FP&A Senior Specialist

Job Description

• Strategic Business Partnering and Consulting: Close collaboration with management (e.g., COOs, business unit CFOs) to interpret financial results. Translating complex technical data into business-friendly recommendations (Visual Storytelling) and providing insights that support key decisions
• Advanced Planning and Modeling: Coordinating the entire budget cycle or rolling forecasts for selected markets and divisions. Building, developing, and testing complex financial models (e.g., in Anaplan or Excel) and performing scenario analyses ("what-if") to assess risk and identify market opportunities
• Expert Analysis and Cost Management: Conducting in-depth root-cause analysis for deviations from budget assumptions. Managing advanced internal billing and cost allocation models (e.g., chargeback)
• Risk Management, Control, and Optimization: Coordinating risk management and internal control activities for the GBS center and affiliates. Promoting digitalization, process automation, and ensuring high-quality management reporting (data governance)
• Mentoring and Leadership: Working with a high degree of autonomy and acting as a mentor to junior analysts on the team. Creating and supporting training programs and sharing expert knowledge within the organization.

Qualifications

• Professional experience: 4 to 6+ years of experience in FP&A, financial controlling, external auditing (e.g., Big 4), or transaction advisory services is required. Proven experience working in international structures (matrix organization) and within a GBS/SSC model is also essential
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, accounting, data analytics, econometrics, or quantitative methods
• Expert-level MS Excel: Ability to build multidimensional financial models, handle advanced macroeconomic simulations, and assess risk
• Advanced knowledge of ERP and EPM systems: Proficiency in working with the financial modules of SAP (including S/4HANA) or Oracle systems , as well as practical knowledge of planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Hyperion, SAP BPC)
• BI tools at the "Developer" level: Advanced data modeling in Power BI or Tableau is required, including knowledge of DAX, Power Query, and building data flow structures
• Solid financial knowledge: A deep understanding of international financial standards (IFRS or US GAAP) and the relationships between financial statements. Experience with global cost allocation mechanisms (e.g., chargeback models) is also required
• Business acumen to link operational metrics with financial results.

  • Proficiency in "Data Storytelling" – convincingly presenting conclusions to non-financial audiences.

  • Ability to lead projects and act as a mentor for junior team members (Lateral Leadership).

• Leadership and Business Partnering competencies: * Ability to assertively manage stakeholders, including executive leadership (CFOs, operational directors)
• English language (C1/C2 level): Full fluency allowing for comfortable delivery of presentations, business negotiations, and preparation of formal analyses
• Business travel: Readiness for business trips (around 15%).

Additional Information

Check out what we have prepared for you:

• Stable employment based on a contract of employment (umowa o pracę) with fixed business hours, Mon-Fri (08:00/09:00 – 16:00/17:00), in a rapidly growing SSC sector company
• A fast and secure remote recruitment process, including the possibility of signing a preliminary agreement to secure your future employment
• Comprehensive onboarding tailored to your individual pace, with ongoing support from a Team Leader
• Hybrid work model
• Support in developing your individual career path
• Extensive benefits package: private medical care (Medicover), group insurance, access to the Medicover Benefits platform, co-financing for the Medicover Sport card, language course subsidies, additional leave for volunteering, and subsidies for eyeglasses
• Training platform and a wide range of specialized internal and external training sessions conducted by qualified experts
• Employee Referral Program, which rewards you for recommending new talent.
• Opportunities for active participation in various charitable initiatives supporting local communities and organizations
• Office location in the immediate vicinity of the "3 Stawy" Shopping Center, with easy access from the center of Katowice
• Dedicated parking for employees

Działając na podstawie art. 24 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 14 czerwca 2024 r. o ochronie sygnalistów (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 928) informujemy, że w SGS Polska Sp. z o.o. oraz w SGS Global Business Services Europe Sp. z o.o. obowiązuje Procedura zgłoszeń wewnętrznych.

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