think-cell Expert in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used think-cell
Robert F.
Last position:
Interim Project Manager at IT services company of a regional energy supplier
- Delivery of various end-customer projects in server and network infrastructure on time, in quality, and within budget.
- Project 1: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall at an automotive supplier.
- Project 2: Migration of file services from dedicated servers at 5 branch locations into a central managed file service, including DHCP, directory, and print services, as well as decommissioning of the old domain controllers.
- Project 3: Renewal of the network infrastructure at the headquarters and branch locations of a logistics company and transition of the LAN, WLAN, and firewall environments into a managed network service.
- Project 4: Network renewal, replacement of the core and access switches at the headquarters of a medical technology company and transition into a managed network service.
- Project 5: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall for a city.
- Environment: ASA and Fortinet firewalls, Cisco network components, ITSM Heat/Ivanti, Confluence.
Jan Z.
Last position:
Founder & Strategy / Business Development Consultant at eberty partners
- Developed positioning strategies, external narratives, and communication concepts for technology ventures; created customer journey analyses and management-ready presentations for decision-makers
- Secured approval for an autonomous mobility pilot in Berlin through structured stakeholder coordination (public sector, mobility, real estate)
- Generated EUR 30k+ in revenue across 4 mandates; prepared investor-ready materials and supported fundraising processes
Anke S.
Last position:
PMO IT Service Management at Memodo GmbH
PMO support at a leading European wholesaler of photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and charging stations. Focus on optimizing and rebuilding IT service management processes in Jira.
- Reworking existing Jira workflows for IT Service Management (helpdesk)
- Setting up new Jira Service Management projects, including for an incident response process: workflow adjustments, frontend design, and full process development
- Global administration for Jira Service Management projects as well as organizational administration
- Setting up new spaces for different service desks within the company
- Support in meetings, including minute-taking and follow-up
- KPI tracking for IT service management processes (ticket throughput times, SLA compliance, backlog development) with transparent stakeholder reporting
- Implementation of the operational project plan
Environment: Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Microsoft Teams
Antje B.
Last position:
AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)
AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)
Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.
Activities
- Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
- Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
- Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
- Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
- Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
- Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
- Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)
Methods / Tools / Technologies
Methods:
- AI status assessment & use case analysis
- Workshop moderation / facilitation
- Requirement Management
- Change Management (PROSCI)
Tools:
- Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
- Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)
Technologies:
- Prompt engineering
- AI workflow automation
Rainer P.
Last position:
Senior Controller at Stahlhandel-Servicecenter Bönen
- Controlling project work: implementation of customer quotation calculation and development of a trading and forward calculation for sales
- Development of a cost of goods manufactured calculator
- Theoretical design and practical implementation: temporary Excel-based solution introduced quickly; embedding into INFOR LN and creation of the requirements specification
- Majority of project management using modern tools (Loop, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Regular reporting on quotes submitted (contribution margin 1 and full cost coverage) and comparison with post-calculation
Bernd R.
Last position:
Interim Executive | Consultant | Advisory Board Member at Bernd Reichle | Empower. Lead. Succeed.
Andrei B.
Last position:
Head of Group Performance and Strategy at SPEIRA GmbH
- While running FP&A processes, initiated and implemented changes therein, improving depth, speed, and accuracy: performance analysis; monthly reporting to the shareholders; forecasting/estimating; annual planning/budgeting
- Quantified and formulated a strategic plan for the Group
- Provided insights leading to operational and strategic decisions
- Ensured timely progress in strategic projects
- Corporate Finance
- Data Analytics
- Presentation/Pitching
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning / Budgeting
Bernd S.
Last position:
Business Data Analyst | PowerBI & Microsoft SQL Server at think-cell Software GmbH
- Performance optimization and centralization of reporting by creating data models using SSMS (SQL) & SSAS (DAX) and integrating data via SSIS
- Optimizing and extending the current PowerBI dataset (in parallel until the SSAS data model is ready)
- Expanding current reports (migrating reporting to SSAS source after building the SSAS data model)
- Conducting regression analyses, cohort analyses, price/quantity analyses, and strategy project success analyses
- Training internal team members
Christoph K.
Last position:
Project Management/PMO/Multi-Project Management/Program Management at kmc - Koldehoff Management Consulting
- Industry focus: Automotive, IT, Chemicals, Insurance, IT Security
- Project planning & portfolio management with MS Project and cplace
- Implementation and operation of an Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- Process management (modeling & optimization) with BIC
- Delivery of automotive driver assistance systems (ADAS)
- Change management (evaluation to go-live)
- Migration projects and risk management
- IT development (SAP S4Hana, embedded software) using Scrum, Agile and Waterfall
- Data modeling (top-down, bottom-up, re-engineering)
- Master data management (infrastructure, interface, BPM, GPM)
- Customer relationship processes (CRM, ERP)
- Material data management (MDM) regarding consistency and quality
- Digital asset management (content, structure, standard metadata)
- Sales management (service policy, CRM, key account management, vendor management)
Johannes S.
Last position:
CFO at Genesis Mining Ltd
- Built the entire accounting function from organizing bank and wallet accounts to preparing CEO statements
- Prepared group financial statements and coordinated with authorities
- Advised shareholders in Dubai
- Recommended reorganization of the group
- Managed liquidation after spin-off
- Built and managed the finance team
- Created a project plan for HK statements
- Collected bank and wallet accounts (five-figure number, millions of records)
- Structured and processed all legal transactions (technology agreements, power plant acquisitions, SPVs, spin-off, investment/disinvestment structures, profit sharing)
- Set up chart of accounts by profit centers
- Built and managed fixed assets
- Introduced accounting in the US system QuickBooks and posted all entries (millions)
- Cleared accounts
- Handled intercompany reconciliations with major subsidiaries including permanent establishments
- Reconciled all transactions (B2B, B2C, self-mining, wallets/exchanges/credit cards)
- Negotiated settlements of receivables (double-digit millions)
- Engaged auditors and tax advisors
Results:
- Established the accounting function with all associated subsystems and built the team
- Prepared group and subsidiary financial statements as well as tax returns and coordinated with authorities
- Coordinated auditors
- Advised shareholders in Dubai
- Recommended group reorganization
- Managed liquidation after spin-off
Stefan M.
Last position:
Technical Cost Planning at Mercedes Benz AG
- Technical cost planning for fuel lines
- Creation of cost calculation and supplier comparison tools incl. risk analysis with MS Excel
- Participation in the creation of the requirements specification
- Participation in the creation of MS PowerPoint presentations with ThinkCell for cost and quote comparisons and analyses
Stefan R.
Last position:
Corporate Controller / Private Equity Controller (PE) interim at Amedes Medical Services GmbH
- Responsibility for group-wide financial management with a focus on management, PE, and lender reporting.
- Focus on an integrated financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), robust liquidity and covenant management, and preparation of decision-ready materials for financiers, auditors, and rating stakeholders.
- Establishment of reporting standards, data logic, and closing routines for high-frequency scalability.
- Further development of an integrated financial model (P&L/BS/CF), including scenario capabilities, sensitivities, and driver-based forecasting logic.
- Design and management of a rolling liquidity plan (short-/mid-term), including working capital mechanisms and financing instruments.
- Preparation and quality assurance of lender reporting, including covenant calculations, bridge analyses, and variance explanations.
- Support for the CFO agenda in financier and stakeholder communication (Q&A, documentation logic, key messages, data consistency).
- Coordination and content input for rating- and financing-related deliverables (e.g., presentations, data rooms, management commentary).
- Management of IFRS/accounting topics (e.g., IFRS 16 lease logic, accrual and reconciliation concepts) to ensure reporting and audit readiness.
- Standardization of reporting structures, templates, and KPI definitions across entities to increase transparency, comparability, and speed.
Julia P.
Last position:
CFO & Managing Director at Tomorrow Education Group GmbH
- Inhousing and responsibility for financial accounting for 15 companies within the group (HGB)
- Selection of auditors
- Central point of contact for tax advisors, auditors and the tax office
- Execution of the first full consolidation in the group and support of auditors
- Execution and support of the planning process across all companies
- Strategic guidance and development of the group, direct CEO reporting and exchange
- Recruiting and building a completely new finance team & onboarding new employees
- Team leadership
- Design and delivery of staff workshops and training
- Establishment of controlling & reporting
- Finalization of the consolidated financial statements including drafting the management report
- Ensuring the preparation of complete & accurate monthly financial statements for all companies within the holding
- Reduction of the monthly closing process by 10 days
- Processing of payment transactions and cash management for the holding
- Preparation of intercompany billing as a service company within the group
- Revision of authorization concepts
- Implementation of DATEV Kanzlei Rechnungswesen
- Introduction of HR tool Personio
- Introduction of the Moss system as an expense tool, budget control and preliminary accounting across all entities
- Introduction of LucaNet for consolidation, reporting & planning
- Project initiation and execution of an automation solution for revenue postings (development of an in-house application)
- Ongoing review of existing contracts
- Contract negotiations
- Preparation and support of a full M&A process
- Selection of advisory firms for preparing FDD & CDD
- Co-supervision of the preparation of the Financial Factbook with external consultants
- Direct exchange with external consultants, investment banks, lawyers and house banks as part of due diligence
- Management of external service providers (data protection officers, consultants, lawyers)
- Complete review of the payroll and salary payment process
- Handling various HR topics
- Design and conduct of finance meetings within the holding with all managing directors
- Management of the group's rental properties
- Procurement
- Setup of IT functionalities and admin tasks, interface to external IT service providers
Marco G.
Last position:
Business Analyst - Payroll Services Rhineland at Shell Deutschland GmbH
- Product Owner of middleware migration project from 3rd party vendor to inhouse solution
- Technical definition of ruleset to collect payroll relevant shift data from 3rd party vendor and apply allowances based on complex operating agreements
- Streamlining payroll processes to ensure flawless payouts
Sven C.
Last position:
Interim Head of Controlling – Technology Management & Service Engineering at Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
Controlling business partner for the central department managing complex quality projects in plant operations
Bridging vacancy: Operational leadership of the controlling team in Germany, Spain and India, knowledge transfer and onboarding of the new Head of Controlling
Year-end closing: Calculation and audit-ready documentation of various scenarios for provisions for impending losses and performance obligations
Process improvements: Increasing transparency of the monthly quality cost forecasts, partial automation of provision calculation with PowerQuery/PowerPivot
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Statistics of experts using think-cell
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Finance
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
57%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using think-cell
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
think-cell experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Professional Services (71%)
- Information Technology (66%)
- Banking and Finance (63%)
- Automotive (49%)
- Manufacturing (49%)
- Transportation (40%)
- Telecommunication (40%)
- Retail (34%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What think-cell does
think-cell is a Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel add-in for producing structured business charts and presentation graphics. It supports waterfalls, Mekko charts, Gantt charts, agendas, process visuals and data-linked updates. Companies use it when slides must stay precise, consistent and quick to revise.
Core chart work
The add-in extends familiar Office workflows with layout controls, connectors, labels and calculation logic. Experts turn source data into presentation-ready outputs while preserving editable PowerPoint elements rather than exporting static images.
- Build waterfall, stacked, Mekko and Gantt charts
- Link chart data to Excel workbooks
- Apply consistent labels, colors and layouts
- Prepare reusable slide and chart standards
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong think-cell work depends on practical knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Office templates and corporate presentation standards. Professionals may also work with financial models, reporting workbooks, VBA, Power Query or data exports from enterprise systems. The key is a reliable path from source data to an accurate slide.
When companies need expertise
Freelance support is useful when a team is creating a large presentation library, replacing manual chart production or introducing shared reporting standards. In Germany, specialists may support consulting, corporate finance, sales operations and industrial reporting teams. Remote collaboration works well when source files, review rules and Office environments are clearly defined.
- Convert recurring reports into maintainable slide workflows
- Repair broken links, labels or chart calculations
- Adapt templates to brand and governance requirements
- Coach teams on efficient chart editing
Choosing a strong specialist
Look for professionals who can show editable deliverables, explain their data structure and handle revisions without breaking chart logic. They should understand when to use a native PowerPoint chart, an Excel-linked chart or a think-cell object. Care with units, source ranges, labels and visual hierarchy matters as much as speed.
Project collaboration
Define the required chart types, data sources, template rules, delivery format and review process before work begins. German-language presentation content may require matching language settings, number formats and local terminology, while cross-border teams may need English slide standards. Secure file handling and clear ownership of templates help keep the result usable after handover.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to think-cell.
think-cell is a PowerPoint and Excel add-in for creating business charts and presentation graphics efficiently. Companies use it for waterfall charts, Mekko charts, Gantt charts, timelines, agendas and data-linked reporting slides.
think-cell adds chart types, layout controls, labels and workflow features that are not available in the same form in standard PowerPoint. Native charts can be suitable for simple visuals, while think-cell is often preferred for structured, frequently revised business presentations.
think-cell work benefits from strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, including formulas, linked data, templates and presentation design. Depending on the project, useful adjacent knowledge includes financial modeling, VBA, Power Query, data cleansing and corporate reporting.
A think-cell specialist should have completed work involving the chart types, data sources and templates used in your project. A smaller formatting task may need focused Office expertise, while a reporting workflow or template rollout calls for deeper knowledge of data links, governance and handover.
think-cell projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because deliverables are shared through PowerPoint and Excel files. German companies should agree on file access, confidentiality, Office configuration, language expectations and review times; on-site work can help when teams need live training or close stakeholder workshops.
Ask a think-cell specialist to provide editable examples or walk through a representative sample. Check whether charts remain linked correctly, labels are readable, calculations are transparent, templates are respected and another team member can update the files without hidden manual steps.
think-cell can streamline recurring chart and slide updates through linked Excel data, reusable templates and consistent editing workflows. It is not a replacement for every reporting system, so specialists should first review the source data, update frequency, chart logic and required level of automation.
A think-cell freelancer should clarify the Office environment, source workbook structure, template rules, expected chart types and approval process. They should also confirm whether the assignment covers production, troubleshooting, training or workflow design, since each requires a different working approach.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects is 127 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,012 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 57% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects are Professional Services (71%), Information Technology (66%), and Banking and Finance (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used think-cell in their recent projects are Project Management (94%), Information Technology (74%), and Finance (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used think-cell
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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