Accounting & Reporting Manager

ACCA Careers; Kraków; On-site; PLN 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

HEINEKEN Kraków (Heineken Business Services Poland) seeks a senior finance leader to join our expanding team of experts in finance and accounting. You will drive IFRS-compliant reporting, internal controls, and strategic insights across OpCos while partnering with global stakeholders.

Responsibilities include budgeting, cost management, risk mitigation, and talent development aligned with our values of integrity and excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) recommended.
• 8-10 years of accounting/financial analysis experience.
• At least 5 years in managing people.
• Strong stakeholder and communication management skills.
• Experience in multi-national Shared Service Organisations.
• Excellent written and verbal English; additional European languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set operational strategy and team objectives.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve experience and governance.
• Assess and mitigate operational risk; act as escalation point.
• Drive end-to-end finance improvements and cost reduction.
• Oversee budgeting and cost control; rightsize team as needed.
• Ensure IFRS-compliant balance sheet reporting for OpCos.
• Coordinate external audits for Group and local purposes.
• Recruit and onboard leadership talent; mentor teams.

Skills

Finance accounting

People management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting

Accounting Qualification (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

At HEINEKEN Kraków (Heineken Business Services Poland) our success comes directly from our great people. We are a growing team of business experts in finance, accounting, data and technology ready to „WOW” the world with our expertise, passion and pride to be GREEN. We act on our values of Passion for consumers & customers, Courage to dream & pioneer, Care for people & planet, Enjoyment of Life, always focused on being ourselves: inclusive, diverse, and open for new challenges.

Your Responsibilities Would Include

• implementing the functional strategic plan by setting operational strategy and team's objectives
• ensuring business partnership with stakeholders in a collaborative way and within agreed governance model to improve stakeholders' experience
• assessing and mitigating operational risk and acting as an escalation point to drive issue resolution
• driving E2E improvements agenda including reducing E2E cycle time and reduction of cost of finance
• building internal control mindset and embedding internal controls into processes so controls are designed and executed effectively and any deficiency is mitigated
• responsible for team/function's budget planning and proactively controlling actual costs vs. budget including rightsizing of the team compared with business requirement
• responsible for financial reporting to be done in line with HEINEKEN's Global Finance Policies & Procedures and local legislation
• ensuring HEINEKEN's Balance Sheet data are fully in line with IFRS for all OpCos in scope
• working with the Group Reporting team to implement standardisation and best practice policies
• being responsible for the OpCos final OTIF reporting of financials each period end close
• coordinating external audit for Group and local purposes for all OpCos in scope
• reviewing and approving balance Sheet write offs including from Accounts Payable and Receivable
• approving non-PO invoices and customer credit notes and refunds when required
• facilitating and driving end-to-end process management & improvement
• recruiting talents for leadership roles and securing their effective onboarding
• reviewing performance regularly; providing ongoing feedback to teams and individuals addressing under performs and recognizing best people and teams
• planning succession, developing best people in the pipeline, providing coaching and mentoring.

You Are a Good Match If You Have

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• Accounting Qualification recommended (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• financial accounting expertise
• 8-10 years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis
• at least 5 years in managing people (preferably expert teams)
• strong stakeholder and communication management skills
• experience in multi-national environment and Shared Service Organisations
• business acumen, analytical skills, decision-making skills, change management skills
• excellent written and verbal English. Knowledge of additional european languages will be considered an asset.

At HEINEKEN Kraków, we take integrity and ethical conduct seriously. If someone has concerns about a possible violation of legal regulations indicated in Polish Whistleblowing Act or our Code of Business Conduct, we encourage them to speak up. Cases can be reported to global team or locally (in line with the local HBSP Whistleblowing procedure) by selecting proper option in this tool or by communicating it on hotline.