Strategic Finance Partner – CEE Growth

Philips

Warszawa

Hybrid

PLN 235,000 - 389,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Flexible/hybrid working

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Job summary

Philips seeks a Finance Business Partner for the CEE region to shape P&L, drive ROI and long-term financial plans. You will oversee forecasting, performance metrics, and risk mitigation while collaborating with sales, supply chain, and accounting teams to ensure robust financial processes and governance.

The role requires a Master’s in Finance/Business and 5+ years in multinational finance, with strong English/Polish and expertise in SAP and Power BI.

Qualifications

Master Degree in Business or Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or equivalent.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Finance, in areas such as Business Partnering, Corporate Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis or equivalent in multinational companies.
Ability to understand and explain impact of developments on business results and ability to translate into financial consequences.
Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations, navigate challenging conversations with resilience, and maintain a solution-oriented approach while delivering high levels of customer satisfaction.
Results oriented: take personal accountability to deliver results.
Deep understanding of the global business environment and end-user insight.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to build bridges between people and influence business decisions.
Solid analytical, Accounting and Internal Controls knowledge.
Hands on, pro-active, solution driven attitude.
Experience with management accounting, business acumen.
Experience with month-end/year end close process and financial reporting.
Strong analytic and Microsoft office skills; Experience with SAP, Power Bi; ACCA certification would be an asset.
Fluent in Polish and English both oral and written form (minimum C1 level).

Responsibilities

Provide quality financial support to the business, proactively advising Management Teams to achieve financial and business goals.
Shape Profit and Loss (P&L) and all financial KPIs, overall cost management.
Maintain ROI mindset in organization.
Oversee the financial forecasting processes for multiple districts, ensuring that financial plans are robust, data-driven, and aligned with the company’s strategic objectives.
Drive the financial performance of the CEE Zone by monitoring the key financial metrics, identifying trends, and working with senior sales leaders to develop and implement corrective actions when needed to meet or exceed financial targets.
Lead initiatives to improve financial processes, systems, and tools across the organization, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and leveraging technology to enhance financial planning and reporting.
Actively participate in the weekly performance review meetings.
Provide variance analysis and articulate business financial results and plans.
Manage customers’ credit limits in cooperation with credit experts.
Supporting cash collectors in critical cases.
Perform and prepare ad hoc business analysis.
Close the books at the end of the month in cooperation with Philips Accounting Operations.
Be a single point of contact for District leaders and to act as Business Partner in the leadership team to bring a different perspective, a financial, data-based decision process.
Highlight and mitigate risks in the district through conscientious consideration and practice of policies, and procedures, supervising and executing internal control standards.