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 six core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: Patients and Partners First, Honesty and Integrity, Quality and Compliance, Collaboration, No-Limits Mindset and Results Oriented.
The FP&A Expert Manufacturing 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 analysing 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 centre and profit centre 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
10+ years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field
Fluent in English & min. B2 German
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. - 9 a.m.)
Hybrid working mode (min. 2 days per week in the office)
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 programme (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