Finance Manager – Head of Finance

Responsibilities

• Oversee and continuously improve the company’s financial management.
• Collaborate closely with the Managing Directors, department heads, shareholders, banks, accountants, and external advisors.
• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages and financial analyses.
• Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast.
• Develop actionable insights and recommendations for management.
• Establish and continuously refine KPI dashboards and performance metrics.
• Drive profitability analysis across clients, projects, teams, and service lines.
• Improve project controlling and project margin transparency.
• Manage cash flow planning and liquidity forecasting.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes.
• Support acquisitions, due diligence processes, and integration activities.
• Serve as a strategic sparring partner to the Managing Directors and department heads.

Requirements

• 5–10+ years of relevant professional experience in finance, controlling, transaction services, corporate finance, private equity, consulting, or a comparable environment.
• Experience in a Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Controlling, Transaction Services, Corporate Finance, or similar role.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and reporting capabilities.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Experience in a project-based business, professional services environment, agency, technology company, or PE-backed company is highly desirable.
• Exposure to M&A, due diligence, integrations, or value creation initiatives is a strong plus.
• Experience working in a private equity-backed environment is advantageous.
• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional qualifications (CFA, CPA, ACCA, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, etc.) are beneficial but not required.
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.