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Vorstand Finanzen

English translation: Financial Director / Chief Financial Officer - CFO

11:22 Dec 3, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
German term or phrase: Vorstand Finanzen
Appears as is in a CV:
Vorstand Finanzen

Is this person 'head of finance' or 'member of the board of directors' ~ something finance???

Any help much appreciated!
TRANSRAPID
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:50
English translation:Financial Director / Chief Financial Officer - CFO
Explanation:
bin selber einer, wenn ich nicht nachts übersetze ;-)
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Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 12:50
Grading comment
Thank you!!! All of you! And would like to award imaginary points to everyone! I think I'll never get to grips with all of these different job titles!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3CFO or Chief Financial Officer
Alison Schwitzgebel
5 +1Financial Director / Chief Financial Officer - CFO
Hans G. Liepert
4Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Sabine Trautewein


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Financial Director / Chief Financial Officer - CFO


Explanation:
bin selber einer, wenn ich nicht nachts übersetze ;-)

Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 156
Grading comment
Thank you!!! All of you! And would like to award imaginary points to everyone! I think I'll never get to grips with all of these different job titles!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward Guyver: Or Finance Director. Vorstand is a term applied to a member of a board of directors at an AG.
11 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
CFO or Chief Financial Officer


Explanation:
is a very common term used for this position in ENglish. Yes, they're a member of the managing board.

HTH

Alison

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Note added at 3 mins (2003-12-03 11:25:35 GMT)
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Here are a few google hits as reference:

Searched the web for Vorstand Finanzen CFO. Results 1 - 10 of about 1,070. Search took 0.07 seconds.


SAP SI Deutschland - Vorstand - [ Translate this page ]
... Controlling 11/98 – 06/02 Vice President Finance & Controlling. seit
07/02, SAP Systems Integration AG, Bensheim Vorstand Finanzen (CFO). ...
www.sap-si.com/de/company/facts_and_figures/cv/ - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

Unternehmen - [ Translate this page ]
... Detlef Klüssendorf - Vorstand Finanzen (CFO) Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., MBA
(Jg. 1958) 1984 - 1986: Projektleiter im Zentralbereich Forschung ...
www.misag.com/ca/bw/ig/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Senator Entertainment AG - [ Translate this page ]
... VORSTAND, Auswahl. Hanno Huth Vorstandsvorsitzender. Zur Person. Dr. Ingo
Stein Vorstand Finanzen (CFO). Zur Person.
www.senator.de/senatorag/read/ag/xml/vorstand.xml - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

T-Mobile International - Thomas Winkler - [ Translate this page ]
... Seit Juni 2001 ist Thomas G. Winkler, geboren im Juni 1963 in Salzburg (Österreich),
Vorstand Finanzen von T-Mobile International. ... KG, Finanzen (CFO). ...
www.t-mobile-international.com/CDA/,65,none,,de.html - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

AdLINK Internet Media GmbH - [ Translate this page ]
... [email protected] Geburtsjahr: 1958. Professional Stationen: OMNIKEY
AG - Wiesbaden, Germany - CFO Vorstand Finanzen, 2000 - 2003; ...
www.adlink.de/unternehmen/vorstand.php - 34k - Cached - Similar pages



Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 3409

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hans G. Liepert: but in the UK?
2 mins

agree  Rhiona: right on Mum!
8 mins

agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: Schäfer's has "coporate financial manager," "financial executive," "vice president finance," and "corporate treasurer". May depend on size of the company, but these are all less common than Chief Financial Officer.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)


Explanation:
Just as CEO; there are quite a few Google-Hits


    Reference: http://www.sap-si.com/de/company/facts_and_figures/cv/
Sabine Trautewein
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 113
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