German audit, tax, and legal services firm modernizing with AI tooling
DDP Gruppe is a 57-year-old audit, tax, and legal partnership with ~300 staff across 10 German locations, now actively building internal AI infrastructure (OpenWebUI, RAG assistants, LangChain). Their tech stack reveals a firm mid-transformation: heavy reliance on legacy accounting tools (DATEV) and Microsoft Office, but investing in modern ML ops (Docker, Python, Hugging Face, Azure OpenAI). Active projects around process digitalization and a stated staffing shortage suggest they're automating internal workflows to scale capacity—a pattern common in professional services under margin pressure.
DDP Gruppe provides audit (Wirtschaftsprüfung), tax advisory, legal services, and IT consulting to mid-market German and international clients. Founded in 1967, the firm operates as a partnership with 10 offices and membership in HLB, a network of independent mid-sized audit and tax practices across Europe and beyond. The service mix spans statutory audits, transfer pricing optimization, due diligence, and international tax compliance. Operationally, the firm is hiring primarily for finance and accounting roles, with emerging engineering and consulting hires tied to internal AI and process automation initiatives.
DATEV (core accounting platform), Microsoft 365, Azure, PowerShell, Python, Docker, and emerging AI/ML tools including Azure OpenAI, LangChain, Ollama, Hugging Face, and OpenWebUI for RAG assistant development.
Digitalizing internal processes, building OpenWebUI and RAG-based assistant infrastructure, low-code process automation, and expanding the Boppard location. Also delivering core audit and tax services including group audits, due diligence, and transfer pricing optimization.
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