| Objective | Build a powerful finance function |
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| Role | Interim CFO for a medium sized integrated software group |
| Industry | IT / Software |
| Countries | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and Romania |
| Profile | The group develops, distributes and implements complex content management solutions on behalf of its industry customers. It generates annual sales of about € 40 Mio with more than 300 employees in 11 subsidiaries (development, distribution, customizing and storage solutions). |
| Tasks / objectives | - directly reporting to the managing partner / CEO with 8 direct reports and a strong dotted line to the DFOs of the affiliates |
| - in parallel supervisor of an operational branch (sales and services) with 12 direct reports |
| - build a strong finance function capable of effectively managing both, opportunities and risk with respect to profit and liquidity on entity and group level enabling the permanent CFO to successfully act as business partner |
| - developing, implementing and operating a budgeting and reporting process to monitor and forecast profit and cash on entity and group level |
| - Prepare group and holding financials according to the German Commercial Code |
| Results | The finance function is empowered to effectively cope with risk and opportunities on project, entity, and group level. The group is properly positioned to successfully compete in its core markets. |
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