About our client
Our client is an international healthcare group headquartered in Switzerland, operating mainly in the radiotherapy sector, backed by a mid-market PE. The company has grown significantly through acquisitions and geographic expansion and today operates across multiple European countries, with Germany representing a key strategic market.
The German business comprises several outpatient treatment centers and one hospital, resulting in a complex, multi-entity structure. To support continued growth, increasing operational complexity and an active M&A agenda, the group is seeking a CFO / Finance Director in Germany. This is a newly created, highly visible leadership role with dual reporting to the CEO Germany and the Group CFO. The position is home-office based with frequent travel across Germany.
What the job involves
- Acting as a trusted business partner to the CEO Germany and Group Finance
- Overall responsibility for financial leadership of the German operations, including budgeting, forecasting and performance management
- Managing liquidity, cash flow and financial planning
- Ownership of management reporting and development of KPI systems
- Building scalable, system-supported reporting infrastructure to replace existing manual processes
- Ensuring high-quality HGB reporting and alignment with IFRS group requirements
- Supporting the group's buy-and-build strategy, including support on origination, due diligences and integration of acquisitions
- Managing financing processes, particularly for high-value medical equipment, preparing business plans supporting investments and expansions
- Coordinating with banks, auditors, tax advisors and other external stakeholders
- Oversight of external services providers outsourced accounting functions
- Close collaboration with Group Finance in Switzerland
- Hands-on role without an initial in-house finance team in Germany, besides a support from corporate center
- Regular travel to sites across Western Germany
- Building and leveraging a network within the PE and MVZ (Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum) environment
Who we are looking for
- Strong academic background in finance, accounting, business administration or a related field
- Strong controlling and performance-management expertise
- Experience in decentralized, multi-entity environments
- Exposure to M&A and integration processes is desirable
- Healthcare experience, especially in a MVZ environment, is advantageous
- Hands-on, pragmatic and comfortable operating without a large team
- Strong business partner mindset with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and the ability to build credibility with medical professionals
- Comfortable in a lean, mid-market environment rather than a large corporate setting
- Fluent German and business English required