliated companies
• Cash & Cash Equivalents: Evaluated bank confirmations and audited cash balances
• Prepayments & Deferred Income: Verified prepaid expenses and advances received
• Provisions: Tested various provisions, including pensions, warranties, onerous contracts, bonuses, and personnel-related accruals
• Liabilities: Conducted Search for Unrecorded Liabilities (SURL) and foreign currency translations for international creditors
• Other Liabilities: Verified VAT reconciliations (Umsatzsteuerverprobung)

Audit of Income Statement (P&L) Items:

• Revenue: Performed Cash-Anchor-Testing and other substantive procedures
• Personnel Expenses: Executed and evaluated audit sampling for payroll
• Income Taxes: Assited in the audit and documentation of tax calculations

Additional Audit Procedures:

• Reviewed Notes to the Financial Statements and Management Reports (Anhang & Lagebericht)
• Assisted in the audit of dependency reports (Abhängigkeitsbericht)
• Performed Journal Entry Testing (JET) to identify potential management override of controls
• Execution of external confirmation procedures (Accounts Receivables/Payable)

Key Responsibilities:

• Developed standardized assembly instructions by consolidating previous assembly guidelines and incorporating worker-oriented details and notes to increase production efficiency and reduce errors
• Analyzed technical construction drawings to identify variations in manufacturing processes and ensure accurate implementation
• Set up digital and physical configurations for bulk material wagons and created detailed process documentation to reduce the time spent on creating the digital basis of these configurations
• Resolved production issues, including correcting incorrectly installed components such as fan units
• Corrected errors in manufacturing documentation, such as replacing outdated or incorrect images and ensuring documentation accuracy
• Supported the creation of overview documents summarizing all series projects and their specific characteristics
• Assisted in the manufacturing of modules for auxiliary power converters

MP Risk Management (Project Lead):

Led a team in developing a risk management system for the CCT, covering risk identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation, as well as risk treatment in alignment with ISO 31000 and ISO 9001 standards.

Lehwaldt und Kaplunow Consulting GbR (Project Member):

Contributed to the development of a market entry strategy for an entrepreneur, including market environment assessment, trend analysis, and competitor analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Led a team in creating social media content for the CCT across Instagram and LinkedIn
• Planned and developed the CCT‘s contentplan
• Contributed to adapting and modernizing the CCT‘s design for social media content

Key Responsibilities:

• Led interviews to recruit new members for the CCT
• Partially organized weekly meetings for the external communications department
• Contributed to developing the CCT‘s strategy for external communications with a focus on social media