About the role

At HEINEKEN Kraków (HEINEKEN Global Shared Services) our success comes directly from our great people. We are a growing team of business experts in finance, accounting, data and technology ready to „WOW” the world with our expertise, passion and pride to be GREEN. We act on our values of Passion for consumers & customers, Courage to dream & pioneer, Care for people & planet, Enjoyment of Life, always focused on being ourselves: inclusive, diverse, and open for new challenges.

In this role you will operationally and strategically manage the team and community of Accounting & Reporting Managers (A&RMs). Responsible for implementation of HEINEKEN’s Global and Local Finance Policies and Guidelines ensuring full compliance to these standards. Responsible for shaping and leading A&RM community, in particular for establishing best-practices for accounting standards and ensuring full compliance with policies and legislation. Ensure accurate and timely completion of group financial and local statutory financial statements. Ensures and sets standards for business partnership with Finance Directors and with Finance Leadership Team of Operating Companies.

HEINEKEN Kraków

We could go to work but we went to HEINEKEN.HEINEKEN Kraków is a shared service center supporting the processes of the iconic beer brewer across Europe. We specialize in areas such as Digital & Technology, Transport Management, Transformation, Finance & Operational Excellence, also supporting HEINEKEN Global Functions. We prioritize customer satisfaction, ensuring timely deliveries to production sites, prompt customer orders, and the delivery of our flagship golden brew.

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What you'll own

Implements the functional strategy by setting operational plan and team’s objectives in line with HGSS strategy and OpCo strategy.
Design and lead A&RM community by establishing best-practices for accounting standards, ensure full compliance with policies and legislation through knowledge-sharing, standardization, innovation and benchmarking with market trends
Main contact point and relationship owner of the Local/Regional Accounting firm contract (LAF).
Ensures business partnering with stakeholders in a collaborative way and within agreed governance model to improve stakeholders experience
Assesses and mitigate operational risk and act as escalation point to drive issue resolution
Drive E2E CPI improvements agenda including reducing E2E cycle time and reduction of cost of finance
Responsible for supporting/ taking part in Local and Global business and finance projects as required
Builds internal control mind-set and embed internal controls into processes so controls are designed and executed effectively, and any deficiency is mitigated
Responsible for financial reporting to be done in line with HEINEKEN’s Global Finance Policies & Procedures and external local legislation. Decision maker for final accounting treatments, in line with company policy, IFRS and Local accounting standards.
Presents to company directors, auditors and other stakeholders the regular financial results, internal and external, and organizes required signatures
Ensures HEINEKEN’s Balance Sheet data are fully in line with IFRS for all OpCos in scope. Proactively managing Balance Sheet risk and ops overview, drive improvements in the BSAR process and inform Finance Director periodically through a summary of the balance sheet review and related actions.
Work with the Group Reporting team to implement standardization and best practice policies, approaches, and training across all
Financial Reporting activities in scope. Responsible for the OpCos final OTIF reporting of financials each period end close.
Coordinate external audit for Group and local purposes for the OpCo
Main HEIENEKEN contact point and relationship owner with Local external financial auditors. (OpCo Tax Manager/Specialist main contact point and relationship local with local tax authorities)
Builds End to End CPI mind-set by challenging the status quo to look for most efficient ways of working
Recruit talents and secures their effective onboarding defines key roles and responsibilities within the team, develops and monitors performance recognizes talents and addresses underperformers drives people processes across employee lifecycle, plans and drives succession. Involved with OpCo…
Drive own personal development in leadership, finance specific skills and business knowledge by implementing his / her personal development plan (PDP).
Build and maintain HEINEKEN and external networks to stimulate collaboration and gain external insights to shape the future of the function
Facilitate and drive end-to-end process management & improvement