Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Specialist with European languages

Fresenius Medical Care core values:

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees, and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on six core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: Patients and Partners First, Honesty and Integrity, Quality and Compliance, Collaboration, No-Limits Mindset and Results Oriented.

The FP&A Senior Specialist is responsible for performing the day-to-day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance. This position focuses on internal and external revenues, cost of revenues, business-related SG&A and on statistical KPIs. This role will work closely with the Finance Business Partner.

Your responsibilities:

• Prepare budgets and forecasts for the company’s organizational units and monitor their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives

• Support the Finance Business Partner and Commercial Team in analysing deviations from budget and forecast, providing clear insights into underlying drivers

• Develop financial models and business cases for investments, public tenders, and commercial opportunities to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning

• Support the Finance Business Partner in conducting in-depth profitability analyses across business units, products, and customer segments to identify improvement opportunities

• Support Commercial team and Finance Business Partner to conduct product margin analysis for price setting and tracking of price development

• Create and present management reports and presentations focused on commercial performance, key business KPIs, and strategic initiatives

• Monitor cost development, perform cost centre controlling, and support budget holders in managing their financial responsibilities

• Contribute to month-end and year-end closing processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and financial commentary

• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Accounting, Commercial Operations, and Medical Affairs

• Support/execute any other tasks as instructed by the direct FP&A supervisor or manager

• Participate in local and international projects aimed at improving financial processes, systems, and business insights

Our requirements:

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)

• CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA or equivalent accounting certification is a plus

• 6-10 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field

• Fluent in English &European language

• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding 

• Excellent social competence paired with persuasiveness and self-confidence, high level of energy and positivity based on a sincere personality 

• Team Player with a strong drive to create positive work environment

• Passion for continuous learning, ability to solid comprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks 

• Excellent skills to set priorities and self-manage high volume workload 

• Very structured way of working with strong focus on efficient and effective processes even under pressure  

• Highly professional attitude characterized by a result, quality, patient and customer oriented working style

• Solid experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, including cost center controlling and profitability analysis

• Strong commercial finance skills, including preparation of business cases for investments, tenders, and commercial deals, as well as performance analysis using business KPIs

• Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) and compliance requirements

• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments (e.g. Accounting, Operations, Medical, Commercial) and contribute to cross-functional and international projects