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Leave cover for your accounting team

When your head of accounting or a key person is away for an extended period, Loretta Schneiders covers the role reliably on an interim basis – and hands it back in good order.

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Overview

Parental leave, maternity leave, long-term illness or a sabbatical: the absence is often foreseeable, yet the gap in accounting is still significant. We take on the role fully and with accountability, keep day-to-day business stable, support the closings and ensure a clean handback when the post holder returns.

Situations

Typical situations for interim leave cover

Your head of accounting is going on maternity and parental leave, and nobody internally can lead the team and support the closings and the coordination with the auditors. A fixed-term hire cannot be found that quickly.

A key person in payables, receivables or the general ledger is off on long-term sick leave, and backlogs are building up. Or a sabbatical is coming up, and the month-end close must not suffer.

What all these cases have in common: the role does not need reinventing, it needs to be carried on reliably and handed back without friction.

What we take on

Leading accounting or a key role on an interim basis, functionally and, if required, with line responsibility.

Supporting monthly and annual closing work under HGB and IFRS on schedule.

Keeping payables, receivables, payments and dunning stable and clearing backlogs.

Point of contact for management, the CFO, auditors, tax adviser and group finance.

Structuring the handover before the absence where time allows, and documenting know-how.

Handing back with an up-to-date status, open points and documented workflows.

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Reference mandates

Live Nation Entertainment · Interim Accounting Team Lead

Functional leadership of the entire accounting team of 20 (AR, AP, artist accounting) in Oracle EBS; deputised for the head of accounting on cross-functional topics and escalations.

KHD Humboldt Wedag · Interim Accounts Payable Manager

Took over accounts payable with a nine-figure annual volume without onboarding and handed over digitalised, fully documented processes.

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“She dealt with numerous challenging tasks without any onboarding, always maintaining a positive attitude … she familiarized herself quickly with new tasks and solved even complex problems very reliably.”

Head of Accounting and Consolidation, KHD Humboldt Wedag

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Why Loretta Schneiders

Leave cover has to work from day one. Loretta Schneiders takes on roles without a long ramp-up and leads teams of up to 20 people. Her aim is not to become indispensable, but to hand the role back in good shape.

Over 15 years of experience in finance and accounting.
Functional and line leadership of teams of up to 20 people.
Contribution to monthly and annual closings under HGB and IFRS.
On site, hybrid or remote across the DACH region, including longer mandates.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions: Accounting Leave Cover

When should parental leave cover in accounting be planned?

As early as possible, ideally as soon as the period is foreseeable. That leaves room for a structured handover by the post holder: ongoing topics, the closing calendar, key contacts and particularities. If someone is absent unexpectedly, for example through illness, we take over without a handover and gain an overview directly from documents, accounts and systems.

Why interim cover rather than a fixed-term hire?

Filling a fixed-term position takes time, and experienced leaders rarely look for fixed-term roles. Interim cover is available at short notice, brings leadership experience and is productive quickly. It is designed for handover from the outset. The two can also be combined, for example with interim support until a fixed-term hire is up to speed.

Does the cover also lead the accounting team?

Yes, if the role requires it. Loretta Schneiders leads teams of up to 20 people, functionally and with line responsibility, and deputised for the head of accounting at Live Nation on cross-functional topics and escalations. What interim leadership of an accounting function looks like is described under interim head of accounting.

How does the handback after parental leave work?

Planned and documented. Before the return, we summarise the current status: ongoing closings, open points, changes to processes or systems and important agreements with auditors or the group. If you wish, there can be an overlap period. The aim is for the returning post holder to take the role back without friction.

Does leave cover in accounting also work remotely?

In many cases, yes. Loretta Schneiders works from Lanzarote for companies across the DACH region – on site, hybrid or remote, most recently with around 25% of her time on site. For closing dates, audits or team meetings she comes to the company. More on this model under interim finance remote for DACH.

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Is parental leave, a sabbatical or a longer absence coming up in your accounting team? The earlier we talk, the better the handover can be prepared.

Leave cover for your accounting team

Overview

Situations

Typical situations for interim leave cover

What we take on

Services

Reference mandates

Live Nation Entertainment · Interim Accounting Team Lead

KHD Humboldt Wedag · Interim Accounts Payable Manager

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