Finance Manager

Who We Are

Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated talent and human capital solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.®
Additional information on the firm can be found at www.heidrick.com.

The Role

The Finance Manager, Munich, is responsible for overseeing financial operations for the Munich office, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with both HGB and US GAAP standards. Acting as the main point of contact for external audit and tax providers, the role manages the month-end and year-end close processes, prepares management reports and forecasts, and drives process and reporting improvements in collaboration with regional and corporate finance teams. The Finance Manager provides financial insight to support decision-making, ensures SOX compliance, and contributes to building budgets and reforecasts to support the firm’s strategic and operational objectives across Central Europe.

Responsibilities

• Point of contact for Audit and Tax providers
• Posting of transactions for accounts payable and accounts receivable
• Reconciliation of accounts including bank reconciliations
• Preparation of accruals and provisions
• Preparation of management reports and analysis
• Assist in building annual budgets and reforecasts
• Ensure regular and consistent communication with key stakeholders.
• Work closely with finance and operational teams to drive process improvement, improved reporting and SOX compliance.
• Approvals for T&Cs, Expense Claims, Invoices and other transactional items.
• Oversee the month end, quarter end, year-end close process for Germany across all solution areas.
• Ensuring monthly variance analysis is performed to ensure accuracy of financials.
• Providing information and supporting documents to the Corporate Accounting team to assist with the close process.

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in accounting is preferred.
• Currently pursuing or already holding a recognised accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent).
• Minimum 2–3 years of finance experience, ideally within a professional services environment; experience from smaller firms is equally welcome
• Excellent English and German language skills.
• Strong technical competence in business planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience in financial accounting and in-depth accounting knowledge in accounting according to HGB and US-GAAP
• Knowledge of the preparation and follow-up of the annual financial statements (audit according to HGB) as well as balance and account reconciliations
• Ideally, knowledge of the tax system to accompany the tax audit and advance VAT return
• Must possess strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must possess intellect, confidence and presence to operate effectively within the finance team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong influencing and relationship building skills; must demonstrate the ability to secure buy-in at all levels within the organization
• Superior analytical skills balanced by a keen ability to integrate the broader strategic picture.
• A pragmatic person with an intense commitment to drive results through effective team and individual performance. Sets clear goals and manages accountability.
• Hands on, with the ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution.
• Intelligent, practical, strategic, and detail-oriented.
• Proactive, energetic and self-motivated and possessing a strong work ethic.