Finance Manager (m/w/d)
Finance, your way - flexible hours, full ownership.
Your Role & Responsibilities
Support daily finance operations and coordinate month-end close: accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, reporting
Partner with Accounting to keep records accurate and deadlines on track
Ensure compliance with internal policies and accounting standards
Drive the monthly budgeting and forecasting cycle and help sharpen the underlying methodology
Deliver management reports and analyses that genuinely inform decisions
Support the annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year and contribute to the mid-term planning cycle
Partner with budget owners and Procurement on cost control, spend transparency, and sourcing decisions
Manage client-related finance activities: invoicing, billing reviews, revenue tracking
Support project and customer profitability analysis, in close coordination with commercial and delivery teams
Keep AR, invoicing, payment tracking, and PO/approval workflows running smoothly in a lean team
Ensure reporting readiness across ERP systems for current and future needs
Support group-wide reporting standards and IFRS requirements
Contribute to financial data preparation and validation in the context of an ongoing ERP transition
Improve reporting transparency, data quality, and financial governance
Requirements
Required Technical & Professional Expertise
8+ years of experience across Finance, Controlling, FP&A, Accounting, or Finance Business Partnering
Strong command of end-to-end finance: budgeting, forecasting, month-end, controlling, reporting, planning
Fluent English is essential for day-to-day collaboration; German is a welcome plus but not a requirement
Thrives in fast-paced environments with a hands-on, pragmatic mindset - equally at ease with strategic analysis and day-to-day execution
Solid ERP knowledge (e.g. SAP S/4HANA or comparable enterprise platforms); comfortable operating through system change
Familiarity with IFRS and corporate finance governance
Strong stakeholder management across Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and operations
Self-directed, detail-oriented, and effective with limited supervision - a natural fit for an interim setting