Senior Specialist in Financial Planning & Analysis - Manufacturing

This is a hybrid role. Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office and working remotely.

Fresenius Medical Care core values:

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees, and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: We Care. We Connect. We Commit.

The FP&A Manufacturing Senior Specialist is responsible for performing the day-to-day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance. This position supports the FP&A function for the manufacturing operations business entity, with a primary focus on the manufacturing P&L — including production value, standard cost, overhead cost, inventories, operation KPIs. This role will work closely with the local Manufacturing Finance Business Partners.

Your responsibilities:

• Contribute with budgets and forecasts preparation for the assigned manufacturing units and in monitoring their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Support Finance Business Partners and Plant operations team in analyzing deviations from budget and forecast, and in providing clear insights into underlying drivers
• Contribute with developing financial models and business cases for investments to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning
• Support Finance Business Partners in preparing annual standard cost calculation and conducting in-depth analyses of product cost developments to identify improvement opportunities
• Support Plant operations team and Finance Business Partners to conduct contribution profit analysis to steer plant productivity
• Prepare management reports and presentations focused on plant operations performance, KPIs, and strategic initiatives
• Contribute with monitoring cost development, performing cost center and profit center controlling, and with supporting budget holders in managing their financial responsibilities
• Contribute to month-end and year-end closing processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and financial commentary
• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing Operations as well as Global functions such as Accounting, Procurement and HR
• Support/execute any other tasks as instructed by the direct FP&A supervisor or manager
• Participate in local and international projects aimed at improving financial processes, systems, and business insights

Our requirements:

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)
• CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA or equivalent accounting certification is a plus
• 6-10 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A preferably in Manufacturing and/or Supply Chain finance roles
• Fluent in English
• French language knowledge is a strong advantage
• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding 
• Excellent social competence paired with persuasiveness and self-confidence, high level of energy and positivity based on a sincere personality 
• Team Player with a strong drive to create positive work environment
• Passion for continuous learning, ability to solid comprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks 
• Excellent skills to set priorities and self-manage high volume workload 
• Very structured way of working with strong focus on efficient and effective processes even under pressure  
• Highly professional attitude characterized by a result, quality, patient and customer oriented working style
• Solid experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, including cost center controlling and profitability analysis
• Strong commercial finance skills, including preparation of business cases for investments, tenders, and commercial deals, as well as performance analysis using business KPIs
• Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) and compliance requirements
• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments (e.g. Accounting, Operations, Medical, Commercial) and contribute to cross-functional and international projects
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, for data analysis and presentation
• Familiar with ERP systems, ideally within an SAP environment; experience with SAP BI tools is considered an asset
• Experience with planning and forecasting tools such as Anaplan is a plus
• Solid understanding of modern communication tools, digitalization trends, and basic principles of e-health and data security

Our offer:

• Flexible working hours (start between 6:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
• Hybrid work model: at least 2 days per week in the office for employees living within 40 km, or 1 day per month for those living further away.
• Private medical care in LuxMed,
• PZU life Insurance (voluntary insurance)
• Unlimited international travel Insurance (with a global range)
• Benefits System platform (120 points / month for multisport card, cinema tickets, online shopping etc.)
• Language courses reimbursement (up to 70% of course reimbursement)
• Studies reimbursement (up to 50% of study reimbursement)
• Work abroad possibility (up to 30 days / year)
• Recommendation program (2000 PLN or 2500 PLN for successful recommendation)
• Holiday allowance (up to 800 PLN / year)
• Childcare refund (up to 900 PLN / year)
• Glasses and contact lenses reimbursement (500 PLN per year)
• Occasional gifts (e.g. 1st year anniversary gift)
• Office team building activities and events