Group Chief Financial Officer

Group Chief Financial Officer

Munich, Bavaria

Permanent - Interim

Privatal is currently working with a Pan-European private equity investor who is looking for a new Group CFO for their buy-and-build platform in the Professional Service industry.

Must have Criteria

• Experience in a consulting/professional services environment or a location-driven environment such as retail, for example.
• Entrepreneurial drive, creative drive, and a 'hands-on' mentality in the company's development.
• Experience as the point of contact for stakeholders, including expertise in M&A, LBO financing, and reporting to private equity investors.
• Experience in establishing finance and reporting structures (EBITDA/cash flow and KPI driven).
• Proven experience leading and executing multiple M&A transactions with related PMI.
• Strong IT and ERP background, with the ability to lead the design and development of the company's IT landscape as part of its growth and professionalization.
• Background in Big 4, management consulting, or similar is a major plus.
• Native German speaker and fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for finance, controlling, in-house legal, internal IT, and administration of the German national organization, especially developing structures and processes for a group with over EUR 100 million in turnover.
• Professionalization and management of accounting, financial and payroll accounting, controlling, company accounting, accounts receivable and payable, cash transactions, and financing.
• Implementation and management of monthly reporting, including monthly P&L at group and divisional levels, along with balance sheets and cash flow statements.
• Execution of internal controlling, including sales result analysis, sales controlling, project controlling (capacity utilization), and KPIs in the managed services environment, including cohort and churn analysis.
• Preparation of statutory local annual and interim financial statements according to local tax and commercial law, as well as financial statements in HGB and IFRS, managing tax and audit processes.
• Development of short- and medium-term annual plans.
• Management and optimization of liquidity, working capital, financing, and risk management, including cash forecasting.
• Preparation of investment plans and collaboration with shareholders to finance future growth projects, especially in organic market expansion.
• Proactive management of financing based on an LBO structure, including loan agreements.
• Integration of acquisitions into the German organization.
• Coordination with international counterparts to harmonize reporting and financial processes within the European group, which has approximately EUR 700 million in sales.

I look forward to receiving your application.

Julian Hove