Senior Manager, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (m/f/d)

Overview

Bruker is enabling scientists and engineers to make breakthrough post-genomic discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker's high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in post-genomic life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and biopharma applications, in microscopy, as well as in industrial and cleantech research, and semiconductor metrology in support of AI. Bruker offers differentiated, high-value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, proteomics and multi-omics, spatial and single-cell biology, structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics.

Responsibilities

New opportunity for a Senior Manager of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis based in Warsaw, Poland to help build excellence in financial planning, budgeting and analytics in support of Bruker’s business units and executive leadership. Reporting directly to Head of Corporate FP&A, this global role serves as a key leader of the Corporate FP&A team with responsibility for enterprise financial planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis, as well as strategic finance support, working-capital analytics and continuous improvement of FP&A processes and tools.

• Partner with Head of Corporate FP&A to facilitate management reporting, budgeting, planning and forecasting processes.
• Coordinate quarterly division management reporting to enable Corporate Financial Reviews with Business Unit Finance.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leaders translating complex financial and operational information into clear business recommendations.
• Support the development of the annual business plan and strategic goal setting process including the creation of presentation templates, financial models, scenario analysis and senior management materials.
• Develop insights into key business drivers, operational performance and profitability trends to support senior management decisions.
• Inform capital allocation decisions through analysis of cash generation, working capital, capital expenditures, financing alternatives and investment returns.
• Lead enterprise working-capital and inventory performance analyses, including KPI development, governance frameworks and initiatives to improve cash generation.
• Expected to roll up sleeves and take an active role to ensure the quality, accuracy and reliability of planning, forecasting and management reporting outputs, including identifying issues, evaluating solutions and driving implementation of corrective actions.
• Partner with business and regional finance teams to conduct thorough analysis and support finance reporting execution, business finance reviews, consistent interpretation of corporate reporting requirements.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and sharing of best practices across the organization, including but not limited to BPC/SAC templates, forecast process efficiency, reporting automation and data-quality improvements.
• Leverage BI tool to further develop global reporting standards and improved visibility of business drivers.
• Provide ad hoc strategic and operational analysis on various business aspects as requested.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Finance or Accounting. Master Degree in Business or Finance a plus.
• Minimum 8-12 years recent, progressive financial reporting and control, financial planning and analysis work experience, including executive-level analysis, forecasting, business planning within a global, publicly held commercial business work environment. Earlier career Controls, Life Sciences or Biotech, or Business Consulting work experience preferred. 
• Active hands-on work experience with BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud and/or similar enterprise planning and reporting tools preferred.
• Advanced and expert proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required.
• Active and recent hands-on experience with dashboarding technologies such as SAP Analytics Cloud or Power BI.
• Commercial mindset with ability to connect financial results to operational and business drivers.
• Advanced understanding of systems, analytical tools, financial modelling, scenario analysis and data management.
• Strong financial modelling capability, including cash-flow, working-capital, leverage, scenario and investment-return analysis.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into concise executive-level messages for senio