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Malte Sommerfeld

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Head of Finance at Checkmk
📍 Greater Hamburg Area, Germany

Malte Sommerfeld is the Head of Finance at Checkmk, focused on building a forward-looking finance function to enable company growth. He combines his experience as a management consultant at PwC and his Master of Science from FOM University to lead accounting, controlling, and finance transformation.

He has contributed to the CFO Connect newsletter, sharing insights on how companies can adapt their financial forecasting strategies to navigate the complexities of global trade and tariffs.

Malte is dedicated to actively shaping business outcomes, not just reporting results.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Head of Finance
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Hamburg Area, Germany
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Finance Transformation
He specializes in developing future-ready finance operating models and has led global EPM and ERP transformation projects to enhance scalability and efficiency at PwC.
Scalable Growth
His mission is to build finance functions that support a company's growth trajectory. He delivered a master class on using tech-enabled back-office functions to foster adaptability.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Head of Finance
Checkmk
10-2024 - 12-2025
Senior Manager Finance Transformation
PwC Deutschland
10-2022 - 10-2024
Manager Finance Transformation
PwC Deutschland
4-2020 - 9-2022
Senior Associate Finance Transformation
PwC Deutschland
10-2017 - 3-2020
Corporate Operations Controller
All4Labels - Global Packaging Group
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Education
2017 - 2020
Master of Science - MS
FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
2014 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Duale Hochschule Schleswig-Holstein (DHSH)
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