Manager, Finance Practice

AURELIUS WaterRise is the operational advisory arm of the AURELIUS Group — a globally active alternative investor with funds across Private Equity, Private Debt and Real Estate, including AURELIUS Opportunities V, AURELIUS European Opportunities IV, AUR Portfolio III and AURELIUS Growth Investments. 

W aterRise is a 180-strong team of operational experts with deep functional and leadership experience who work directly with AURELIUS portfolio companies to translate value creation plans into tangible results. Our teams partner with management to strengthen leadership, professionalise operations, and drive performance across Strategy & Transformation, Operations, Procurement, Commercial, Digital, Finance, Tax and People & Organization. 

What defines WaterRise is an ownership mindset — we don’t advise from the sidelines; we work shoulder-to-shoulder with management to deliver measurable impact and sustainable improvement.  

 
Due to the growth in our portfolio we are strengthening our Finance, Tax and Legal Practice in Germany, the UK and the Netherlands  and are therefore looking for a 
 
Manager, Finance Practice (m/f/d)  

What you’ll do 

The internal “Finance Task-Force” works closely with investment, operations, and portfolio management teams along the investment life cycle, from Due Diligence, to building and launching 100 days and transformation plans until exit. The functional spectrum of the Finance Practice ranges from liquidity management, reporting and KPI frameworks, budgeting processes, performance improvement initiatives, integration or carve‑out financial setup and occasionally stepping up in interim roles in our portfolio companies. 

• Carry out finance related projects according to methodologies and standards along the PE life cycle at our portfolio companies 

• Design and implement Finance Target Operating Models to establish a stand-alone Finance function after acquisition 

• Establish liquidity management and cash management processes at our portfolio companies 

• Track successful realization of value creation plan in financial statements 

• Support Due Diligence in the context of company acquisitions 

• Project-based leadership of practice teams and teams in portfolio companies 

• Support of Practice Senior Managing Director in further practice development, incl. hiring, training and mentoring of team members 

What you’ll need 

• University degree / suitable experience in business / economics and strong analytical skills 

• At least 10 years relevant experience, preferably with a top management consulting firm or Big4 

• Excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with a confident, convincing and entrepreneurial personality 

• Analytical and strategical thinking, result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong teamwork capabilities 

• Practical, hands-on mentality 

• Capability to lead teams through critical and complex transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed 

• Extensive travel  (up to 4 days per week depending on project needs) 

• Fluent in English, further language skills welcome (German is helpful, but not ) 

 
Why you should join our Finance, Tax & Legal Practice 
 

• The possibility to drive value from ideation through to realization and have true entrepreneurial impact 

• Dynamic career development in a successful private equity firm with a steep growth trajectory