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Vogel

Advises German businesses on tax and accounting

Operations Lead / COO

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMunich, Germany€105k - €205k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience as a senior consultant, project leader, or engagement manager at McKinsey, BCG, or Bain, or experience building operational systems in a growing company as a head of operations or chief of staff at a B2B scale-up past Series B, an operator at a company builder, a forward deployed engineer, or a founder.
  • Ability to personally implement processes, automations, and new tools; software engineering experience is not required.
  • Experience implementing changes across several locations simultaneously.
  • Use of AI as an everyday tool for process analysis, research, and increasing personal output.
  • Ability to explain decisions clearly to experienced tax advisors and learn from their expertise.
  • An engineering degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or computer science, plus projects in operations, post-merger integration, or process design with personal ownership of implementation, is a plus rather than a requirement.
  • Knowledge of tax advisory, DATEV, or a similarly regulated business is a plus rather than a requirement.

Responsibilities

  • Work on real bookkeeping, payroll, and financial statement cases at company locations with the advisors who handle them, harmonize processes across locations, and automate suitable tasks.
  • Choose the tool stack and its standards, including what to buy, how to configure it, and what to discontinue.
  • Drive the product side of the company's software by building prototypes, developing the functional data model with advisors, and overseeing acceptance and rollout; decide the order of problems with management.
  • Ensure each process can handle twice the client volume without twice the number of employees.
  • Own integration of each new location, including connectivity, data migration, adoption of company processes, and readiness from day one.
  • Turn acquisitions into a repeatable integration routine and reduce the time required as the process is repeated.
  • Identify better practices at acquired firms with their advisors and adopt them where appropriate.
  • Grow the Operations team to five or six people within twelve months, select team members, and define their focus areas.
  • Own operating metrics including digitization rate, adoption, and turnaround times per location, and investigate their root causes directly.
  • Remain close to the operational system and its implementation rather than only delegating and following up.

Desired Qualifications

  • No conventional curriculum vitae is required; candidates may demonstrate relevant contribution through tax advisory and automation, information systems and corporate experience, industrial engineering and multi-site experience, or founding a company and exiting.

About the Company

Vogel

Advises German businesses on tax and accounting

Vogel is a German tax and business advisory group serving midsize companies, entrepreneurs and business-owning families. Its advisers prepare annual financial statements and tax returns, run payroll and management accounting, and help clients plan succession, reorganizations and transactions. Teams also redesign finance processes and introduce digital tools, combining recurring accounting work with advice on decisions that affect a business over several years. The group earns service fees for ongoing accounting and payroll work, tax compliance and separate advisory assignments. Founded in 1959, Vogel is headquartered in Aalen, Germany, with additional offices in Bopfingen and Munich.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Aalen, Germany
Founded
1959

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