Business Control Analyst

HEINEKEN Global Shared Services; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

HEINEKEN Kraków (HEINEKEN Global Shared Services) seeks a seasoned Finance Controller to act as a Business Partner for D&T and other leaders. The role focuses on financial analysis, scenarios, and delivering insightful recommendations to influence strategic decisions.

You will lead planning, budgeting, rolling forecasts, and the month-end close, ensuring timely, accurate reporting and continuous improvement across the finance function in a multinational FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• University-level education is required.
• 5-8 years of work experience in finance or business control.
• Experience in business control, finance management or managerial reporting in a large multinational or consultancy.
• Experience in internal/external audit is desirable.
• Proficiency with IT systems and knowledge of industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Business Partner for D&T Functional Directors and teams across the field of Business Control for D&T.
• Develop business cases, financial analysis and scenarios, benchmarks and ad-hoc insights to drive decision making.
• Maximise performance by advising stakeholders on corrective strategies and actions.
• Ensure quality, completeness and on-time delivery of financial planning processes.
• Identify opportunities to support cost and investment targets in forecasts.
• Drive continuous improvement to improve data quality and insights.
• Lead month-end close processes and actuals analysis.
• Lead budget preparation for annual plans and quarterly RoFo (RoFos).
• Perform other tasks within the scope of Business Controller responsibilities.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Month-end close

Education

University degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

APPTIO

Job description

At HEINEKEN Kraków (HEINEKEN Global Shared Services) 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.

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Your Responsibilities Would Include

• acting as a Business Partner for D&T Functional Directors and their teams + other business leaders across the entire field of Business Control for D&T, dependent on what is needed
• developin business cases (e.g. contract renegotiation), financial analysis & scenarios, (external) benchmarks and ad-hoc insights to drive D&T functional decision making and intervention
• maximising D&T performance by working alongside, challenging and influencing the D&T teams and advise your stakeholders on corrective strategies and/or actions that enhance performance & value
• ensurin the quality, completeness and on-time delivery of financial planning processes and proper coordination with all stakeholders involved
• identifying alternatives and opportunities autonomously in order to support the cost & investment targets established during AP or Rolling Forecasts
• drivin continuous improvement through new or enhanced solutions to improve efficiency of the process, improving the quality of the data and bring the level of insight to a better level
• leading the month-end close process, actuals analysis for your scope, being 100% aligned with the relevant D&T stakeholders
• leading the budget preparation: Annual Plans & quarterly RoFos in terms of FTEs, RUN and CHANGE costs
• performing any other tasks assigned by Business Controller within the scope of functional responsibilities.

You Are a Good Candidate If You Have

• education: University level
• work experience: 5-8 years
• required work experience in field of expertise: e.g. demonstrated experience in business control, finance management or managerial reporting and experience in a large multinational (preferably FMCG) or consultancy firm.
• other fields of expertise: experience in internal/external audit and general knowledge on our business
• functional skills: experience with IT systems, Microsoft Office, knowledge of industry trends.

You Are a Perfect Match If You Also Have

• CIMA qualification / student
• APPTIO system knowledge
• key Leadership expectations: shape, connect, develop, deliver and/or role model HEINEKEN behaviours
• communication skills: Manages relationships with stakeholders (with conflicting interests) on strategic, tactical level/Communicates through understanding, influencing and/or serving others and requires more than facts to win arguments and influence others/Interaction with others requires social skills and the ability to understand and influence
• other skills: project management, preparing business cases, building collaborative relationships, process improvements, change management, influencing skills, broad business skills, autonomy, ownership.