Finance Business Partner (Central & Eastern Europe)

Smith+Nephew; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 557,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Car allowance

Private health

Job summary

Smith Nephew in Poland centers on a senior Finance Business Partner role for CEE, based mainly in Wroclaw with other Polish cities considered. You will partner across regional markets, turning financial data into strategic insight and challenging priorities to drive value.

We seek a senior finance professional with strong influence, planning and forecasting skills, capable of guiding pricing, profitability and performance improvements across the region.

Qualifications

• Significant Commercial Finance partnering experience and capability at senior level.
• Proven ability to influence across multiple stakeholders and markets.
• Strong prioritisation, decision making, and independent work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Help shape strategy, support business expansion, and drive sustainable performance.
• Turn financial and commercial data into clear, forward-looking insight for leaders.
• Challenge assumptions and steer resources toward strategic priorities across markets.
• Support business planning, forecasting, pricing, customer and portfolio profitability, and sales force effectiveness.

Skills

Commercial finance partnering

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Go-to-market transformation

Education

Finance degree

Job description

Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Naphew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. This is a senior commercial finance opportunity at the heart of our Central and Eastern Europe business. We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner who can bring clarity when priorities compete, challenge with confidence and help commercial leaders focus on the decisions and activities that will create the greatest value. Based primarily in Wroclaw, Poland, with other Polish cities considered, you will partner across a regional business spanning direct, hybrid and distributor markets.

What will you be doing?

As Finance Business Partner CEE, you will be part of the cross functional leadership team, using your financial expertise and commercial judgement to help shape strategy, support business expansion and drive sustainable performance. This is about much more than reporting the numbers. You will turn financial and commercial information into clear, forward looking insight, helping leaders understand where to invest, where to focus and where a different course of action is needed. You will constructively challenge assumptions, assess commercial opportunities and risks and help ensure resources are directed towards strategic priorities. You will work across multiple stakeholders and markets, balancing competing demands while maintaining productive relationships. At times, that means being confident enough to say no constructively, pushing back when priorities do not align and keeping attention on the activities that deliver the greatest value. You will also support business planning and forecasting, provide insight across areas including pricing, customer and portfolio profitability, sales force effectiveness and commercial risk, and help drive innovation, change and greater efficiency across the organisation.

What will you need to be successful?

You will bring the presence and judgement to operate as a senior commercial finance partner. Success means being able to work independently under pressure, prioritise effectively when demands compete and influence commercial leaders while continuing to build strong stakeholder relationships.

• Significant Commercial Finance Business Partnering experience, with Finance Director level capability or equivalent experience and the confidence to provide constructive challenge to senior commercial stakeholders.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, with experience operating across multiple stakeholders and markets and the judgement to push back appropriately while maintaining positive relationships.
• Excellent prioritisation and decision making skills, with the assertiveness to manage conflicting demands, focus on the highest value activity and operate independently under pressure.
• Strong financial and analytical capability, ideally supported by a Finance degree. Healthcare or life sciences experience is preferable but not mandatory, and experience of Go to Market transformation would be an advantage.

The anticipated base compensation range for this position is PLN 299,750 - PLN 556,750 annually.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on objective, job-related factors including (but not limited to) relevant skills, qualifications, and experience, scope and responsibilities of the role, geographic location, and internal equity considerations. Compensation decisions are made using consistent and gender-neutral criteria, in line with applicable pay transparency laws. This role has been evaluated within our internal job architecture and mapped to a defined pay band to ensure consistency and fairness.

You. Unlimited.

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our Strongest investments are in our people and patients we serve.

• Inclusion & Belonging: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging, Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website
• Your Future: Generous annual bonus, life insurance, Save As You Earn share options, and a car allowance.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities!
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, multisport card/my benefit platform and much more.
• Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles).
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship, subsidies for language classes, certifications and postgraduate studies