Senior Financial Controller

Job Description

• Financial Planning & Budgeting: Overseeing the complete budget cycle and rolling forecasts for designated markets or divisions; creating and maintaining advanced corporate planning and cost-allocation models.
• Internal Control & Risk Management: Leading risk assessment campaigns, implementing Minimum Control Standards (MCS), performing quality checks, and ensuring full audit readiness across GBS and international affiliates.
• Strategic Analysis & Reporting: Delivering high-quality monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports, performing deep-dive variance analyses (root-cause), and supporting data governance initiatives.
• Business Partnering: Serving as a trusted advisor to senior executives (CFOs, COOs, regional heads); translating complex quantitative data into actionable business insights and strategic presentations.
• Process Optimization & Digitalization: Driving FP&A process automation using BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) to eliminate manual workflows and maximize data transparency.
• Project Management & Informal Leadership: Leading cross-border transformation projects (such as process migrations to the GBS center) and providing mentorship to junior analysts within the team.

Qualifications

• Professional Experience: 4–7 years in FP&A, financial controlling (independent position), external audit (Big 4 welcomed), or transaction advisory.
• Corporate Environment: Proven experience working within distributed matrix organizations and a shared services/GBS model.
• Education & Certifications: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or quantitative methods. Professional qualifications like ACCA, CIMA, or CPA are highly preferred.
• Languages: C1/C2 English proficiency for business negotiations, formal reporting, and executive presentations.
• Advanced Systems & Modeling: Expert-level MS Excel (multidimensional modeling, financial simulations). Proficiency in complex ERP systems (SAP/S/4HANA or Oracle) and EPM tools (Anaplan, Hyperion, or SAP BPC).
• Business Intelligence (BI): Developer-level data modeling in Power BI or Tableau, including data transformations and DAX/Power Query.
• Financial Standards: Deep understanding of the relationship between financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) under IFRS/US GAAP, alongside global cost allocation (chargeback) models.
• Business Acumen: Ability to tie operational, non-financial metrics directly to corporate financial outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management: Assertiveness and confidence in building relationships and discussing financials with executive leadership.
• Data Storytelling: Translating complex financial forecasts and conclusions into engaging, business-friendly narratives for non-financial teams.
• Lateral Leadership: Strong track record in informal leadership, mentoring junior analysts, and managing cross-border transition projects (e.g., process migrations).
• Trust & Collaboration: Natural ability to foster trust and collaborate effectively across diverse, multicultural teams.

Additional Information

• Stable employment based on an employment contract with fixed business hours, Mon–Fri (08:00/09:00 – 16:00/17:00), in a rapidly growing company within the SSC sector.
• A fast and secure remote recruitment process
• Comprehensive onboarding tailored to your individual pace, with continuous support from your Team Leader.
• Hybrid work model
• Support in developing your individual career path.
• A comprehensive benefits package: Medicover private medical care, group insurance, access to the Medicover Benefits platform, co-financing for the Medicover Sport card, co-financing for language courses, additional leave for volunteering, and subsidies for eyeglasses.
• An e-learning platform and a wide range of specialized internal and external training conducted by qualified experts.
• Employee Referral Program, which rewards you for recommending new talent.
• Opportunity for active participation in various charity initiatives supporting local communities and organizations.
• Semi-annual bonus based on performance.
• Office location in the immediate vicinity of the "3 Stawy" Shopping Center, with convenient access from the center of Katowice.
• Dedicated employee parking.

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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