Business Controller, GBS Center of Excellence

VELUX; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

Bonus system

Private medical care

Pension scheme

ACCA support

Lunch card

Standards and development programs

Job summary

VELUX is seeking a Business Controller to support the Sales & Marketing finance partner team in Warsaw. You will deliver insightful analysis, standardize reporting, and drive improvements in planning and forecasting processes.

You will collaborate across a global matrix, with a focus on accurate data, timely reports, and clear financial commentary for stakeholders. A hybrid work model and opportunities for professional development are available.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Experience as a Business Controller or similar finance role, preferably international.
• Strong analytical skills translating data into insights.
• Advanced Excel mandatory; experience with SAP, Power BI, or similar tools is a plus.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration in a matrix org.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze actual performance for Sales & Marketing and identify variances.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, dashboards, and management presentations with commentary.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly planning cycles with timely submissions.
• Perform detailed variance analyses and highlight key drivers and risks.
• Drive standardization and improve financial reporting templates and Excel models.
• Support month-end and year-end closings with reconciliations and reporting.
• Provide ad hoc analyses and reporting support as required.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

English proficiency

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

University degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

SAP

SAP Analytics Cloud

Anaplan

Job description

As a Business Controller in our Centre of Excellence you will play a key role in supporting the financial performance and decision-making processes for the Sales & Marketing functions. Working closely with Finance Business Partners and business stakeholders, you will provide financial insights, support planning and forecasting activities, standardize reporting, and drive continuous improvements across finance processes.

Specifically, you will:

• Monitor and analyze actual financial performance for Sales & Marketing ensuring accuracy of financial data and timely identification of variances against budget and forecast
• Prepare and deliver recurring financial reports, dashboards, and management presentations, providing variance analysis and financial commentary to support Finance Business Partners and functional stakeholders
• Support the budgeting, forecasting, and monthly financial planning cycles, ensuring high-quality submissions and adherence to global timelines
• Perform detailed analysis of actuals, budgets, and forecasts, identifying key drivers behind variances and escalating significant risks and opportunities where appropriate
• Drive standardization within the supported functions and continuously improve financial reporting, planning templates, and advanced Excel models to enhance reporting quality, consistency, and efficiency
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including financial reviews, reconciliations, and reporting deliverables
• Provide ad hoc financial analyses and reporting support to Finance Business Partners and functional management as required

Your qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or in a related field
• Proven experience as a Business Controller or in a similar finance role, preferably in an international matrix organization
• Well-developed analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and translate it into actionable business insights
• Advanced Excel skills are mandatory; experience with financial planning and reporting tools (\"e.g. SAP\", Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, Anaplan, or similar) is an advantage
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across a matrix organization and build relationships with multiple business functions
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Fluency in spoken and written English

What we offer

• Attractive well-being package (office massages, self-awareness trainings)
• Flexible working hours and hybrid model for home office (3 days per week to work from home)
• Bonus system
• Multikafeteria/Multisport/Subsidy to summer holiday
• Lunch card
• Christmas gift card
• Two additional days off per year for CSR activities
• Co-financing to ACCA
• Modern office full of light and fresh air with parking spaces available to all employees and the highest quality office equipment
• Internal and external development program addressed to all employees
• Employee Pension Scheme financed entirely by the employer
• Private medical care with telemedicine and rehabilitation, full stomatology as option
• Employee Foundation support
• Constructive cooperation based on trust and respect for the employee
• Stable employment in the company operating for 35 years in Poland

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.