Associate Director Financial Planning & Analysis

Merck; Województwo mazowieckie; On-site; PLN 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Poland is seeking an Associate Director FP&A to serve as a senior finance business partner for the Central and Eastern Europe Animal Health Commercial organization, focusing on Alliance Markets and distributor-based regions.

You will be responsible for preparing monthly operating results, forecasts, and reports, partnering with the commercial team across Ukraine, West Balkans, Baltic States and Bulgaria to drive sustainable growth, profitability and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant Finance experience.
• Advanced level spreadsheet skills and SAP knowledge is an advantage.
• Strong business acumen and working knowledge of applications/business processes.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, independently managing multiple projects.
• Highly engaged, collaborative team player with strong communication and organization skills.
• Business-level English skills (speaking and writing).
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-border CEE environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and support financial planning processes by providing timely analysis to commercial leads.
• Deliver management reporting and present results to the leadership team.
• Track performance against forecasts to understand the drivers of performance.
• Evaluate cluster and country financial results to optimize resources and investments.
• Act as trusted partner supporting optimal business decisions with understanding of end-to-end operations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across functions and markets to align local market finance and business objectives.
• Be a point of contact for diverse ad-hoc finance questions.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, ethics and integrity.
• Lead projects and initiatives to drive efficiencies.
• Perform pricing, deal, and profitability analysis to support sustainable margin development.

Skills

Finance

Excel

Communication

English proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Business Administration/Finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job purpose

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Cluster Finance Team is focused on providing financial perspectives and overall strategic and tactical support for better decision making to the Animal Health Commercial organization across the CEE countries.

This Associate Director FP&A role will be a senior position serving as a key finance business partner, working closely with the CEE commercial team with primary focus on Alliance Markets (distributor-driven markets: Ukraine, West Balkans, Baltic States and Bulgaria).

You will play a key role in shaping financial insights for markets with diverse operating models, including distributor-based setups and alliance partnerships. Requiring a strong understanding of commercial drivers, pricing structures, and market dynamics.

In this role you will be responsible for overseeing and supporting financial performance of the business ensuring; sustainable growth, profitability, and high standards of financial governance over controls and compliance.

The job requires preparing and analyzing monthly operating results, financial forecasts, and other reports for use within the CEE Cluster. Partnering and collaboration with different stakeholders and across team members is essential.

The successful candidate will work very closely with business to develop an excellent understanding of business, leading to a valued contribution to business decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in and support the financial planning processes by providing timely analysis to commercial leads.
• Deliver management reporting and present the results with leadership team.
• Track performance against forecasts to understand and clearly articulate the drivers of performance.
• Evaluates cluster and country financial results to ensure optimization of resources - making trade-offs across the business to identify opportunities and ideas for ensuring the appropriate investments for maximized return.
• Act as trusted partner providing support to optimal business decisions with a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end company operations.
• Work collaboratively with different stakeholders across different functions and markets to align and deliver local market finance and business objectives.
• Be a "person-to-go" for diverse ad-hoc finance related questions.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values and standards of ethics and integrity.
• Lead different projects and initiatives with focus on areas for improvement within the team and identify and drive efficiencies as appropriate.
• Bring a high level of energy and desire to contribute to the high performing finance team.
• Perform pricing, deal, and profitability analysis to support commercial initiatives and sustainable margin development.

Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant Finance experience.
• Advanced level spreadsheet skills and PC literacy (SAP Knowledge is an advantage).
• Strong business acumen and working knowledge of applications/business processes.
• Works effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, under pressure and with a high degree of professionalism and independently, capable of handling multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Highly engaged, collaborative and a strong team player able to create positive relationships across teams and functions.
• Strong communication (written and spoken), interpersonal, and organization skills required.
• Business-level English skills (speaking and writing) required.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, cross border CEE environment.

Travel Requirements

25% (depending on the location)

Required Skills

Budget Management, Commercial Awareness, Finance Strategy, Financial Business Planning, Financial Forecasting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Profit and Loss (P&L) Analysis, Strategic Thinking

Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponso