21/07/2026

Group CFO

POL-Kraków

Financial Controller 

We are a food company owned by Danish farmers supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we’re more than 23,000 colleagues.

Danish Crown Global Business Services (GBS) in Krakow is a key part of Danish Crown’s transformation journey. We strive to be a trusted partner to the business by providing scale and standardized, efficient and effective services, thereby achieving the strategic goals of the business.

GBS and its three Centers of Excellence act as the Group Digital Transformation engine for Finance, Procurement, and Master data. Our Operational teams provide global services for Finance, Procurement, Master data, HR, and IT with the ambition to further move up the value chain and expand its service portfolio.

Passion is our protein, and by supporting each other every step of the way - from high potential programs and sustainability certifications to embracing diversity - we’re moving towards the same goal.

Better food. Brighter future

Financial Controller 

The Financial Controller is responsible for safeguarding the integrity, accuracy, and transparency of the company's financial statements and control environment. The role ensures that financial results are complete, compliant, and supported by sound accounting judgement and effective financial controls.

Beyond overseeing the financial close, the Controller acts as the guardian of financial integrity—challenging assumptions, investigating unusual movements, identifying financial risks, and ensuring that balances are economically and operationally explainable, not just reconciled.

The Financial Controller serves as the key link between Finance Operations, Business Finance, auditors, and senior leadership, providing governance and insight while driving consistency in accounting policies and financial reporting across the organization.

• Own the integrity and quality of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Review and challenge accounting outcomes to ensure transactions are recorded in accordance with IFRS, local GAAP, and company accounting policies.
• Investigate significant balance sheet and P&L movements, identify root causes, and ensure they are fully understood and supported.
• Apply accounting judgement to complex or unusual transactions and ensure consistent accounting treatment across entities.
• Ensure financial results are complete, accurate, and economically explainable—not only technically reconciled.

Financial Close Governance

• Coordinate and govern month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities across Finance Operations.
• Review critical journal entries, estimates, accruals, provisions, and adjustments for completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure close activities are executed in line with governance timelines, quality standards, and control requirements.
• Identify close risks and drive timely resolution of accounting issues.

Balance Sheet Governance & Risk Management

• Own the health of the balance sheet through proactive monitoring of key accounts.
• Challenge unusual balances, aged items, reconciling items, and unexplained variances.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are reviewed, understood, and appropriately resolved by Finance Operations.
• Identify financial risks and recommend corrective actions before they impact financial reporting.

Financial Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Maintain and strengthen the financial control framework across accounting processes.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead finance activities related to internal and external audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings.
• Participate in risk assessments, control reviews, and continuous improvement of the control environment.

Business Partnership & Financial Insight

• Partner with FP&A and business stakeholders to explain accounting-driven variances and ensure alignment between statutory and management reporting.
• Provide insight into financial impacts of business decisions, restructurings, investments, and other significant transactions.
• Challenge financial assumptions where accounting implications or financial risks have not been fully considered.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive standardization and simplification of controllership processes across entities.
• Improve the quality, transparency, and automation of financial reporting and balance sheet governance.
• Support the implementation of S/4HANA and other finance transformation initiatives from a controllership perspective.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Financial Controllership, Financial Reporting, External Audit, or Accounting Governance.
• Strong experience overseeing financial close and balance sheet governance in a complex organization.
• Experience applying IFRS and/or local GAAP to complex accounting scenarios.
• Experience supporting statutory reporting, audit, and internal control environments.
• Experience working with multinational organizations or Shared Services / GBS environments is preferred.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or other ERP platforms is an advantage.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CMA, State Authorized Public Accountant, or equivalent) is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and/or local GAAP.
• SAP S/4HANA experience preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Confidence to ask challenging questions and constructively challenge accounting outcomes and business assumptions.
• Strong stakeholder management across Finance Operations, FP&A, business units, auditors, and leadership.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex accounting matters in a business-oriented way.
• Collaborative approach while maintaining independence and professional scepticism.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.

We offer:

• Private medical care with dental care
• Edenred lunch card
• Flexible working hours (50% home, 50% office)
• Hybrid working model
• Life insurance
• MyBenefit and multisport program
• 2 additional holiday days benefits
• Events, integrations for employees