Senior Accounting & Reporting Manager

HEINEKEN Kraków; Poland; On-site; PLN 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

HEINEKEN Kraków is seeking a senior finance professional to lead the accounting and financial reporting within HGSS. You will drive end-to-end processes, ensure IFRS adherence, and partner with stakeholders across the business to deliver accurate results.

The role requires 8–10 years of experience, ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, and strong leadership. You will manage talent, oversee external audits, and contribute to global finance projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Accounting qualification recommended (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• 8–10 years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis.
• Good understanding of ERP accounting systems and enabling infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Implements the functional strategy by setting operational plan and team’s objectives in line with HGSS strategy and OpCo strategy.
• Designs and leads accounting best-practices and ensures policy compliance.
• Builds internal control mind-set and embeds internal controls into processes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Decision making

Change management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Master's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities would include:

• Implements the functional strategy by setting operational plan and team’s objectives in line with HGSS strategy and OpCo strategy.
• Design and lead A&RM community by establishing best-practices for accounting standards, ensure full compliance with policies and legislation through knowledge-sharing, standardization, innovation and benchmarking with market trends
• Main contact point and relationship owner of the Local/Regional Accounting firm contract (LAF).
• Ensures business partnering with stakeholders in a collaborative way and within agreed governance model to improve stakeholders experience
• Assesses and mitigate operational risk and act as escalation point to drive issue resolution
• Drive E2E CPI improvements agenda including reducing E2E cycle time and reduction of cost of finance
• Responsible for supporting/ taking part in Local and Global business and finance projects as required
• Builds internal control mind-set and embed internal controls into processes so controls are designed and executed effectively, and any deficiency is mitigated
• Responsible for financial reporting to be done in line with HEINEKEN’s Global Finance Policies & Procedures and external local legislation.
• Decision maker for final accounting treatments, in line with company policy, IFRS and Local accounting standards.
• Presents to company directors, auditors and other stakeholders the regular financial results, internal and external, and organizes required signatures
• Ensures HEINEKEN’s Balance Sheet data are fully in line with IFRS for all OpCos in scope.
• Proactively managing Balance Sheet risk and ops overview, drive improvements in the BSAR process and inform Finance Director periodically through a summary of the balance sheet review and related actions.
• Work with the Group Reporting team to implement standardization and best practice policies, approaches, and training across all
• Financial Reporting activities in scope. Responsible for the OpCos final OTIF reporting of financials each period end close.
• Coordinate external audit for Group and local purposes for the OpCo
• Main HEIENEKEN contact point and relationship owner with Local external financial auditors. (OpCo Tax Manager/Specialist main contact point and relationship local with local tax authorities)
• Builds End to End CPI mind-set by challenging the status quo to look for most efficient ways of working
• Recruit talents and secures their effective onboarding defines key roles and responsibilities within the team, develops and monitors performance recognizes talents and addresses underperformers drives people processes across employee lifecycle, plans and drives succession. Involved with OpCo Recruitment on request
• Drive own personal development in leadership, finance specific skills and business knowledge by implementing his / her personal development plan (PDP).
• Build and maintain HEINEKEN and external networks to stimulate collaboration and gain external insights to shape the future of the function
• Facilitate and drive end-to-end process management & improvement
• And any other task assigned by Reporting Line Manager within the scope of functional responsibilities

You are a good candidate if you have:

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Accounting Qualification recommended (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• 8-10 years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis
• Good understanding of ERP accounting systems as well as enabling infrastructure (workflows, invoice management)
• At least 5 years in managing people (preferably expert teams) on location or remotely
• Strong stakeholder and communication management skills
• Experience in multi-national environment and Shared Service Organisations
• Leadership expertise aligned with HEINEKEN leadership competencies
• Mind-set and behaviours aligned with HEINEKEN Behaviours
• Business Acumen, analytical skills, decision-making skills, change management skills, problem solving skill
• Excellent written and verbal English

At HEINEKEN Kraków, we take integrity and ethical conduct seriously. If someone has concerns about a possible violation of legal regulations indicated in Polish Whistleblowing Act or our Code of Business Conduct, we encourage them to speak up. Cases can be reported to global team or locally (in line with the local HGSS Whistleblowing procedure) by selecting proper option in this tool or by communicating it on hotline.

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