Job Description

About Umicore

Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Umicore Battery Materials

We are all on the move. Umicore’s rechargeable battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

The department manager finance and controlling holds the full controlling responsibility of both our production & service legal entities in Poland. The role of this position is to monitor, follow up and steer the financial performance of the entities. He/she acts as business partner for both plant & BU management in all financial aspects of the running business and ad hoc projects. He/she demonstrates strong cost consciousness and actively drives performance dialogues. Beyond finance, this position plays a key role in implementing strategic initiatives together with the plant management team.

Key responsibilities:

• Local SPOC on all controlling topics for both entities (1 production entity & 1 service entity)
• Responsible for delivering timely & accurate financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, providing insights to support decision-making and performance management planning,
• In charge of the reporting & analysis of the monthly results, explain variances actual vs budget/forecast/previous years.
• Partners with business leaders, acting as a trusted advisor to influence decisions
• Partners with and provides recommendations to plant and BU management on overall site efficiency improvements
• Organize the product costing in line with standardized BU guidelines, understand and analyze cost drivers. Enhance product costing accuracy.
• Follow up and explain metal balances and yield losses
• Understand, follow up and explain site CAPEX at highest forecasting accuracy
• Follow up, analyze and challenge site net working capital
• Support plant & BU management in all financial aspects of ad hoc projects
• Act as local business owner of the current finance tools (SAP/Anaplan/power BI) and safeguard the principles in line with BU requirements and template.

Who we are looking for

• Master degree in finance
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in a finance function, of which at least part in a production environment with focus on cost accounting and controlling
• Solid Knowledge of IFRS and primary financial statements and controlling modelling
• Expertise skills in Microsoft tools (mainly excel & power BI)
• Fluent in English
• SAP knowledge is a plus

Personal skills:

• Analytical mind
• Self-driven, proactive mindset
• Accurate, structured, stress resistant, flexible, able to prioritize among multiple tasks while still respecting due dates
• improvement initiator
• Hands-on
• Good communication, at any level of organization
• Solid Interpersonal skills
• Fast learner
• Leadership skills
• Proven people management skills

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

If our battery materials can power electric vehicles, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?