Controlling Business Partner - Southern Eastern Western (SEW) Europe (m/f/d)

Hager Polska; Sosnowiec; Hybride; PLN 180 000 - 280 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid model

Onboarding programme

Hi University learning platform

Internal career opportunities

Group insurance

Medical care

Meal subsidies

Résumé du poste

Hager Polska is seeking a seasoned Controlling Business Partner for SEW Europe, based in Bieruń, Poland, to drive value and cost efficiency across eight countries. Reporting to the Controlling Business Partner - International Sales (Dubai), you will lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analytics for middle and small markets in Europe.

This permanent, hybrid role offers onboarding and significant career opportunities in an international environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree or equivalent academic qualification.
• 7–10 years of international Controlling experience with close business proximity.
• Strategic mindset with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Customer orientation and ability to work cross-functionally with clear communication.

Responsabilités

• Support the market area business for International Sales with key decision-makers.
• Provide financial guidance on strategic and operational decisions.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting within Integrated Financial Planning (IFP).
• Coordinate budget preparation and challenge local targets to ensure alignment with group targets.

Connaissances

Excel

SAP

BW

Fluent English

French or German a plus

Formation

Bachelor or Master degree

Outils

SAP BW

Description du poste

Your mission

Bringing more value to the Business in a cost-efficient way is our ambition as Controlling Function.

Why join the Controlling department?

Your mission

Bringing more value to the Business in a cost-efficient way is our ambition as Controlling Function.

To achieve this ambition, Controlling department continues its Transformation Journey, which is based on 3 pillars : Organisation, Planning & Forecasting, Analytics & Digitalisation.

As Controlling Business Partner - Southern Eastern Western (SEW) Europe, you support this transformation of the Controlling Department and contribute to achieving our ambition by strengthening value contribution and business impact.

As a Controlling Business Partner

• You proactively steer enterprise risk and opportunities, develop strategic initiatives, drive cost reduction initiatives and set up and maintain financial (and support non-financial) steering models.
• Reactively, you drive enterprise agility, initiatives to promote growth, organizational development and improve business processes.
• More specifically, you drive pricing initiatives, commercial cost initiatives and create and drive growth development business plans.
• You’ll operate in an international environment supporting 8 countries, with team members located across local organisations and Shared Service Centres.

Reporting to the Controlling Business Partner - International Sales (located in Dubai), you are in charge of the middle & small markets of Europe be based in Bierun for a Permanent contract.

Your Responsibilities

• Support the market area business for the region - International Sales:
• Partner with key decision-makers across the region.
• Provide guidance on the financial implications of strategic & operational decisions.
• Deliver meaningful insights and decision-relevant data to support business performance.
• Financial planning and forecasting, in the frame of the Integrated Financial Planning (IFP):
• Contribute to the target-setting process, ensuring adherence to four-eyes principle.
• Cascade, coordinate and challenge local budget preparation to ensure alignment with agreed targets.
• In parallel, raise awareness on risk and opportunities vs. the target.
• Contribute to high-level forecasting at segment level.
• Work in collaboration with the local Controlling teams and the operational managers to translate operative plans into business plans according to group’s standards.
• Manage the budget and forecasts processes.
• Analyze variances, make recommendations to the Top Management and deploy associated action plans.
• Lead and develop the team across the region while fostering strong collaboration with local finance teams.
• Support operational teams through training and coaching and provide reliable data to facilitate decision‑making.
• Guarantee the application of the group’s standards.

Your Profile

• Bachelor or Master´s degree or equivalent academic qualification.
• At least 7 to 10 years of experience in different areas of Controlling on an international scale with a strong proximity to the business.
• Strategic mindset, problem solving and analytical skills are key to succeed in this position.
• Your customer orientation, your ability to work in a transversal mode and your communication skills will be key competencies as well.
• You have advanced proficiency in Excel, SAP and BW and are fluent in English. French or German language would be a plus.

What We Offer

• The possibility to work in a hybrid model.
• A personalised onboarding programme designed to ensure smooth and comfortable first days.
• Learning and development opportunities through Hi University, Hager Group’s award‑winning learning platform.
• Internal career opportunities — over 25% of our recruitments are filled by internal candidates.
• Improvements to your health and well‑being — as a family‑owned company, we care for our employees by offering:
• Group insurance
• Co‑financing of sports cards and participation in sporting events under the Hager Sport initiative
• Comprehensive medical care
• Additional health‑prevention initiatives (e.g., Health Week)
• Meal subsidies, and a shared coffee culture that is part of our DNA
• Opportunities to participate in integration events for employees and their families.
• An attractive and fair compensation system — including a bonus scheme and annual salary reviews to ensure alignment with market standards.
• A strong organisational culture — including cultural benefits such as access to e‑books, audiobooks or theatre ticket discounts.
• The ability to influence company decisions — we run an annual employee survey, and its results help us introduce meaningful improvements.