Finance Manager - Reporting & Analytics, Gdańsk

Do you have people leadership experience combined with exceptional finance & analytics skills? Are you fascinated around Digital Finance?

Do you have the necessary knowledge and experience to optimise data transparency and reporting within a complex organisation?

If yes, we invite you to join Group Performance Management and lead Reporting & Analytics team in Gdańsk.

About the job

As our new Finance Manager within Reporting & Analytics, you will lead a team of approx. 6-8 specialists in a variety of reporting tasks and activities but also reporting, BI,  data & analytics developments for Finance community.

Specifically, you will:

• Manage and develop team of Finance Associates, Finance Analysts.
• Ensures tactical direction and timely completion of operational tasks as well as brand new data & analytics deliveries in the team.
• Excel the standard of the current reporting (efficiency, automation, ways of working).
• Set up reporting rules and guidance across Z/Fs to achieve alignment, synergies and improve transparency.
• Support the development of the new Data, Reporting & Analytics ideas and solutions. This includes identifying new ways of working, sources of data and tools to improve analysis and understanding of performance.
• Establish proper dialogue with Stakeholders on Reporting & Analytics needs as well as monitoring and reporting progress.
• Prioritize and manage data, analytics and reporting requests efficiently.
• Support ongoing and ad-hoc requests and projects within Finance, Performance Management and Digital Finance area.
• Work in Agile ways of working anchored for Finance purposes.
• Work as part of the team to ensure Reporting & Analytics becomes and stays Arla Best Practice on Reporting/Analytics & Data within Finance.

Who are you?

• You hold Master’s degree in Finance/IT/Business with 5+ years of professional experience in Finance
• You have 3+ years of People Leadership experience
• You are passionate about Digital Finance with general understanding of Microsoft Power Platform, Agile, Azure, Databricks and Data Foundation concepts
• You easily navigate in international environment, including high organizational understanding, but also comfortable challenging the “status quo”
• You enjoy building positive relationship with stakeholders and within the team
• You are able to work under time pressure in challenging and changeable environment

Furthermore, you have:

• Exceptional Microsoft Office skills, and a firm tool box on communication, presentation and spreadsheet work
• You have a good understanding of financial tools & systems and preferably strong analytical capabilities and technical skills
• Experience in Project management, including effective communication skills, being able to present your points in an easily understandable and convincing way
• A genuine interest in optimizing efficiencies and insights through
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, SAP BW and SAP BusinessObjects (or other ERP) as an advantage
• Fluency in English

What do we offer?

• Flexible working time (start your day of work between 7-9) and 50% home office work possibility
• Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position
• Financial support of your education 
• Medical care & life insurance 
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
• Scandinavian working style & no dress code
• Home kit – monitor, laptop, keyboard, mouse, headsets, webcam
• Relocation allowance
• Referral program for employees
• Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc. )
• Support for your healthy lifestyle (fruit day, facility for sportsmen, sport challenges and activities, Arla active teams / sport groups)
• Additional holiday depending on length of employment (up to 4 days)

… while in the office you can also use some of below: 

• Modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture (i.e. adjustable desks)
• Chill-out rooms with X-box, pool table, board games, football table and swing

Application and contact

If you want to drive innovation and help your colleagues worldwide, then seize this exciting opportunity. 

Welcome to Global Shared Services in Gdansk

Arla is a global farmer-owned organisation behind many well-known and well-loved brands. 

You will become a part of our Global Shared Services in Gdansk. You will join over 800 colleagues dedicated to supporting all of Arla. We currently have an IT Operations department and an IT Solutions department dedicated to SAP as well as a variety of app development and implementation projects. Our Procurement, Finance and Logistics departments support a wide range of processes such as purchasing, distribution and sales worldwide.  

We have a dedicated HR operations department that ensures the attraction, development and retention of the best talent around the world.  

Our newest department Member Relations supports our farmers in their everyday work. 

With over 15 years of existence in Gdansk, we offer you wealth of knowledge and the opportunity to participate in challenging and exciting innovation projects. As a part of the Arla organisation, you will also enjoy a Scandinavian, collaborative work culture. 

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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