Finance leadership for international assignments: take responsibility, manage cash flow and performance, and guide change through to handover.
International Interim CFO: responsibilities & processPrecision – Innovation – Execution
As interim CFO, we support companies internationally and take on tasks that cannot wait: covering a vacancy, managing a turnaround or supporting succession and system changes. From cash planning to leading finance projects, we work alongside your team.
Free initial consultationWhen the need is clear, you can start directly with an interim CFO or transformation assignment. The Finance & Performance Check is available for an initial assessment. In a free consultation, we clarify which support fits your situation.
An assessment of your finance function in 2–4 weeks at a fixed fee. You learn where your finance function stands and where the biggest lever lies – with no further obligation.
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International finance leadership: managing the finance team, cash planning, closing and reporting. We cover vacancies as interim CFO; an ongoing fractional assignment can be agreed to suit your needs.
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CFO expertise, process and structure optimisation plus change management: streamlined workflows, clear governance structures and a team that carries the change.
Project & change Discuss this serviceA CFO vacancy, cash and earnings pressure or an acquisition: we clarify the urgent tasks and take on the agreed responsibilities, in Switzerland and internationally.
Your finance leader is unavailable and the next close is approaching. We lead the team, prioritise closing and reporting, and prepare the handover to the next finance leader.
Discuss an interim CFO assignmentCustomers pay later, margins fall or inventory ties up cash. We establish current cash visibility and agree actions, owners and deadlines with your team.
Stabilise cash flow and earningsTwo finance organisations need to work together. We align account structures, closing calendars and reporting, and coordinate integration with system owners.
Explore finance integrationStrategic decisions are made without a solid basis in numbers. A BI-driven finance cockpit would be the answer, but the in-house know-how for implementation is missing.
You spend days on manual Excel reports. Your numbers arrive weeks after month-end – too late for sound decisions.
Your company has doubled, but the finance processes date back to the founding years. A full-time CFO is not viable – a makeshift solution is not enough.
Reliable numbers instead of approximations: clean closings, clear KPIs and decision papers that stand up to both bank reviews and the annual audit.
Business intelligence and AI applied where they matter in finance: automated reporting, meaningful dashboards and data-driven analysis for faster, well-founded decisions.
Hands-on collaboration instead of mere concepts: results are produced directly in day-to-day operations – measured against agreed targets.
Three types of assignment that rarely announce themselves. Internally, both tend to be missing: the experience and the capacity.
Rebuilding the finance function from the ground up: leaner processes, clear governance, reporting that rests on reliable data rather than hearsay. Change management is part of it. Without the team, no change holds.
Finance transformation detailsTwo organisations become one. After an acquisition, merger or carve-out, the chart of accounts, closing processes and consolidation have to come together, and with them the systems: ERP landscapes, interfaces, the link to a shared finance cockpit.
Integration after an acquisition or merger detailsEarnings and liquidity are under pressure and the bank wants reliable figures. Speed matters now. That calls for short-term liquidity planning, an action plan with named owners, and someone who sees it through against resistance.
Turnaround and cash flow detailsEvery mandate starts with a baseline and an agreed target – the result is measured against it, not against the number of consulting days.
Deliverables are working cockpits, processes and decision papers – not concept papers for the drawer.
Your financial data stays protected: exclusively compliant setups in line with Swiss law (FADP) and EU law (GDPR).
We agree tasks, workload and fees before the start. Assignments use a flexible retainer based on effort.
“Create value for your business – financial management is good when it creates measurable value. That is what I let every mandate be measured against.”
Manfred Schönberger · Owner, FinanceInterim · Interim CFO
Winikon, Switzerland · International assignments
Manfred Schönberger brings over 20 years of experience in international companies. His background includes finance leadership roles at GE Gas Power, Alstom Power and Siemens VDO / Continental, as well as Interim CFO assignments at Swiss SMEs.
His focus spans finance leadership and controlling, finance process improvement and ERP transformation. He combines operational responsibility with experience in M&A, change management and the implementation of cost reduction programmes.
In a free initial consultation we clarify your situation and the possible lever – without obligation and in confidence.
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An interim CFO takes responsibility for finance leadership for an agreed period. Depending on the assignment, this includes leading the finance team, cash planning, budgeting, reporting and coordinating closing. FinanceInterim supports companies internationally during vacancies and change, as well as through ongoing part-time assignments.
An interim CFO can cover a vacancy or lead finance during a period of change. A fractional CFO works regularly at an agreed part-time capacity. FinanceInterim offers both models, with tasks, responsibilities and duration agreed together.
Fees depend on tasks, workload and duration. FinanceInterim agrees a flexible retainer based on effort. The Finance & Performance Check offers an initial assessment at a fixed fee; the proposal sets out the specific terms.
In a free initial consultation, we discuss objectives, scope and urgency. We agree the start date and working arrangements based on availability and the requirements of your international assignment.
Companies that need professional financial management without filling a full-time position: during vacancies, growth, turnaround, succession, or system and BI implementations.
FinanceInterim is based in Winikon in the canton of Lucerne. FinanceInterim supports companies internationally. We agree the location, working language, time zones and on-site, hybrid or remote arrangements for each assignment.
Bringing the finance organisations together: a single chart of accounts, aligned closing processes, consolidation, shared reporting. Then the technical side. ERP landscapes and interfaces have to work together, and in the end both houses run on the same finance cockpit.
Short-term liquidity planning comes first. It shows how much room for manoeuvre is actually left. Then an action plan with named owners and deadlines, agreed with the bank and the owners, and we stay operationally involved until the figures hold up again.
With a free initial consultation. If the interim need is clear, we agree tasks, workload and a start date directly for the assignment. If an initial diagnosis is needed, you can choose the Finance & Performance Check as a separate fixed-fee assessment.
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