MatthiasFrey.info

Finance & Operations with a focus on scalable structures, transformation and digital steering.

Impact

Finance impact for growth, steering and transformation

Selected scale indicators from finance, reporting, transformation and infrastructure projects in mid-market and international business contexts.

0+ Legal entities

structured across accounting, FP&A and consolidation programs.

0+ Countries / regions

included in finance, reporting and steering structures.

0M USD revenue volume

as a scale indicator for reporting and steering structures.

0k Payment transactions monthly

in FinTech and payment infrastructure contexts.

Approach

Calm in appearance. Clear in substance.

International finance experience, operational responsibility and a strong sense for structure shape my professional approach. My technical foundation lies in European finance and accounting as well as international business. My further path has been shaped by auditing, consulting and commercial responsibility in growing corporate structures with high complexity.

In recent years, my focus has been where growth, change and complexity come together: building and developing finance organizations, shared service and FP&A structures, consolidation, reporting, M&A-related topics, restructuring and the scaling of corporate groups. Rarely has it been only about numbers; more often, it has been about making organizations more controllable, transparent and resilient.

Beyond classic finance topics, the practical implementation of technology, digitalization and automation has accompanied me for many years. By combining commercial background, operational experience and strong technical affinity, I translate business requirements into robust processes, systems and digital solutions.

What matters to me is a clear, pragmatic working style: reliable decision-making foundations, understandable structures and an eye for the details that often make the difference in finance and operations. Good solutions must not only be convincing conceptually, but also work in day-to-day operations. In my view, change works best when strategy, processes, systems and responsibility are properly aligned.

Skills

Expertise and focus areas

Core Competencies

Strategic Finance Leadership Finance Transformation Corporate & Commercial Finance FP&A & Controlling Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Restructuring & Turnaround Management Cash Management & Treasury Performance & Financial Steering Group Accounting & Financial Reporting Governance & Internal Controls Risk & Compliance Management Private Equity & Investor Relations Financial & Operational Leadership Shared Services & Scalable Finance Structures Digitalization & Process Automation Strategic Stakeholder Management Operational Excellence

Technologies & Systems

SAP Oracle Microsoft Dynamics 365 Lucanet Cognos TM1 / Planning Analytics Hyperion / Essbase Power BI Tableau Qlik SQL Salesforce Microsoft Azure MuleSoft n8n DATEV Lexware Candis SharePoint ClickUp Jira Confluence Notion Capacities

Additional Focus Areas

  • Financial Accounting
  • Management Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Budgeting
  • Treasury
  • Liquidity Management
  • Working Capital Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • KPI Reporting
  • Cash Flow Forecasting
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data-driven Decision Making
  • Due Diligence
  • Post-Merger Integration
  • Transfer Pricing (BEPS)
  • Multi-Entity Structures
  • Cross-border Operations
  • IFRS
  • HGB
  • US GAAP
  • SOX
  • Compliance
  • Business Process Management
  • Process Optimization
  • Process Standardization
  • Automated Solutions
  • Payment Operations
  • System Implementations
  • Change Management
  • Cost Optimization
  • Procurement Optimization

Projects

Selected professional projects

01

Accounting Transformation & Shared Services Program

Finance Transformation Shared Services & Scalable Finance Structures Group Accounting & Financial Reporting Governance & Internal Controls Process Standardization Multi-Entity Structures US GAAP Cash Flow Forecasting

Centralization of key accounting and F&A functions from 18 entities into a newly established Financial Shared Service Center in the UK including Global Chart of Accounts, ledger structure, closing governance, intercompany, banking, reconciliations and a scalable accounting operating model.

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02

Cost Accounting & Consolidation Readiness Program

FP&A & Controlling Performance & Financial Steering Group Accounting & Financial Reporting Management Reporting Multi-Entity Structures Process Standardization Business Intelligence Data-driven Decision Making

Group-wide implementation of cost accounting structures as a foundation for reliable group steering, consolidation, management reporting and audit-ready finance structures across multiple entities.

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03

FP&A & TM1 Performance Management Rollout

FP&A & Controlling Performance & Financial Steering Management Reporting Forecasting Business Intelligence Data-driven Decision Making System Rollouts & Implementations Multi-Entity Structures

Implementation of a central FP&A and performance management platform based on TM1 to harmonize planning, forecasting, management reporting and KPI steering across multiple countries and entities.

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04

PE-backed Business Transformation & Integration

Private Equity & Investor Relations Restructuring & Turnaround Management Financial & Operational Leadership Group Accounting & Financial Reporting Risk & Compliance Management Strategic Stakeholder Management Multi-Entity Structures Cross-border Operations

Transformation and integration of growth-oriented business structures in an investor- and private-equity-related environment. The focus was on organizational stabilization, integration into existing group structures, harmonization of commercial processes and the creation of scalable finance and governance structures.

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05

FinTech & Payment Infrastructure Investment

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate & Commercial Finance Payment Operations Cash Management & Treasury Risk & Compliance Management Governance & Internal Controls Due Diligence Cross-border Operations Strategic Stakeholder Management

Strategic investment in a regulated European payment institution to expand payment infrastructure, reduce banking and PSP dependencies, and strengthen operational control over recurring payment flows.

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06

Enterprise Systems & Process Transformation

Digitalization & Process Automation Business Intelligence Data-driven Decision Making System Rollouts & Implementations Process Optimization Management Reporting Performance & Financial Steering Multi-Entity Structures

Development of a group-wide data, reporting and integration architecture based on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and MuleSoft to replace fragmented BI structures, automate key data flows and better connect finance, operations, sales and PSP data.

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