Financial Controller, BA

We are Lundbeck – a global pharmaceutical company highly committed to improving the quality of life of people suffering from brain diseases. As a part of our strategy, in March 2014, we established Lundbeck Group Business Services in Kraków to help Lundbeck employees globally focus their specialized skills on providing innovative treatments. We do that by delivering best-in-class effective business services in Finance Operations, Compliance & Reporting, Sourcing, IT Support, HR Administration, and Process Excellence.

Purpose of the role:

The main purpose of the role is to assure the delivery of all controlling, compliance and reporting processes in scope. Financial Controller is a pivotal role in ensuring appropriate quality and stimulating cooperation across teams, processes, systems and functions.

Main responsibilities and tasks:

• Responsible for all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring quality and compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements in assigned Business Area
• Responsible for the correctness of the cost center and internal order accounting for particular locations, act as an internal expert for respective GBS Teams and key contact for LoB
• Responsible for executing internal controls for assigned Business Area, report incompliance and risks to the Manager and develop accounting policies to maintain/strengthen internal controls
• Responsible for developing and documenting business processes
• Supports Finance Director in budgeting and forecasting process, performs ad-hoc analysis for decision making
• Manages daily tasks of the team assigned to particular location (including time & attendance), deciding and initiating relevant operational actions, while consulting tactical and strategic decisions with the Team Manager
• Supports resource and productivity analysis (incl. recruitment)
• Coordinates and leads projects/improvement initiatives/migrations, etc.
• Supports the Team Manager in terms of knowledge management, best practices and competencies development (incl. development plans for the team) 
• Execute on KPI- data gathering & support analysis
• Manages queries/service requests and escalates non-standard queries to the Team Managers
• Stimulates cooperation across GBS Teams/processes/systems to ensure alignment, identifies interdependencies and drives the achievement of the overall goals for GBS
• Acts as a business partner to Finance Directors, HQ and other stakeholders in own LoB

Our preferred candidate has the following personal and professional qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience
• Experience with preparing financial statements under IFRS and local standards
• Experience in financial controlling and business partnering preferred
• Advanced degree in Accounting or Finance (preferably accounting qualifications ACCA/CIMA)
• Keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which allows for data interpretation versus simple reporting
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to management
• Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers
• Willing to work in a dynamic environment with switching priorities
• Mature attitude towards challenges and problem solving - being able to work with limited guidance and able to determine information needed to resolve more complex issues, manage pressure effectively and cope well with setbacks
• Taking ownership of assigned responsibilities, including self-development/research needed to execute the same
• Showing leadership skills
• Technology: SAP, MS Office
• Languages: English

We offer:

A unique chance to develop your career in a global, pharmaceutical company while working on complex processes in an amazing working environment. There are wide possibilities of career development options within Lundbeck organization, including professional training, talent programs as well as international assignments. We are focused on people in everything we do, thus if you are looking for an intimate working environment, meaningful work and inspiring purpose in your professional life – this is the place for you.