Senior Manager Finance Transformation

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA is a listed private equity holding company headquartered in Munich that acquires medium-sized companies in special situations with significant operational improvement potential. Portfolio companies are repositioned, stabilized, and subsequently divested at higher value. Mutares actively supports its portfolio companies with dedicated investment and operations teams, and through strategic add-on acquisitions. The firm focuses on companies with revenues between EUR 100 million and EUR 750 million across various industries, with a clear focus on sustainable, long-term value creation.

The Senior Manager Finance Transformation will be deployed on-site at Mutares portfolio companies across Germany to drive hands-on restructuring and finance improvement initiatives. The role sits within the operations/value creation team and works closely with the central Mutares restructuring team throughout the investment lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing restructuring and improvement processes at portfolio companies to implement and improve sound cash management processes

- Conducting financial analyses, developing and integrating financial models, and critically evaluating business cases in partnership with the Mutares restructuring team

- Preparing and executing financing solutions including factoring arrangements, asset-based funding, and credit lines

- Improving financial statement closing processes and other finance/controlling workflows, including assistance with financial statement preparation and audit

- Managing relationships with external stakeholders including auditors, financial advisers, banks, and credit insurers

The ideal candidate has a Finance degree with outstanding academic results, at least 6 years of experience at a Big4 firm or management consulting firm (preferably restructuring focused), or in the Controlling/Finance department of an industrial firm with restructuring exposure. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, and business fluency in both German and English are essential. The role requires willingness to travel up to 4 days per week to portfolio company locations across Germany and Europe.