Date: 28.11.2025 (2025-11-28)
Peggy Büttgen (28.11.2025) Context: • https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-b%C3%BCttgen-09174aa4/ • Head of Accounting at Scholz and Friends (1100 ppl) • all-inclusive selection of resources to assist client partners in sharing their stories and ideas. From agenda setting to brand image, current events and corporate responsibility • Düsseldorf • My message: • Ich bin auf Ihr Profil gestossen, da Sie super viel Erfahrung in Führungspositionen im Accounting haben. • • Wir entwickeln proprietäre KI-Modelle für Controlling & Accounting, die auch für komplexe Fälle trainiert sind - etwa mehrere Purchase Orders auf einer Rechnung, Price-Variance-Tolerances bei Lieferanten etc. • • Ziel ist eine ~80% Automatisierung in AP/AR und auch 50% weniger Aufwand beim Closing & Reporting - direkt integriert in bestehende Systeme und angepasst an aktuelle Prozesse. • Reply: • vielen Dank für Ihre Nachricht und Kontaktanfrage.
Notes: • Notes: • JAN most busy international and German Abschluss • She works in a Konzern -> tools are set • Abschluss: • GER Abschluss is very manual • Konzern da gibt es dinge zu beachten • She has to fill one file manually -> Steuerberater works with it • Konzerneliminierungen are done in that file (it takes 2-3 weeks - Abstimmung mit Werten, what to eliminate etc. - for her it is a Fremdleistung, for the other person it is durchlaufende Leistung) • G&V, Bilanz • They have a process that everyone switches to the same system • Their holding is in USA and UK publicly listed -> some requirements have to be followed (Oakley law has to be followed) • Correction of errors: • Only if grober Fehler -> umgliedern in the file • Team: she has a bit of support of other people • Monatsabschluss: • They have a few Excel files that they use • They use Dynamics -> reporting was very good (in holding) - now in Schwesterfirma -> a lot of Excel files • They have to create agings • Her process: • Controlling checks the correctness • She does Abschlussbuchungen und Reporting (reporting is in SAP) • Inkl. Abgrenzungen, Rückstellungen • 1 week of effort: erste Zahlen, finale Zahlen, dann Dokumentation (US law) • AP: • Not a lot of manual work • Suppliers send all invoices to email -> automatic into program -> partly Vorkontierung -> Vorkontierung they get from PO -> manual check of match -> it is not too much manual work • If supplier is new they have to assign invoice to supplier • Warenwirtschaftsprogramm: Agentur Office (Eigenentwicklung) • Buchhaltungssystem: Dyamant • They work fully digital • She can not decide what to buy - because Konzern • Software gibt das Format vor • Automation: • • Biggest objections / challenges in his daily life? • • Most valuable flows for him? • • Context: team setup? internal and external? • • Which tasks are the biggest pain? With magic wand -> what would he solve? • Dyamant: you can load everything into Excel • She does not do manual Buchungen • She waits for the program • Her biggest problem: Reporting • Which tasks would he focus on? • • Do they already have automations? Which ones? How well do they work? • • Which companies would he target? • • General feedback to pitch? •