Client stories
Evidence from real advisory work
These notes describe specific consultations — what was unclear going in, what we worked on, and what remained imperfect. Names are shortened at clients’ request.
“I arrived convinced I needed a Head of Finance title within a year. The session made me admit that my German reporting vocabulary was still thin for that level. We rebuilt the plan around a strong controller role first. The follow-up note was blunt in places — which I needed.”
“My CV read well in Austria and poorly here. The annotations on date format, Ausbildung placement, and how I described SAP FI exposure saved me from another round of silent rejections. Turnaround was slightly slower than promised during a holiday week, but the feedback was specific.”
“The mock Fachinterview caught that I explained variance analysis as if reading a textbook. We practised answering from a real Kostenstelle I had owned. I still stumbled once in the real interview, but I recovered using the structure we rehearsed.”
From ledger ownership to monthly forecast cycles
Thomas came to us after a decade closing monthly books for a mid-sized industrial firm near Coburg. He was competent, trusted, and stuck. Recruiters kept sending him similar Debitoren/Kreditoren roles.
Over two sessions we listed what he already did that controlling teams value: explaining deviations to plant managers, building simple rolling forecasts in Excel, and challenging purchase requests against budget. We also listed gaps: limited exposure to contribution-margin thinking, and German presentation habits that still sounded like bookkeeping updates.
The written map set a six-month sequence: volunteer for the plant’s forecast pack, enrol in a short Controlling refresher through a regional adult-education provider, and only then apply for Junior Controller openings in Freistaat Bayern. He accepted a planning assistant role at a slightly lower base, with a written path into controlling after probation. Nine months later he owns the monthly Abweichungsbericht for two Kostenstellen.
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