FP&A Senior Professional

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG is seeking a FP&A Senior Specialist to support the care enablement segment, focusing on manufacturing P&L, production cost, inventories, and KPI reporting.

The role involves budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and collaboration with Manufacturing Finance partners to drive business performance and strategic insights across local and international projects.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in Economics or Finance or equivalent
• CPA/ACCA/CMA/CIMA or equivalent is a plus
• 6+ years FP&A or related experience in manufacturing context

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets and forecasts for manufacturing units and monitor implementation
• Analyze deviations from budget and forecast with clear insights
• Develop financial models and business cases for investments and scenarios
• Compute annual standard cost and analyze product cost developments
• Produce management reports and KPI-focused presentations for plant operations
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities and financial commentary

Skills

Communication skills

Cross‑cultural collaboration

Team player

Continuous learning

Prioritization

Education

University degree in Economics/Finance

CPA/ACCA/CMA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

SAP BI

Anaplan

Job description

Function Title

Function* Title (FP&A Senior specialist/Senior professional): Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Professional – Care Enablement

Goal of function

The FP&A Expert Manufacturing is responsible for performing the day-to‑day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance. This position supports the FP&A function for the manufacturing operations business entity, with a primary focus on the manufacturing P&L — including production value, standard cost, overhead cost, inventories, operation KPIs. This role will work closely with the local Manufacturing Finance Business Partners.

Tasks

• Contribute with budgets and forecasts preparation for the assigned manufacturing units and in monitoring their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Support Finance Business Partners and Plant operations team in analysing deviations from budget and forecast, and in providing clear insights into underlying drivers
• Contribute with developing financial models and business cases for investments to support strategic decision‑making and scenario planning
• Support Finance Business Partners in preparing annual standard cost calculation and conducting in‑depth analyses of product cost developments to identify improvement opportunities
• Support Plant operations team and Finance Business Partners to conduct contribution profit analysis to steer plant productivity
• Prepare management reports and presentations focused on plant operations performance, KPIs, and strategic initiatives
• Contribute with monitoring cost development, performing cost centre and profit centre controlling, and with supporting budget holders in managing their financial responsibilities
• Contribute to month‑end and year‑end closing processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and financial commentary
• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams, including Manufacturing Operations as well as Global functions such as Accounting, Procurement and HR
• Support/execute any other tasks as instructed by the direct FP&A supervisor or manager
• Participate in local and international projects aimed at improving financial processes, systems, and business insights

Organization

The function incumbent reports to:

Organizational unit: GBS FP&A Lead GBS FP&A

Important internal interfaces:

Manufacturing Finance Business Partners
Manufacturing Organisation
Accounting teams
Internal Controls
Supply chain

Important external interfaces:

Manufacturing Finance Business Partners
Manufacturing Organisation
Accounting teams
Internal Controls
Supply chain

Required training and education

• Vocational training, university degree, PhD, MBA, specialized further education etc.
• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)
• CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA or equivalent accounting certification is a plus

Required professional experience

6+ years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field

Required personal competencies

• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding
• Excellent social competence paired with persuasiveness and self-confidence, high level of energy and positivity based on a sincere personality
• Team player with a strong drive to create positive work environment
• Passion for continuous learning, ability to solid comprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks
• Excellent skills to set priorities and self-manage high volume workload
• Very structured way of working with strong focus on efficient and effective processes even under pressure
• Highly professional attitude characterized by a result, quality and customer oriented working style

Other specialized knowledge, expertise and skills

a) Functional knowledge

Solid experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, including cost centre controlling and profitability analysis within the manufacturing environment Strong manufacturing finance skills, including preparation of business cases for investments, manufacturing cost calculations, as well as performance analysis using business KPIs Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) and compliance requirements Ability to collaborate effectively across departments (e.g. Accounting, Manufacturing Operations) and contribute to cross‑functional and international projects

b) IT skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, for data analysis and presentation Familiar with ERP systems, ideally within an SAP environment; experience with SAP BI tools is considered an asset Experience with planning and forecasting tools such as Anaplan is a plus Solid understanding of modern communication tools, digitalization trends, and basic principles of e-health and data security

Special personal requirements

Working for an international company with international standards Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day. Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.