The FP&A Senior Specialist/Expert 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 focuses on internal and external revenues, cost of revenues, business-related SG&A and on statistical KPIs. This role will work closely with the Finance Business Partner.

Your responsibilities:

• Prepare budgets and forecasts for the company’s organizational units and monitor their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives

• Support the Finance Business Partner and Commercial Team in analyzing deviations from budget and forecast, providing clear insights into underlying drivers

• Develop financial models and business cases for investments, public tenders, and commercial opportunities to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning

• Support the Finance Business Partner in conducting in-depth profitability analyses across business units, products, and customer segments to identify improvement opportunities

• Support Commercial team and Finance Business Partner to conduct product margin analysis for price setting and tracking of price development

• Create and present management reports and presentations focused on commercial performance, key business KPIs, and strategic initiatives

• Monitor cost development, perform cost center controlling, and support 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 Accounting, Commercial Operations, and Medical Affairs

• 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

• Availability to work on the afternoon shift

• 5-10 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A (Manufacturing/Commercial/R&D)

• Fluent in English

• 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