Sage Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Sage
Nicole Seiler
Last position:
HR Manager at Startup / Digital Transformation
- Setup & structure: Complete rebuild and structuring of the HR department in a dynamic startup environment
- People management: Taking full responsibility for operational and strategic HR
- Culture & team: Active further development of the company culture during the transformation phase
Serkant Türemiş
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Eyline Jakubowski
Last position:
External Financial Accountant at Trench Group GmbH
- 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
Franziska Jentzsch
Last position:
Head of Human Resources at cbs Corporate Business Solutions
- Strategic build-up, development, and operational management of the HR department
- Line management and continuous development of 16 employees
- Advised the executive board as well as consulting directors and business unit managers on all HR-related and strategic topics (direct report to the chairman)
- Developed and implemented a recruiting strategy and process; developed recruiters into talent acquisition experts
- Planned and executed an employer branding project for the DACH region and developed a sustainable employee retention concept
- Implemented the HR business partner concept
- Designed and rolled out a sustainable talent management program, including introduction and training on the Predictive Index (PI)
- Developed and implemented leadership development for junior managers
- Designed and introduced all HR management and organizational development tools
- Designed and introduced a sustainable onboarding and employee retention concept (adapted due to COVID-19)
- Moderated, designed, and conducted workshops and in-house trainings
- Digitized the HR department, including requirements analysis and vendor selection (Personio, SuccessFactors, Sage)
- Responsible for global site set-up (Finland, DACH, Spain, USA, APAC) and integration with headquarters
- Ensured a global payroll
- Managed external service providers, agencies, and consultancies
Mubashar Ali
Last position:
Interim Accounting Manager at JOSEPH DRESSELHAUS GmbH
- Report to the head of accounting/finance/controlling and handle ad hoc requirements from all accounting and finance departments in SAP 4, including advance payments, payment plans, master data updates, and intercompany reconciliation
- Manage payment regulators such as Nordwest and Eurobaustoff & EDE reconciliation, AVIS reconciliation, travel expense approvals and reconciliation with credit card statements, factoring reconciliation, payment blocks, etc.
- Support the annual audit and insolvency reporting
Maxime Djongoue
Last position:
Lead Product Manager E-invoicing & AI at fino data services GmbH
- Responsible for the concept, planning, and implementation of the product development of GetMyInvoices 2.0 and the subcomponent InvoiceRails
- Independent work on all aspects of the project, including concept, specification in tickets, and coordination of developers
- Creation, management, and prioritization of tickets to ensure all tasks are completed on time and with high quality
- Carrying out and/or coordinating tests and ensuring the proper implementation of the developed features and functionalities
- Close collaboration with developers to clarify technical requirements and ensure the implementations match the specifications
- Regular reporting on project progress and documentation of key decisions, changes, and risks
- Taking on the subject matter lead for all topics around e-invoicing and Peppol, especially in relation to the InvoiceRails component
- Internal consulting and knowledge sharing on e-invoicing and Peppol for other teams and departments
- Tracking market trends and new developments in e-invoicing and Peppol to continuously adapt the product strategy
- Ensuring the long-term scalability and flexibility of the products for future technical and regulatory changes in the e-invoicing area
Mario Klügel
Last position:
Interim Manager, Consultant and Employee
- ERP and process consulting/implementation (Navision / Business Central)
- Ongoing accounting, controlling, turnaround and consolidation
- Support in preparing all kinds of financial statements
- Process optimization for a furniture store chain during Navision implementation
- Involvement in investments and acquisitions including due diligence and subsequent ERP integrations (centralizations and decentralizations)
Pavel Skála
Last position:
Interim Manager Finance & Controlling at Freiberufler
- Accounting, controlling and reporting, taxes, risk management, treasury, credit management, legal affairs, internal control/SOX, HR, IT, cooperation with auditors, tax consultants and government authorities
- Logistics, production and HACCP, occupational safety and veterinary and hygiene regulations (food manufacturing)
- Due diligence, M&A, corporate split-offs, crisis management, project management
Selected interim projects:
- Twistcafe (fast-food restaurants) – Interim CFO (global): solved issues with accounting and tax documents for the year-end close of the German and Austrian subsidiaries; standardized the intercompany billing of raw material and cash transfers (CZ, SK, DE, AT, PL); automated the recharging of promotions and cashless payments; improved cost center accounting (200+ cost centers)
- VIB Vermögen AG (Branicks Group, real estate) – Interim Head of Accounting (DE): completed HGB year-end financial statements for 19 companies without complications; IFRS group financial statements without issues; automated consolidation tasks (debt consolidation, expense and revenue consolidation); automated reporting processes
- NTT (telecommunications) – Interim Senior Controller (DE): simplified, standardized and automated monthly closing activities (provisions for customer and supplier rebates, order backlogs, accrued revenues, monthly gross profit adjustments), including SOX compliance evidence; balance sheet reconciliation; improved loyalty reporting
- Lilium (aerospace) – Interim Senior Accountant (DE): tax line corrections; asset migration from Datev to Infor LN for two companies, including data quality improvements; automated processing of interim asset investments and asset additions; led successful SOX audit for fixed assets leading up to the US IPO
- Brose (automotive) – Interim Head of Controlling (CZ): successful Forecast III; simplified and automated calculations and reporting (hourly rates, temporary workers, monthly reports, scrap and external rework, direct personnel costs); platform change for the monthly board meeting
- LUST Hybrid-Technik (Pankl-SHW Industries, manufacturing) – Interim Finance Controller (DE): monthly and annual financial statements (including inventory valuation, cost accounting), plan vs. actual comparisons, variance analysis, ad hoc reports, forecast preparation, automation
- Gebr. Bode (Schaltbau Group, manufacturing) – Interim Head of Accounting (DE): year-end financial statements without complications; simplified and automated liquidity planning; automated open items report, standardized intercompany reconciliations; implemented and automated the fixed assets report
- Hyva Georg Hydraulik (manufacturing) – Interim Senior Accountant/Finance Manager (DE): simplified and automated VAT returns, Intrastat and other statistical reports; automated fixed assets report; implemented and automated the cost center report/forecast and temporary labor reserves; master data correction
- Beiersdorf (FMCG) – Interim Finance Manager (DE/SK): oversaw transfer of the local finance department in Slovakia to the SSC Hamburg
- Trèves (automotive) – Interim Plant Controller/Head of Finance & Controlling (CZ): identified weaknesses; implemented controlling processes for the procurement process (PR/PO/GR), payroll, energy costs, ICO accounting, cost center reporting
- Hella Slovakia Signal-Lighting (automotive) – Interim Head of Controlling (SK): 10% reduction in receivables open items; automated reporting (capex, cost center, maintenance costs); standardized and automated inventory and receivables write-offs
- Tunap Cosmetics (FMCG) – Interim Finance Manager (DE): reduced DSO by 21 days within four months; balance sheet cleanup (fixed assets, provisions, prepaid expenses); reduced unprocessed invoices in the workflow by EUR 1.2 million during year-end; automated write-offs, controls and reporting
- Hanon Systems Autopal (automotive) – Interim Finance Controller (CZ): identified weaknesses; automated cost center reporting and purchase orders; automated inventory and receivables write-offs
- Drägerwerk (manufacturing) – Interim Finance Controller (CZ): FI/CO management, process audit, investment incentives, accounting accuracy, SAP settings (FI/CO, MM)
- Maxim Chicken (FMCG) – Interim Head of Finance and Controlling (CZ): introduced new gastronomy products leading to increased sales; implemented cash flow forecasting; reduced variable and fixed costs (raw materials, property leasing); successfully passed veterinary audit
- Trelleborg Automotive Czech Republic (automotive) – Interim Plant Controller/Head of Finance (CZ); Carbody Czech Republic (automotive) – Interim Plant Controller/Head of Finance (CZ): corrected accounting; corporate split-off with SAP separation; implemented cash flow forecasting; factoring
- Kantar Media (WPP Group, media) – Interim Finance Manager (CZ): automated US GAAP reporting; reduced fixed costs (supplier contracts, personnel expenses); implemented standard processes; successful SOX audit; production relocation
Alexandra Straub
Last position:
Senior HR Generalist at Delta Energy Systems (Germany) GmbH
- Advising managers on HR strategy, labor law, and collective agreement matters
- Payroll in DATEV for 150 employees in two companies from 01/04/2024 to 31/07/2025
- Support with payroll preparation work from 01/08/2025
- Preparing the report regarding the disability levy
- Preparing the report and matching master data with the employers' liability insurance association
- Conducting job interviews / employee meetings and return-to-work interviews (BEM, Occupational Reintegration Management)
- Maintaining electronic time recording data (corrections, recording maternity leave / parental leave / vacation / illness / business trips) in INTERFLEX
- Working with the Freiburg Integration Office
- Setting up and supporting the areas of occupational safety + company health management + company doctor (Regio Arbeitsmedizin)
- HR support: preparing employment contracts / terminations / references, warnings / conducting onboarding and exit interviews
- Organizing company events
- Organizing training sessions
- Local contact person during audits
- Running projects together with other Delta sites (including introducing a digital personnel file)
- Trusting and constructive cooperation with the works council
- Helping with budget and staffing planning
- Reporting HR key figures
- Local contact person for the employers' association and the trade supervisory office
- Recruiting + supporting existing and new employees with relocation, visas, and work permits
Sven L.
Last position:
Group CTO at apo.com Group
- Situation: Inherited a patchwork of aging proprietary systems accumulated over 20+ years — custom-built shop, pharmacy operations, logistics, and product data management. No standardization, no automation, no modern delivery practices.
- Team: Found a centralistic hero culture with one manager handling more than 20 direct reports. Removed the bottleneck, replaced low performers, brought resistant team members back on track or managed them out. Hired fresh talent that brought new energy and capability.
- Delivery: Unified nine brands into a single platform, improving delivery speed by roughly 10x and eliminating cross-brand inconsistencies. Launched a new mobile app that tripled mobile revenue share within 12 months.
- AI: Implemented AI coding tools across development departments. Continuously working on trainings and knowledge sharing for developers. Delivered analytics and agentic automation for customer care inbound emails, and initiated agentic call automation.
- Operations: Introduced automated build and deployment pipelines, initiated cloud migration, and brought the core pharmacy system onto a maintainable, current foundation.
- Governance: Took back project prioritization from ad-hoc business demands by introducing transparent capacity planning — the biggest “no” enforced and the most impactful change for the organization.
Lilli Sauer
Last position:
AI - Data & Quality Specialist at AI service provider
- Training and quality evaluation of AI systems based on content and specialist data
- Measurably improved model accuracy and answer consistency; reduced misclassifications
Andreas Fischer
Last position:
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive) at MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
- Overall coordination of service providers for all infrastructure topics at a production site being set up in Baden-Württemberg
- Design and finding solutions for internet connectivity, building office communication networks, setting up WLAN in production and administration buildings, IP address management, password policies, time tracking, access control systems, backup strategies, emergency power planning, operating concepts, cost planning, event management, workplace setup including laptop/mobile phones/telephony, remote support, print servers
- Selecting suitable external service providers and planning to meet needs for spare parts, repairs, on-site service, network and workplace support including on-site system replacement by providers
- Choosing suitable external service providers for facility management and building technology (fiber optic connections, data center infrastructure, cable ducts etc.)
- Coordination with clients and service providers
- Escalation management, schedule control
- On-site presence for service meetings and managing service providers
Thomas Martini
Last position:
Consultant / System Administrator / IT Analyst at Thomas Martini IT-Services
- Analysis and audit of the current situation on-site and at customer locations
- Planning of IT infrastructures and advice on new hardware purchases as well as migration planning
- Planning and management of the IT budget
- Configuration and support of IT hardware under Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and Mac OS
- Review and update of documentation with regard to GDPR
- Analysis and expansion of technical and organizational measures in accordance with GDPR and BDSG
- Training of employees
- Training in AI-Assistant Consulting and Cybersecurity with AI
- Recording the current state and planning the target state
- 2nd/3rd level support (C/S/N)
- Technical environment: Exchange Administration, Active Directory, MS Server 2016 R2, MS Server 2022, MS SQL Developer, MS SQL, Visual Studio 2013+, Tivoli Monitoring, Tivoli Remote, TeamViewer, weclapp CRM Solution, RA-Micro, IT Compliance, Citrix, UltraEdit, SCCM, Windows XP–11, Office 2010–M365, VPN Solutions, Lexware Solutions, OKI Management Solutions, LogMyTime, SAGE Systems
Karl-Wilhelm Lagemann
Last position:
PharmaHera Service GmbH
Mail-order pharmacy
- Steering and execution of all recruiting activities during strong growth
- Sparring and advising the management and HR leadership
Claudia Maurer
Last position:
Interim HR Director DACH at Essity Group
- One of the market leaders in hygiene and health products (including ZEWA, Tempo, TENA and Tork) with around 34,000 employees worldwide and about 5,400 in the DACH region.
- Bridging the vacancy, as the previous role holder moved internally to another position in October 2024 and the new role holder will only return from the US in July 2025.
- Leading the team of 35 employees (HR Business Partner / Talent Acquisition and Compensation & Benefits).
- Continuing the trusted cooperation with the various employee representatives.
- Local implementation of company-wide HR projects (Pay Transparency, Employer Branding Plan, DEI Policy, etc.) in cooperation with headquarters in Stockholm.
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Statistics of experts using Sage
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
28 years
Position duration
2.3 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Finance
Top industries
Professional Services, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Accounting, Human Resources, Finance
Bachelor's degree or higher
72%
Master's degree or higher
34%
Doctorate
4%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Sage
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Sage in practice
Sage is used for accounting, invoicing, payroll, stock, and day-to-day finance work. Companies bring in specialists when they need reliable setup, clean master data, and reports that match how the business actually runs.
Common use cases
- Bookkeeping and general ledger setup
- Invoicing, payment runs, and bank reconciliation
- Payroll processes and finance controls
- Stock, purchasing, and multi-entity workflows
Ecosystem and versions
Sage often means a family of products, not just one tool. Searchers may mean Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Business Cloud, or older Sage Line 50 and Sage Line 100 systems. Strong specialists know how these versions differ and how data moves between them.
Skills that matter
Good Sage professionals understand chart of accounts design, reporting, permissions, and integrations with CRM, payroll, and e-commerce tools. They also know how to handle imports, exports, and month-end checks without breaking finance routines.
When to bring in help
- A new Sage rollout needs a clean start
- Existing reports no longer fit management needs
- Data from an older Sage system must be migrated
- Finance teams need short-term support for backlog work
Working in Germany
In Germany, Sage work often sits close to finance, trade, and services operations. Remote collaboration is common, but on-site support can help when teams need process workshops, system handover, or close coordination with local accounting practices. Clear German and English communication is often useful.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Sage, in one place.
Sage is used for accounting, invoicing, payroll, stock handling, and core finance operations. Companies also use it for reporting, approvals, and routine controls that keep finance work consistent. A strong specialist can adapt the setup to the way your team actually works.
Sage is the umbrella name, while Sage 50, Sage 200, and Sage Business Cloud are specific products in that ecosystem. Many searches use the old product names, especially when a company is upgrading or migrating. The right specialist knows which version you have and what that means for data, reports, and integrations.
Sage freelance support makes sense when you need a clean implementation, a migration, help after a release change, or short-term support for finance backlog. It is also useful when your team lacks deep product knowledge in one specific area. A specialist can solve the problem without adding a permanent hire.
Sage work often touches bookkeeping, payroll, reporting, Excel, data migration, and integration work. In many projects, knowledge of APIs, CSV imports, permissions, and finance process design matters as much as product knowledge. If your setup spans several systems, look for someone who understands the full workflow.
A simple Sage task may only need a specialist who knows standard configuration and reporting well. A migration, multi-company setup, or payroll process usually needs deeper product and finance process knowledge. The key is not a title, but evidence of similar work in real business systems.
Yes, most Sage tasks can be done remotely, especially setup, support, reporting, and data review. On-site work can help when teams want workshops, local process mapping, or a structured handover. In Germany, many companies use a mix of remote delivery and targeted in-person sessions.
Look for clear examples of solved finance problems, not just general software experience with Sage. Good signs are careful data handling, strong reporting logic, and the ability to explain trade-offs in plain language. Ask how they approach migrations, reconciliation, and user access, because those areas reveal real skill.
Sage is often chosen for practical finance workflows, familiar reporting, and a broad product family that can fit small and mid-sized businesses. Compared with other accounting systems, the main difference is often how the version, add-ons, and migration path are managed. A good specialist helps you choose the setup that matches your process, not just the software name.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 951 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects, 72% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 34% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects have 28 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects are German (99%), English (97%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects are Professional Services (75%), Manufacturing (73%), and Information Technology (72%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Sage in their recent projects are Project Management (75%), Information Technology (67%), and Finance (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Sage
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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