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Interim Finance Leadership.

Experienced finance and accounting leadership when processes need restructuring, a team needs direction, or a vacancy has to be bridged. No lengthy onboarding, effective from day one.

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Overview

Companies call us when finance processes need restructuring, accounting teams need leadership, or an experienced senior leader is required who doesn't just take over operations but makes them permanently better, embeds them and keeps them running independently.

Operational depth is no compromise here, it is the advantage.
We know the reality inside the process and build better structures from it.

Situations

Typical situations for an interim finance mandate

Interim Finance Leadership closes the gap when finance or accounting needs leadership and delivery capacity at short notice. Not as outside consulting, but with operational responsibility within the team, from day one.
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Typical triggers: an accounting vacancy or interim gap that must be filled quickly and without lengthy onboarding; a shared-services transition, ERP migration or system change where processes need stabilizing and restructuring; an accounting team without clear structures, standards or leadership.
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Or when financial processes are opaque and reporting, cash-flow control and oversight need to be rebuilt, or harmonized across several entities.

Leadership and impact focus areas

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Leadership and development of finance and accounting teams of up to 20 people, professionally, with line responsibility and through phases of change.

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Analysis, restructuring and lasting optimization of accounting and finance processes, from as-is analysis to embedded implementation.

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Building reporting standards, best practices and process documentation that carry on after the mandate.

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ERP process design in complex, multinational system landscapes: SAP FI/CO, SAP MM, VIM, S/4HANA, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, Navision D365, abas ERP, Datev.

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Shared-services transition and process harmonization across multiple entities, countries and hubs.

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Operational depth as the foundation: accounts receivable, accounts payable, liquidity and cash reporting with no long ramp-up, plus support with monthly and annual closings under German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS.

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Services

Selected interim mandates

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Live Nation Entertainment · Interim Accounting Team Lead

Professional leadership of a 20-person accounting team during an ongoing transformation phase (AR, AP, Artist Accounting, Oracle EBS). Team stabilized and developed, processes restructured in parallel with day-to-day operations.

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KHD Humboldt Wedag · Interim Accounts Payable Manager

Accounts payable with nine-figure annual turnover taken over and stabilized without ramp-up (SAP MM, VIM, S/4HANA). Invoice approval digitized, interfaces to procurement and supply chain optimized.

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Element Materials Technology · Interim Senior Accounting Specialist

Accounts payable for five German sites in a shared-services context (D365). Payment runs and reporting optimized, close collaboration with the Global Business Center Edinburgh, processes fully documented for the migration.

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Wabtec (Stemmann, PanTrac, Annax) · Interim Senior Finance Specialist

Management of financial transactions in six languages and transnational structures with nine-digit sales.

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Managing Partner · Senior Interim Finance Leadership

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Clarity in numbers. Structure in processes. Leadership with impact.

Loretta Schneiders brings over 15 years of experience in accounting, shared services and finance leadership, from mid-sized companies to multinational groups. Depending on the mandate she leads as a team lead, shapes as a process optimiser, or does both at once.
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Operational depth is no compromise here, it is her advantage: she knows the reality inside the process from her own experience and builds better structures from it than someone who only looks from the outside.

What references consistently confirm: fast onboarding, measurable results, process improvements that last, and leadership that makes teams stronger. Communication in six languages and on equal footing with international teams, hubs and stakeholders.
  • Over 15 years of experience in accounting, shared services and finance leadership.
  • Leadership of finance and accounting teams of up to 20 people.
  • Accounts receivable management with nine-figure annual turnover in group structures.
  • ERP expertise: SAP FI/CO, SAP MM, VIM, S/4HANA, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, Navision D365, abas ERP, Datev.

Team and process leadership in accounting

Professional and line leadership of finance and accounting teams of up to 20 people, including through phases of change and transformation. Onboarding, coaching and team development included.

Process restructuring and reporting

Analysis, restructuring and lasting optimization of accounting and finance processes. Building reporting standards, best practices and process documentation that carry on after the mandate.

ERP migration and shared services

Shared-services transition and process harmonisation across multiple entities, countries and hubs. Experience in SAP FI/CO, S/4HANA, Oracle, Navision D365, abas ERP and Datev.

Full operational competence

Accounts receivable, accounts payable, liquidity and cash reporting with no long ramp-up, plus support with monthly and annual closings under German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS.

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Case study

Live Nation: leading an accounting team through transformation

Guide

What does an interim manager cost?Accounting without a head: the immediate steps

Unsere Interim-Leistungen im Überblick

Interim Accounts PayableInterim AccountingShared Services TransitionERP Migration in AccountingFinancial Statements & ReportingInterim Finance Remote for DACH

FAQ

Frequently asked questions: Interim Finance Leadership

What is interim finance leadership?

Experienced finance and accounting leadership for a limited period. Loretta Schneiders takes on responsibility within the team, leads functionally and as line manager, and structures processes so that they keep running independently after the mandate.

In which situations does interim finance leadership help?

When the head of accounting position is vacant, during an ERP migration or system change, during a shared services transition, or when reporting, cash reporting and controls need to be rebuilt or harmonised across several entities.

Which standards and ERP systems are covered?

Contribution to monthly and annual closings under German GAAP (HGB) and IFRS. Systems: SAP FI/CO, MM, VIM and S/4HANA, SAP Business One, Oracle E-Business Suite and Fusion, Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Business Central, abas ERP and DATEV.

How large can the team and volumes be?

Loretta Schneiders leads finance and accounting teams of up to 20 people and has been responsible for receivables and payables management with nine-figure volumes in group structures.

Is an assignment in international teams possible?

Yes. Loretta Schneiders communicates in six languages and, among other things, supported the shared services transition to Edinburgh. Assignments are on site, hybrid or remote across the DACH region.

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Do you need experienced finance or accounting leadership at short notice, whether due to a vacancy, an ERP migration or a transformation project? Let's talk about your situation and find the right interim engagement for your company.

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