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Interim Head of Controlling

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Controlling Management as the foundation of corporate
management

Companies today operate in an environment that is characterized by dynamics, uncertainty and increasing complexity. They need to make strategic decisions on a sound basis and quickly. This is where controlling plays a central role: it classifies figures, provides orientation and makes economic relationships transparent. The Head of Controlling ensures that information is not only available, but also serves as a reliable basis for managing the company and thus contributes to sustainable success.
 

Head of Controlling: Driver of management quality and value creation

Strategic decisions are only effective if they are economically well thought out, measurable and consistently followed up. This is precisely where management accounting comes in: It makes value drivers visible, evaluates investments as well as scenarios and ensures that growth, efficiency and liquidity can be managed together. Instead of isolated individual key figures, the focus is on integrated views of earnings, cash flow and capital commitment - as the basis for sustainable corporate development.
 

Controlling between aspiration and reality

In operational practice, it is clear how demanding modern controlling is. Strategic objectives can often only be insufficiently translated into resilient planning, while forecasts quickly lose their informative value due to volatile framework conditions and inconsistent assumptions. Reports provide comprehensive figures, but often lack clear priorities, root cause analyses or decision-making impulses. Added to this are heterogeneous system landscapes and different control logics in the specialist departments, which make a uniform view of costs, projects and profitability difficult. The Head of Controlling is therefore faced with the task of harmonizing management models, linking data and processes and establishing controlling as an active part of corporate management.
 

How Interim Heads of Controlling strengthen controlling

When planning, forecasting and reporting are under time pressure, data is inconsistent or management logics diverge in the specialist departments, interim heads of controlling quickly create order and reliability. They stabilize core operational processes, focus key figures and reports on clear decision-making impulses and harmonize the view of costs, projects and profitability. At the same time, they further develop integrated planning and forecasting models, position controlling as an active sparring partner for management and ensure that figures are turned into concrete control. Working with an interim head of controlling therefore increases the quality of management, creates company-wide transparency and provides a reliable basis for decision-making.

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Why work with interim professionals
in the field of Controlling?

Working with experienced, highly qualified, and specialized interim managers offers you a wide range of advantages. Interim management is a flexible and efficient solution that allows you to successfully overcome complex challenges.

No matter what the problem or task at hand, interim professionals have in-depth expertise that they can contribute to your project both strategically and operationally. They are also available at short notice and can support you without a long training period—tailored to your needs, goal-oriented, and individualized.

Read our project references
in the area of Controlling

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Finance Shared Service Center for an international automotive supplier

The interim manager was commissioned by a supplier to the automotive industry to set up a Finance Shared Service Center (FSSC) for a total of 7 German ...
Restructuring of the finance division

Restructuring of the finance division of an international financial services group

A group of companies for financial services was undergoing fundamental restructuring. The process included structural and procedural organizational changes in Germany and abroad as well as a strategic realignment ...
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Interim CFO at a software company

The interim manager was commissioned by a Deutsche Post spin-off as interim CFO. The company is developing a framework for service-oriented architecture (SOA). The SOA platform itself originates from Deutsche Post AG. The new company was to provide consulting ...
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Chief Financial Officer at a private university

The interim manager was commissioned by a private university (24 million turnover, 350 employees) to restructure the university and stabilize it both financially and organizationally. In particular, this involved the introduction of a controlling system...
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Monthly financial statements and cost/performance accounting at a payroll service provider

There had been a change in commercial management at a payroll service provider. In addition, the ERP system could only be used in a rudimentary way following a system change. The lack of a reliable basis of figures had considerably reduced the management's trust in the commercial department.

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Cost reduction at an OEM supplier (automotive)

Following the corona crisis and the subsequent burdens (lack of semiconductors, Ukraine war, energy crisis), a medium-sized automotive supplier (leather products) had fallen into crisis...

Meet our interim professionals
in the field of Controlling

Finance Executive mit Blick für Business und Profitabilität

Finance Executive with an eye for business and profitability

The interim manager is an internationally experienced finance executive with particular experience in the telecommunications and IT industry.

Controlling Executive mit unternehmerischer Initiative

Controlling Executive with entrepreneurial initiative

The interim manager is an expert in the management of complex and challenging controlling projects.

Bringt das Controlling auf das nächste Level

Takes controlling to the next level

The interim manager is an expert in setting up and optimizing controlling structures in medium-sized (family-owned) companies.

Finance Executive für Kostenkontrolle und profitables Wachstum

Finance Executive for cost control and profitable growth

The interim manager is an expert with international experience in the profitable growth of production companies - in international corporations, large SMEs and private equity firms.

Controlling-Experte mit Fokus auf Profitabilität

Controlling expert with a focus on profitability

The interim manager and management consultant is a versatile executive for operational and strategic controlling.

Finanzexpertin für den internationalen deutschen Mittelstand

Financial expert for international German SMEs

As an experienced commercial director and interim CFO, the interim manager offers a comprehensive portfolio of expertise: from finance management and controlling to restructuring, transformation an

We have the right interim professionals in the field of Controlling for you. That's a promise!

Our database includes around 4,500 highly specialized professionals and executives who have repeatedly and successfully demonstrated their operational skills and technical expertise.
We would be happy to place these experienced interim managers in your company.

Are you wondering why Deutsche Interim AG is the right interim management provider for you? Here's why!

  • Many years of placement experience and personal support from our consultants
  • Extensive knowledge of industries, markets, and specific requirements
  • Database with around 4,500 highly qualified interim professionals
  • Optimal matching thanks to a combination of technology and human experience
  • Very fast placement speed (candidate suggestions after two days)
  • Secure projects thanks to financial loss liability insurance

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