HGB Experts in Germany

• Redesign of legal operations: standardised workflows reducing routine effort by up to 80%, with source citation, hallucination check as quality gate, role model, logging and audit trail.
• Compliance-by-design operating model (EU AI Act readiness, GDPR, eIDAS) with documented, releasable process steps.
• Roadmap, sprint planning and release management for an agentic RAG platform with counsel-in-the-loop approval, audit trail and German hosting.
• EU AI Act readiness, GDPR and eIDAS requirements managed as first-class project deliverables; go-to-market for two customer verticals.

• Cleared a backlog of incoming documents over five months;
• Clarified residual items and overdue open items;
• Checked, reconciled, and clarified accounting matters;
• Analyzed existing processes and implemented process improvements;
• Processed accounting transactions in SAP FI and MM

• New connection of the product interfaces of the Financial Data Warehouse (FDW) directly to the Abacus 360 native interfaces
• IT environment: PC, client-server, Citrix remote client, Oracle DB
• Mapping of FDW outbound to Abacus 360 Native
• Analysis of requirements documents, business concepts, and existing interface rules
• Definition of new FDW rules for outbound to Abacus 360
• Adjustment of test scripts for the new interfaces
• Execution of tests to ensure correct data delivery and processing

• Operational leadership (Fast Close): Structuring and managing the entire close process for complex German and international client portfolios (Real Estate, Private Equity, HNWI).
• Audit readiness & governance: Ensuring compliance in the timely preparation of annual financial statements and tax returns under IFRS, HGB, and LuxGAAP.Efficient
• Audit support: Successful interface management and coordination with auditors (Big Four), which demonstrably shortened the audit duration.
• Special situations & complexity: Professional leadership of cross-functional teams in clearing and working through historically grown accounting backlogs.

• Independent planning, coordination and operational counting of fixed asset inventories at SGS sites across Germany
• During the count, clarification of variances as well as posting of the new inventories in the fixed assets of the respective site and company

• Stream lead - Training
• Trainings – lead of the team & support of the relevant stakeholders
• Management of learning journeys & development of training plans
• Training environment & data – definition & development with the IT team
• Training documentation – management & coordination of the preparation
• Project lead - Germany
• Project management – planning, motivation, communication, execution
• Business process integration – analysis, definition, management
• Rollout management – planning, coordination, deployment
• Governance – template & project
• Test management – definition, findings, solutions, documentation
• Trainings – management of the training programs
• Business process management – integration, analysis, optimization, etc.
• Template & project governance
• Customizing FI
• Definition of the scope of acceptance test cases
• Organizing and execution of the tests – findings, development of design solutions based on business requirements, documentation, etc.
• Trainings – planning, creation, delivery, documentation, etc.
• Business process management – definition of data transfer, etc.
• Preparation and management of template workshops
• Preparation of technical and process documentation
• Agile project management
• Stream lead – process integration & governance
• Business process management – integration, analysis, optimization, etc.
• Management of the rollout quality gates
• Project governance – planning, monitoring, control of project progress
• Template governance – harmonization and standardization of business processes
• Standing governance – master data, chart of accounts, authorizations, customizing, etc.
• Standardization of repeating processes, incl. analysis and optimization, planning the transition to daily business and the activities within the month, interim, annual close, creation of a concept, checklist, etc.
• Participation in defining different interfaces (incl. concept, defining organizational structures, master data, template & standing governance, etc.)
• Definition and structuring of monitoring processes: IDocs, BI folders, etc.
• Participation in the definition and customizing of different areas in FI

• Independent training in travel expense accounting (Egencia, Perk, AirPlus)
• Interface management between travel expense tools
• Onboarding and offboarding of employees and vendors
• Advising teams on posting incoming and outgoing invoices
• Documentation and process improvement

(parallel to freelance work)

• Setup and leadership of ESG, Internal Audit, and Risk Management for a listed company
• Setup and leadership of a CSRD / EU Taxonomy project including sustainability reporting
• Analysis and implementation of all relevant ESG product compliance regulations, including the introduction of ESG software
• Introduction of enterprise risk management and an internal audit system

• Leadership, management, and further development of an accounting team with nine employees
• Responsibility for the preparation, analysis, and quality assurance of monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB
• Ensuring structured intercompany reconciliation and minimizing reconciliation risks using LucaNet
• Coordination of annual closing work and audit preparation while meeting CFO deadlines
• Optimization of accounting processes in the SAP S/4HANA environment in close

• Independent accounts receivable and accounts payable accounting, including posting all incoming and outgoing payments
• Preparing customer invoices and monitoring open items and dunning
• Preparing and creating monthly and annual financial statements under HGB
• Preparing VAT returns and working with tax advisors and the tax office
• Preliminary payroll accounting
• HR administration including recruiting, applicant management, and conducting job interviews
• Preparing reports and business analyses for management
• Handling complaints and clarifying accounting issues

• Independently manage financial accounting
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS
• Create monthly reports
• Prepare booking documents and calculate provisions
• Submit VAT advance returns, annual tax returns, and summary reports
• Consolidate all relevant financial data from multiple entities in SAP BYD
• Optimize AP and AR processes
• Manage general ledger and fixed asset accounting
• Serve as direct contact for internal and external finance topics
• Prepare monthly forecasts, intercompany and account reconciliations
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank accounting
• Submit factoring reports to banks
• Provide cash flow report to the CFO
• Train new finance staff
• Prepare and ensure compliance with financial statements
• Liaise with auditors and tax advisors

Founded in 1968, MLD today employs over 350 people at various locations in and around Düsseldorf. The academic team, made up of 17 specialists, colleagues from biology, chemistry, pharmacy, drinking water hygiene, and medical training assistants, supports more than 1,500 office-based doctors and more than 30 hospitals with more than 5,000 beds in the Düsseldorf, Cologne and Lower Rhine regions as a reliable partner in laboratory medicine. It is a subsidiary of the Sonic Healthcare Group based in Sydney, Australia. Group: 37,000 employees, direct reporting line: Managing Director

Responsibilities:

• Disciplinary and technical management responsibility for 16 employees, sub-ledgers, general ledger, controlling, IT, purchasing, HR
• monthly reporting according to IFRS, consolidation of several domestic subsidiaries
• preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements of the companies according to IFRS and annual financial statements according to HGB of several companies, as well as preparation and support of the annual audits
• budgeting, forecasting
• accounting-related execution of incorporations, liquidations and transformations of the companies
• main contact person for auditors, tax advisors and tax authorities.

• Data Management of Oracle based Data Warehouse
• Operational monitoring of DWH
• ETL Processes in Oracle SQL
• Consulting in reporting and DWH development
• Developing Dynamic List, Grid, Jxls, Pivot Reports in Report Server
• Data visualization in Report Server