fpa, bpa, financial planning, fmcg, food, germany, central europe, dach, FTSE, commercial
Sector: FMCG
Working with an FTSE listed alcoholic beverages group to recruit a Head of Commercial Finance for the German business, which at the time was a $250m revenue subsidiary.
cfo, finance director, hitech, germany, central europe, us corp, dach, high tech
Sector: Software
Working with a medium sized software reseller and implementer to hire a CFO for the Central European business. The parent company was owned by a provate equity investor hence the provision of financial information was under intense scrutiny.
pharma, pharmaceuticals, germany, central europe, dach, fpa, financial planning, country
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Working with a global pharmaceutical group to identify a Head Business Planning for the $1.2bn German business. The subsidiary was under intense pressure to improve performance because it had recently slipped fron 3rd place to 4th in terms of the global rankings.
cfo, finance director, pharma, pharmaceuticals, germany, central europe, dach, manufacturing, supply chain
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Working with a global pharmaceutical division to identify a CFO for a cluster of manufacturing facilities in 3 locations, with 2500 FTE. Due to the fact the sites' products were distributed globally, and the focus on high value products, meant under performance at this site could lead to the whole company missing profit targets hence the top management placed the site cluster under close scrutiny.
cfo, finance director, fmcg, food, germany, central europe, dach, private equity
Sector: FMCG
Working with an European branded food group to identify a CFO for the German business, which at the time was a $400m revenue. This company is highly demanding and seeks CFOs who can partner with the GM to turnaround performance of the country and drive growth in advance of a potential change of ownership.
controller, pharmaceuticals, germany, central europe, global, accounting, accounting policy
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Managed the search to hire a global accounting policy manager for a $9 billion division of a global pharmaceutical company. The successful candidate was a Big Four trained Hungarian national hired from the HQ of a London-based international company.
cfo, finance director, automotive, manufacturing, engineering, germany, central europe, FTSE
Sector: Automotive
Working with FTSE listed automotive company to hire a finance director for the central Europe busoinesses incorporating multiple commercial and factory operations in Germany and Austria.
cfo, finance director, oil, refining, germany, central europe
Sector: Oil Refining & Marketing
Working with a medium sized refiner and marketer of oil products, we hired a country Finance Director responsible for commercial and refiniing operations in the country.
cfo, finance director, pharma, pharmaceuticals, germany, central europe, ftse, us corp, dach
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Working with a global pharmaceutical group to identify a CFO for the DACh (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) business, which at the time was a $700m revenue. This company is highly demanding and seeks CFOs who can partner with the GM and yet succeed in an environment with limited processes and structure, who are capable of driving the business performance in a constructive and value-adding manner. In particular there was a challenge to increase …
controller, accounting, fmcg, austria, cee, central europe, ifrs
Sector: FMCG
Mandate to hire a country Controller for the coommercial and supply chain operations of the Austrian affiliate, incorporating a direct sales force, two manufacturing facilities and a distribution network. Country sales at the time were €300m. The Controller was a position focused on technical accounting, tax, working capital and internal controls and was tasked with maintaining motivation team motivation while half the department's position were relocated to a …
