GFR Team Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: GFR Team Manager

Description

As a GFR Team Manager, you will lead a team responsible for delivering high-quality finance and accounting services across GFR processes. You will ensure accounting documents and transactions are processed accurately and on time while maintaining strong operational performance, controls, and service standards. You will combine day-to-day people leadership with process ownership, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize day-to-day team work, ensuring workload allocation, operational efficiency, and high-quality service delivery

• Oversee processing of accounting documents, including domestic and import invoices, rebate-related documentation, and other GFR transactions

• Handle supplier and internal stakeholder queries and communications effectively

• Monitor team performance against KPIs and SLAs and take action to improve

• Support periodic financial close activities and other key finance operations

• Ensure accurate, on-time completion in line with company policies, internal procedures, and regulatory requirements

• Build relationships with local finance teams, stakeholders, business partners, and auditors

• Analyze processes for efficiency, risk, and quality; identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation

• Initiate and implement process improvements, including automation, RPA, and AI solutions

• Prepare reports and analyses for management, audit, and other stakeholders

• Represent the team in internal and Group-wide projects and finance initiatives

• Lead, motivate, and develop team members via feedback, coaching, performance discussions, and identifying development needs

• Support recruitment and onboarding (role profiles, interviewing, skills and team-fit assessment)

• Create a positive team environment and support effective change within the team

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in accounting or finance (ideally international organization or GBS/SSC)

• Minimum 2 years of experience in people management or team leadership

• Good understanding of accounting and finance processes

• English B2 or above

• Experience with SAP SE or a comparable ERP system

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, especially Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, common formulas)

• Strong leadership skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to prioritize, delegate, and manage workloads in a changing, demanding environment

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Proactive continuous improvement and process optimization

Benefits

• Private medical healthcare (LUXMED, incl. dentalcare) for you and your family

• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)

• Life insurance financed by the employer

• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day

• Training & Buddy programme

• Wellbeing programme

• Co-financing of monthly public transport tickets in Kraków

• Comfortable office environment with possibility of home office

• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning, and co-financing of studies and certifications

• Employee referral programme