Finance Domain and Business Center Controller (m/f/d) - open to multiple locations

ZF Group; Częstochowa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MyBenefit platform

Discounts on goods and services

Flexible working hours

Flexible hybrid model

Job summary

ZF Group in Poland is seeking an experienced Finance Domain and Business Center Controller to lead operational planning, drive long-term financial scenarios, and provide data-driven guidance to domain leadership. You will coordinate across cost, workforce, income, and investments while ensuring alignment with business targets in a cross-functional, international team.

The role demands 6+ years in controlling or financial planning, strong data interpretation skills, and hands-on SAP experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; strong foundation in controlling and financial mgmt.
• Minimum of 6 years in a controlling, financial planning or business partnering role.
• Proven ability to interpret financial data, generate meaningful insights and present findings to stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage across functions and levels.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4, SAP BW, and SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office.
• Fluent in English; Polish will be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Operational Planning process across the domain, coordinating inputs for cost, workforce, income, and investments, and ensuring alignment with business targets.
• Contribute to the Strategic Planning cycle by preparing long-term financial scenarios and supporting strategic decision-making with data-driven insights.
• Collaborate with domain stakeholders and reporting units to align planning assumptions, validate figures, and ensure consistency across planning cycles.
• Prepare and maintain rolling forecasts, integrating key financial and operational drivers to support agile and forward-looking business steering.
• Deliver monthly performance reviews, including variance analysis and commentary on key metrics, to support proactive financial management.
• Provide tailored reporting and ad-hoc analysis to domain leadership, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Ensure structural accuracy and data consistency in reporting systems (e.g., FACT, SAP BW, ZP1), acting as a key contact for system governance.
• Coordinate organizational changes and structural updates within the domain and business center, ensuring compliance with internal standards and operational continuity.

Skills

Financial planning

Controlling

Business partnering

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BW

SAP Analysis for MS Office

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BW

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office

Job description

We are looking for a new colleague to our international team. Key purpose: Cost, GMP, FTE, Investment and other controlling business partner to Finance Domain and Business Center.

Apart from Poland, we are also open to other ZF locations.

What you can look forward to as Finance Domain and Business Center Controller:

• Lead the Operational Planning process across the domain, coordinating inputs for cost, workforce, income, and investments, and ensuring alignment with business targets,
• Contribute to the Strategic Planning cycle by preparing long-term financial scenarios and supporting strategic decision-making with data-driven insights,
• Collaborate with domain stakeholders and reporting units to align planning assumptions, validate figures, and ensure consistency across planning cycles,
• Prepare and maintain rolling forecasts, integrating key financial and operational drivers to support agile and forward-looking business steering,
• Deliver monthly performance reviews, including variance analysis and commentary on key metrics, to support proactive financial management,
• Provide tailored reporting and ad-hoc analysis to domain leadership, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights,
• Ensure structural accuracy and data consistency in reporting systems (e.g., FACT, SAP BW, ZP1), acting as a key contact for system governance,
• Coordinate organizational changes and structural updates within the domain and business center, ensuring compliance with internal standards and operational continuity.

Your Profile as Finance Domain and Business Center Controller:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; strong foundation in controlling and financial mgmt.,
• Minimum of 6 years in a controlling, financial planning or business partnering role,
• Proven ability to interpret financial data, generate meaningful insights and present findings in a clear and structured way to both financial and non-financial stakeholders,
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage confidently across functions and levels,
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4, SAP BW, and ideally SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office,
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken, Polish will be beneficial,
• High flexibility, resilience, and interest in new challenges.

Why you should choose ZF in Częstochowa:

• Working in a multidimensional environment with various stakeholders involved,
• MyBenefit platform, discounts package on goods and services,
• Flexible working hours and very good working environment,
• Opportunity to work in a flexible hybrid model.