Senior Consultant SIS CMSO Finance (M/F/D)

Project overview

Senior Consultant SIS CMSO Finance (M/F/D)

Important Additional Information from the Client

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Strong Cost Accounting Background: 3–4 years of recent, in-depth experience in cost accounting—particularly absorption costing, plant budgets, and forecasting of operating costs—as well as a very good understanding of manufacturing and production processes.
• SAP ERP: required.
• Financial Modeling & Reporting: Excellent financial modeling skills and experience with month-end plant performance reporting for senior management—including clear explanations of variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Strategic Business Partnership: Strategic thinking and experience with ROI, payback, and business cases, e.g., make-or-buy decisions, investments, or productivity initiatives.
• Executive Communication: English at a near-native level. German is not required. Complex financial topics must be explained clearly and comprehensibly to management.
• Specific practical examples to be provided during the interview: Examples related to cost accounting, variance analysis, and productivity projects—including KPIs.
• Lead Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budgets and forecasts for plant expenses and CAPEX across EMEA.
• Establish consistent financial controls, reporting standards and governance across all sites.
• Analyze manufacturing footprint changes, make-or-buy decisions and logistics cost impacts.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement and Leadership to identify and execute cost optimization initiatives.
• Deliver executive-level reporting, financial insights and decision support for Senior Leadership and Board discussions.
• Lead and oversee EMEA Financial Controllers (Senior Managers and Directors), including monthly close, budgeting and long-range planning.
• Drive performance management through KPI development, profitability analysis and actionable insights.
• Strengthen FP&A processes, forecasting accuracy and financial transparency.
• Provide strategic financial analysis for major investments, acquisitions and transformation programs.
• Develop and mentor finance talent across the EMEA organization.
• Perform business and manufacturing performance analysis, variance reporting and mitigation planning.
• Co-lead budgets and long-term forecasts aligned with growth objectives.
• Drive EMEA financial alignment, consolidation and adherence to global finance standards.
• Support continuous improvement of planning and budgeting processes.

Requirements

Competencies

• 10+ years of experience in a comparable finance leadership role.
• Strong manufacturing background; MedTech experience preferred.
• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and cost accounting.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and EMEA GAAP.
• Advanced MS Office and SAP Finance skills; HFM experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to interpret financial and legal documents and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Proven people leadership and team development skills.
• Pragmatic business mindset with strong decision-making capabilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• Excellent English required; German is a plus.
• Collaboration, stakeholder management and coaching capabilities.
• Builds trust through integrity, transparency and authenticity.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.
• Accountability for delivering commitments and results.

Project details

1.10

3-4 months

Capacity:30h per week

Mostly remote possible - 1 week for onboarding in Hamburg nice but not necessary

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 4 Monate
• Location: DE