Finance
Finance
Finance
Leading performance, liquidity and compliance all at the same time
Leading performance, liquidity and compliance all at the same time
Leading performance, liquidity and compliance all at the same time
The challenge for today’s finance leaders is to fund growth, raise productivity with AI, harden controls, and deliver on fast‑moving reporting and payments mandates, without losing agility.
The challenge for today’s finance leaders is to fund growth, raise productivity with AI, harden controls, and deliver on fast‑moving reporting and payments mandates, without losing agility.
The challenge for today’s finance leaders is to fund growth, raise productivity with AI, harden controls, and deliver on fast‑moving reporting and payments mandates, without losing agility.
The Leadership Challenge for Finance Executives
CFOs are being asked to do more with less while modernising the finance stack. Current surveys put metrics & analytics, self‑service for the business, AI‑enabled productivity, and upgraded reporting/controls at the top of the finance agenda. At the same time, adoption isn’t automatic: executives report uneven early value from AI, underscoring the need for strong data foundations, governance, and redesigned workflows, finance included.
With over a decade of experience in recruitment, I help professionals and leaders take the next step in their careers. My goal is to build meaningful connections that create real value and lay the foundation for long‑term growth. Today I am proud to be the Managing Partner of Michael Illert Executive Recruitment and share this passion with an incredible team spread across the BeNeLux and DACH region. From here we serve our clients across Europe and the UK. While we believe in leveraging the latest technology, we hold one fundamental principle at heart: human connection and understanding will always be at the core of executive search.
The Leadership Challenge for Finance Executives
CFOs are being asked to do more with less while modernising the finance stack. Current surveys put metrics & analytics, self‑service for the business, AI‑enabled productivity, and upgraded reporting/controls at the top of the finance agenda. At the same time, adoption isn’t automatic: executives report uneven early value from AI, underscoring the need for strong data foundations, governance, and redesigned workflows, finance included.
With over a decade of experience in recruitment, I help professionals and leaders take the next step in their careers. My goal is to build meaningful connections that create real value and lay the foundation for long‑term growth. Today I am proud to be the Managing Partner of Michael Illert Executive Recruitment and share this passion with an incredible team spread across the BeNeLux and DACH region. From here we serve our clients across Europe and the UK. While we believe in leveraging the latest technology, we hold one fundamental principle at heart: human connection and understanding will always be at the core of executive search.
The Leadership Challenge for Finance Executives
CFOs are being asked to do more with less while modernising the finance stack. Current surveys put metrics & analytics, self‑service for the business, AI‑enabled productivity, and upgraded reporting/controls at the top of the finance agenda. At the same time, adoption isn’t automatic: executives report uneven early value from AI, underscoring the need for strong data foundations, governance, and redesigned workflows, finance included.
With over a decade of experience in recruitment, I help professionals and leaders take the next step in their careers. My goal is to build meaningful connections that create real value and lay the foundation for long‑term growth. Today I am proud to be the Managing Partner of Michael Illert Executive Recruitment and share this passion with an incredible team spread across the BeNeLux and DACH region. From here we serve our clients across Europe and the UK. While we believe in leveraging the latest technology, we hold one fundamental principle at heart: human connection and understanding will always be at the core of executive search.
Michael Illert
Managing Partner & Founder
Michael Illert
Managing Partner & Founder
Michael Illert
Managing Partner & Founder
Finance is the Value Multiplier
Finance is the Value Multiplier
We know that long‑term success isn’t just about “closing the books”; it’s about building a decision engine that directs capital to the highest‑value opportunities with speed and confidence. We specialise in appointing Finance leaders who turn strategy into profitable growth, resilient cash flow and clean audits.
We know that long‑term success isn’t just about “closing the books”; it’s about building a decision engine that directs capital to the highest‑value opportunities with speed and confidence. We specialise in appointing Finance leaders who turn strategy into profitable growth, resilient cash flow and clean audits.
What separates market leaders from followers
What separates market leaders from followers
Modern finance teams pair skills‑first talent with digital finance: automated closes, driver‑based/continuous planning, and AI‑assisted forecasting and they get the control environment right. As external requirements intensify, winning CFOs are the ones who can execute on both transformation and compliance without trade‑offs.
Modern finance teams pair skills‑first talent with digital finance: automated closes, driver‑based/continuous planning, and AI‑assisted forecasting and they get the control environment right. As external requirements intensify, winning CFOs are the ones who can execute on both transformation and compliance without trade‑offs.
Five core areas which drive enablement and innovation across Finance
CFO & Finance Leadership
Sets the value agenda capital allocation, portfolio choices, investor messaging and aligns the enterprise around profitable growth.
CFO & Finance Leadership
Sets the value agenda capital allocation, portfolio choices, investor messaging and aligns the enterprise around profitable growth.
CFO & Finance Leadership
Sets the value agenda capital allocation, portfolio choices, investor messaging and aligns the enterprise around profitable growth.
FP&A & Strategic Finance
Builds the enterprise planning “nervous system”: scenario‑based, continuous planning; driver trees; AI‑assisted forecasting; decision support for P&L, cash and ROIC.
FP&A & Strategic Finance
Builds the enterprise planning “nervous system”: scenario‑based, continuous planning; driver trees; AI‑assisted forecasting; decision support for P&L, cash and ROIC.
FP&A & Strategic Finance
Builds the enterprise planning “nervous system”: scenario‑based, continuous planning; driver trees; AI‑assisted forecasting; decision support for P&L, cash and ROIC.
Controllership, Reporting & Compliance
Delivers a fast, accurate close, robust internal controls as well as flawless external reporting.
Controllership, Reporting & Compliance
Delivers a fast, accurate close, robust internal controls as well as flawless external reporting.
Controllership, Reporting & Compliance
Delivers a fast, accurate close, robust internal controls as well as flawless external reporting.
Treasury, Tax & Capital
Optimises liquidity, risk, and capital costs: covering instant payments, working-capital, FX/interest risk, and Pillar Two readiness.
Treasury, Tax & Capital
Optimises liquidity, risk, and capital costs: covering instant payments, working-capital, FX/interest risk, and Pillar Two readiness.
Treasury, Tax & Capital
Optimises liquidity, risk, and capital costs: covering instant payments, working-capital, FX/interest risk, and Pillar Two readiness.
Finance Operations & Systems
Drives P2P, O2C, R2R, shared services, and ERP/analytics modernisation; prepares for e-invoicing and VAT reforms.
Finance Operations & Systems
Drives P2P, O2C, R2R, shared services, and ERP/analytics modernisation; prepares for e-invoicing and VAT reforms.
Finance Operations & Systems
Drives P2P, O2C, R2R, shared services, and ERP/analytics modernisation; prepares for e-invoicing and VAT reforms.