Senior Specialist, Financial Planning

Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Specialist, Financial Planning Analysis for our SSC office in Budapest.

This position is for YOU, if you

• have a dynamic attitude and excellent communication skills
• like to use your English skills daily
• are passionate about Finance
• enjoy hybrid working setup
• like being part of a community

Position Summary:

A Senior Specialist, Financial Planning Analysis  is responsible for:

• Leading interactions with Engineered Materials (EM) business on forecasting and actual result issues and processes primarily focusing on EMEA.
• Financial modeling – supports short term and long term financial forecasting and various ad hoc requests.
• Providing input for the analysis of the product lines' financial position by maintaining and enhancing current forecasting models in EMEA.
• Exposure to upper management through projects and presentations.
• Exposure to business operations (Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement and head quarter personnel).

YOU will be involved in the following tasks:

• Monitors financial metrics versus forecast and budget and highlights potential key business issues for EMEA.
• Reviews month-end results by monitoring revenue for EMEA.
• Supports the preparation and review of earnings flashes, forecasts and budgets for EMEA.
• Provides analysis on current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue and presents these to the VP Commercial, Business directors and regional commercial leaders.
• Assists in quarterly, monthly, and ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis, including those required for auditors for the European region.
• Supports in the analysis of financial information and reports for EMEA to provide financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes.
• Reviews and approves sales contracts for the EMEA region.
• Provides a quarterly forecast of POC net earnings along with corresponding analysis and deviations.
• Calculates and makes the necessary transfer price adjustments for the EM legacy POC structure in EMEA.
• Develops a good understanding of market dynamics within the business line to identify and support business opportunities.
• Communicates financial results and makes recommendations on actions needed to meet targets.
• Financial modeling – short term and long-term financial forecasts and various ad hoc requests.
• Analyzes the business lines' financial position by maintaining and enhancing current forecasting models.
• Gatekeeper for EM and EMEA related Finance roles in SAP. Approves/Rejects tickets applying pre-determined business rules.

What YOU will bring to the team:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related International Business field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Accounting/ Finance/ FP&A.
• Strong problem-solving skills and results orientation.
• Strong customer focus.
• Business acumen.
• Fluent in English, German is a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• SAP/BI; Power BI knowledge.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

In exchange we offer YOU the following benefits

• Cafeteria and Private Health Care Insurance
• Flexible working arrangements and home office possibilities
• Structured onboarding support
• Diverse career paths (people management, subject matter expert)
• Development opportunities (free language courses, online learning courses)
• Company events, CSR activities and possibility to join social groups 

About Celanese

Celanese Corporation is a global chemical leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use the full breadth of Celanese's global chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the corporation. As we partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs, we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 13,300 employees worldwide and had 2022 net sales of $9.7 billion.

About CBS

CBS (Celanese Business Solutions) Budapest is more than a shared service center. In our team, you'll be a true partner to Celanese, a leading chemistry company, and join us in improving the world through innovation. You'll bring world-class solutions to our customers by our end to end processes, and your great ideas will be welcome. You'll have career defining moments helped by our culture of continuous improvement, and as one of our best talents, you'll grow through cross-functional and international opportunities. You'll feel like you belong in our diverse community. You'll enjoy our commitment to wellbeing, flexible working conditions and our exceptional green office that guarantee a great work experience every day. You'll be able to balance your priorities and focus on what matters to you the most. Wherever you may be in your personal and professional journey – you'll always find your place at Celanese

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