Corporate Controlling & Planning

• Support with regard to the strategic and
  operative controlling of the respective
  area of responsibility
• Reporting systems
• Business planning for one year and
  multi-annual planning
• Reports, analyses and projection
• Risk management and early warning
  systems
• Assistance in due diligence-processes

Corporate Accounting

• Financial accounting
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Assets accounting
• Annual financial statements and
  creation of trial balances
• Open item follow-up and dunning
• Credit assessment
• Negotiations with credit insurances
• Securities management
• Turnover tax advance returns

Corporate Tax

• Operative und strategic tax consulting
  and planning
• Deferred taxes and tax planning
  calculations
• Acquisitions /due diligence processes
• Protection of interests in Tax audits
• Tax declarations and tax balance sheets
• (Extra-) judicial appeal procedure
• Notifications and applications toward
  financial authorities
• Accompaniment and supervision of the
  preparation of annual accounts in
  accordance with commercial law
• Representation of interests in the
  professional associations

Group Accounting & Planning

• Preparation of the group financial
  statements of Zech Group GmbH
• Preparation of the sub-group financial
  statements
• Consolidated and integrated multi-annual
  balance sheet and financial planning on
  the Zech Group and division level
• Accompaniment and supervision with
  special projects in matters regarding
• group accounting
• Contact persons for auditors and tax
  consultants with the audit of the annual
  financial statements

Corporate Finance and Treasury

• Cash Management
• Treasury
• Interest and foreign
  currency management
• Administration of bank accounts, provision
  of general bank account information
• Financing solutions
• Counselling regarding financial-economic
  issues
• Liquidity planning and liquidity analyses
• Financial and interest planning
• Payments clearance

Corporate Legal Department and Insurances

• Consultation and processing of legal
  questions, in particular in real estate
  and construction law, corporate and
  trademark law, as well as insolvency law
• Structuring and negotiation of M&A
  projects, regardless of the nature
• Preparation, initiation and
  accompaniment of processes
• Representation in all administrative-
  related legal matters
• Request for price quotes for material
  damage, third party liability, property
  damage and motor vehicle insurances
• Insurance technical processing and
  finalising of construction projects
• Maintenance and supervision of companies,
  subsidiaries and properties with regard
  to the insurances to be concluded
• Settlement of claims

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Group-wide M&A strategy
• Identification and analysis of potential
  M&A targets
• Analysis and evaluation of due diligences
• Execution of M&A projects, from the
  conception up to closing
• Integration (post-merger integration)
• Build-up and management of
  inter-disciplinary M&A-Teams

Corporate Human Resources

• Recruitment
• Applicant management
• Account settlement salaries and wages
• Contract management
• Consultancy in labour law and social
  law issues
• Personnel development, further
  education, management trainees
• Appraisal interviews and target
  agreements
• Personnel manuals
• Execution of certification processes
• Coordination occupational safety
  and health

Corporate IT and Organization

• Operation of server systems, networks
  and data lines
• Provision and maintenance of software
• Provision and maintenance of hardware
• Fixed network telephoning
• IT-hotline and support
• Hosting of the Internet sites
• Schooling and consultancy
• Conceptualisation and commissioning
  of the new locations and
  construction sites

Corporate Communications

• Corporate identity / corporate design
• Business furnishing, advertisements,
  publications, printed papers and
  advertising media
• Corporate presentation
• Events
• Marketing activities
• Company homepages
• Press and media work, research
• Editorial management intranet
• Internal communication
• Collaboration with interest groups

Central Services

• Fleet management
• Mobile telephones, Blackberry and
  data cards
• Framework condition negotiations,
  tariff optimisation
• Data protection
• Office devices, business machines
  and office furniture
• Moves
• Archiving
• Repeat order printing materials
  and advertising material
• Facility Management