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Senior Financial Analyst – Planning & Fulfillment

Req #: JR - 123635 Location: Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland Job Category: Finance Date posted: 04/23/2024

Overview

This is where your insights influence change. As a member of the Baxter Finance team, you have the critical thinking and analytical mindset that allows you to translate data into meaningful, actionable insights that help teams learn and adapt along the way. We guide our internal partners to understand financial opportunities or realities that move Baxter forward and closer to our mission to save and sustain lives. While you often work independently with your cross-functional team, you always have the greater finance organization to lean on for support and career mentoring.

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  • 2 Days a Year to Volunteer

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  • Adaptable
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  • Detail-oriented
  • Easygoing
  • Results-driven
  • Team player

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Senior Financial Analyst – Planning & Fulfillment

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Summary:

At Baxter, we are building a best-in-class Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization. We are implementing a transformative program that will streamline processes, enhance systems, improve forecasting accuracy, strengthen business partnerships and enhance opportunities for personal skill-building and professional growth.

As the EMEA FP&A Senior Financial Analyst you are responsible for providing high-quality decision and finance support to the Planning and Fulfillment (P&F) team in the EMEA region, managing approximately 25% of the annual budget for this function (annual budget of approx. $332M).

This position covers accountability for core planning and analysis activities, and it also requires collaboration with a wider finance team and other cross-functional stakeholders across the organization.

This role will work with the EMEA Ops Team to prepare the annual budget, forecasts and analysis for the control and management of the P&F operations to maintain adequate systems to measure performance against operating plans and support the attainment of operating objectives.

What will you be doing?

  • Acting as Finance Business Partner for EMEA Planning & Fulfillment Leadership, leveraging financial and business expertise for supporting process improvements, policy development, and strategic initiatives.

  • Leading the P&F processes (Plan, Forecast, LRP) in collaboration with key stakeholders.

  • Loading budget and forecast adjustments into the system for the respective countries.

  • Providing financial and business support to function enabling optimal business decisions.

  • Preparing the Monthly/Quarterly Results Review, periodic LBE’s working closely with market leadership, participating and leading monthly reviews of results.

  • Performing ad-hoc analysis for strategic evaluations, financial simulations and Excel modelling to provide insightful recommendations and support for management decision-making.

  • Driving and owning global financial initiatives alignment with function along with updates in the global FP&A process.

  • Updating process flows, operating manuals, training guides, and standard operating procedures as needed.

Who are we looking for?

  • Strong Analyst demonstrating at least 3 years of experience in key finance competencies and qualifications in relevant experience with financial planning and reporting within ISC/P&L structure.

  • Experienced user of PowerPoint, Excel, JD Edwards (JDE), Hyperion Planning, Essbase and Cognos BI systems (or similar solutions) with an eagerness to learn and a continuous improvement mindset.

  • Person with strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with global business partners.

  • Self-starter with strong analytical skills and decision-making capabilities familiar with accounting processes and strong business acumen.

  • Individual with time management and influencing skills to drive initiatives and the ability to work cross-functionally managing multiple priorities.

  • Fluent English speaker and graduate with Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field is required.

What we offer:

  • Probation period of 3 months and then for an indefinite period.

  • Competitive salary, annual bonuses, recognition award program.

  • Corporate culture based on our values: collaboration, speed, courage and simplicity.

  • Possibilities for development on a personal and professional level in one of the leading global MedTech companies.

  • Package of benefits including Private medical care (Lux Med), Life Insurance, and Multisport card.

  • Bax4U - cafeteria/lunch cards (300 PLN monthly).

  • PPE program with very attractive conditions available for each employee after 3 months.

  • Fully covered language courses (English or other languages according to business needs).

  • Co-financing of holidays and an additional 2 days off from work annually.

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

  • Great Warsaw office location - Powiśle!

Reasonable Accommodations

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