Bern, Switzerland
Karim Rifai
Head of Performance Controlling, Production SBB CFF FFS
Controlling, leadership and data at Switzerland's national railway — photographer and filmmaker outside of it.
Experience
Seven years at SBB
Planning, reporting and performance controlling since 2019
Leadership
Leads a team of seven
Cross-divisional: rolling stock maintenance, availability & maintenance, procurement, supply chain and production
Languages
German, English, Italian
German native · English and Italian fluent · basic French
Live · Swiss timetable
Counting trains, mostly in spreadsheets.
Next departures · Bern
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Career
Performance controlling and leadership at Switzerland's railway.
At 32, I lead Performance Controlling for Production at SBB CFF FFS, combining solid controlling craft with hands-on transformation experience from two years as Product Owner in the SAP S/4HANA programme. My foundation is a Master's degree in Banking & Finance from the University of Zurich and a CAS in Leadership.
Outside work: road cycling, photography and film.
Professional
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2019 — Present
SBB CFF FFS, Bern
- 2025Head of Performance Controlling, Production
- 2024Senior Financial Controller
- 2022Product Owner Performance & Value Management, SAP S/4HANA
- 2020Financial Controller
- 2019Intern, Controlling
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2016 — 2018
Member of the Board, Finance & Fundraising IG Freestylehalle Zug · volunteer
Education
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2018 — 2020
Master of Arts, Banking & Finance University of Zurich · minor in Accounting & Finance
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2014 — 2017
Bachelor of Arts, Banking & Finance University of Zurich
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Certificate
CAS FH Leadership Advanced Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences
Beyond SBB
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2018 — 2020
Co-founder & Videographer Gotem Productions Marketing videos, music videos, web videos and interviews, photo & videography
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2018 — 2019
Personal Assistant to artist Conor Mccreedy, working student Mccreedy SA, Zurich
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Photography
Japan, 2019.
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Film
Selected work behind the camera.
