The Situation

Following a series of acquisitions, JELD WEN needed to integrate finance operations across multiple manufacturing sites in Germany. Local reporting practices varied significantly, creating inconsistent management information and limiting the EMEA finance team's ability to deliver reliable reporting and stronger financial control.

What We Found

Many acquired businesses had followed the same reporting processes for decades, making change difficult to implement. Manufacturing sites were geographically remote, local finance teams were resistant to new ways of working, and finding experienced finance leaders with the right language, technical and industry expertise presented a significant challenge.

What We Did

Tierpoint deployed a team of experienced finance leaders with manufacturing expertise, fluent German language capability and extensive UK finance experience. Working on site across Germany, they standardised reporting, strengthened financial controls, embedded consistent finance processes and built trusted relationships with local finance teams to support lasting change.

The Result

Reporting consistency improved across the German businesses, giving the EMEA leadership team greater confidence in financial information and stronger operational oversight. The transformation was delivered through experienced finance leaders who combined technical expertise, cultural understanding and practical implementation across multiple international manufacturing sites.