Finance Professional

Job Description

Finance Professional

Reports To: Financial Control Team Lead

Function: Global Business Services (GBS) – Finance
Location: Poland

The right time to join Rolls-Royce in Krakow.

Our Global Capability Centre is growing rapidly, creating opportunities to join a high-performing environment supporting some of our most important global markets.

Offered on a three-year fixed-term contract, these roles provide the opportunity to make a lasting impact, and to develop the skills, connections and knowledge that will shape the rest of your career – wherever that may take you

Role Purpose

The Financial Professional roles ensure accurate and timely accounting, reporting, and reconciliations while adhering to corporate policies and statutory requirements, supporting period close activities and maintaining financial record accuracy.

Role Description

This position manages the day-to-day general ledger transactions, assists in reconciliations, and supports month-end closing processes.

The role ensures accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of financial data in accordance with internal policies, accounting standards (IFRS/local GAAP), statutory and tax requirements.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Finance Master Data Maintenance

• Maintain and update financial master data (chart of accounts, cost/profit centres, internal orders) in line with corporate standards and governance policies.
• Validate and process master data requests, ensuring proper authorization and documentation.
• Prepare periodic master data reports and perform regular data cleansing to maintain accuracy.
• Support design and improvement of master data structures to enable standardized reporting and controls.

General Accounting & Intercompany Management

• Prepare and post of manual journal entries in compliance with accounting principles and internal controls.
• Perform account reconciliations, analyse variances, and escalate discrepancies.
• Report intercompany reconciliations and escalate any differences.

Period Close & Consolidation

• Assist and execute period-end closing activities according to the global close calendar.
• Prepare and post accruals, deferrals, and other closing journal entries with adequate documentation.
• Prepare and perform first level of review over trial balance and investigate anomalies.
• Support consolidation activities, ensuring correct mapping and reporting in group systems.
• Maintain and update closing documentation, ensuring full audit trail.

Finance Reporting (Internal & External)

• Support the report preparation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with business finance, tax advisors, and auditors providing necessary support to comply with reporting needs.

Controls, Compliance & Risk Management

• Adhere to tax and statutory regulations during accounting and reporting processes.
• Identify and escalate control or compliance risks promptly.

Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving

• Participate in any ad-hoc projects to improve and streamline processes.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing for new functionality or system changes.

Qualifications & Experience

We are seeking candidates with 2–7 years of relevant experience, with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field. Opportunities available across multiple levels, from Junior Associate through to Specialist. The level of appointment will be determined by the successful candidate’s skills, experience and demonstrated capabilities

Experience:

• Qualified or Part Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, CPA, ACCA) or equivalent
• SAP FI/CO, Blackline, understanding of intercompany and close processes.
• Advanced Excel skills, including familiarity with macros.
• Understanding of financial accounting standards (IFRS, UK GAAP), statutory disclosures, and foreign currency translations.
• Process improvement mindset and adaptability to changing systems.
• SAP S/4HANA
• Ideally English and German speaking

Skills & Competencies

• Technical / Functional Knowledge: Understands the key step and core systems in the Record To Report process and applies standard procedures accurately. Seeks support for unfamiliar scenarios.
• Problem solving: Ability to identify and resolve the routine and ad-hoc issues using the established guidelines. Recognises when problems are outside their scope and escalates appropriately with relevant details.
• Organisation expertise: Understands the Record To Report’s cross-functional integration within Finance and other departments.
• Accountability: Take ownership for assigned tasks and meets deadlines with accuracy, especially during the month-end closing process. Support the maintenance of a high standard of accuracy and escalates risks or errors in a timely and professional manner
• Interpersonal skills: Communicates clearly and professionally with internal stakeholders and external vendors, and represent the Record To Report function effectively in cross-functional conversations

Benefits

• Private healthcare and group life insurance
• Annual bonus
• myBenefit platform/subsidy for Multisport cards
• Internet and electricity allowance for remote work
• Increased funding for the Employee Capital Plans (PPK) program; Rolls Royce
• Sp. z o.o. contributes 3% to this program
• Additional vacation days based on length of service with the employer
• Hybrid work model (2 days in the office / 3 days from home)
• Work in a modern office located in the Krakow centre – the Unity Tower (ul. Lubomirskiego 20)

The Kraków Rolls Royce Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. It delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please note that all applicants will be subject to Poland right-to- work check as part of the recruitment process. 

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