Manager Financial Planning&Analysis Global

Manager Financial Planning & Analysis Global

Lead and develop the Global FP&A team based in Cluj to deliver world‑class financial planning and analysis, driving performance insights through evaluation against Forecast, Prior Year, and Budget, while ensuring strong alignment across Global and Regional stakeholders; enhance organizational visibility by identifying key business drivers, performance trends, and variances that empower data‑driven strategic decision‑making.

FP&A Team Capability Building

• Lead the training and upskilling of the FP&A team, with a focus on strengthening analytical capabilities, financial modeling, and business partnering skills.
• Develop standardized tools, methodologies, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality across regions and entities.

• Design and implement a robust process for performance analysis versus Forecast, Prior Year, and Budget, ensuring alignment at both Global and Regional levels.
• Enhance visibility on business drivers, performance trends, and variances to support strategic decision‑making.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of FP&A processes and reporting automation.

• Contribute to key FP&A activities, including executive reporting, board presentations, and other initiatives supporting financial planning and performance management.
• Motivates and inspires team members.
• Leads by setting a good example (role model) – behavior consistent with words.
• Facilitates problem solving and collaboration within the team.
• Gets involved in the set‑up and monitoring team performance and reports on metrics; follows‑up results and implements improvement measures in order to maintain consistent service quality in the team.
• Answers team member questions, helps with team member problems, and oversees team member work for quality and guideline compliance.
• Work as the mediator between management and team members to facilitate good communication and transparency of complaints from both parties, and see to it that all issues are sorted out.

• 6+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Planning, or Corporate Finance, preferably in a multinational environment. Experience in a business strategy consultancy firm will be a plus.
• Graduate degree in business administration preferably with Controlling or Finance focus.
• General knowledge of Excel modelling, financial management system knowledge (HFM, Cognos, TM1, SAP).
• Financial modelling skills, Strategic mindset, Financial Performance analysis knowledge in manufacturing environment, IFRS Principle knowledge.
• English (fluent) and German appreciated (basic knowledge).
• Advanced skills working with MS Office modules (especially Excel and PowerPoint).

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you.

To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer‑centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful?

If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills.

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