FA&R Team Leader with German

Job Description

Why join Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Role Purpose:

FA&R Team Leader is accountable for managing end-to-end period end operations, managing and developing the team.

They will drive a culture of growth, data driven performance management and improvement, with a relentless focus on service delivery.

Role Description:

FA&R Team Leader provides leadership to a team of FA&R and is accountable to deliver exceptional services.

They manage day-to-day operations, distribute workloads, and are accountable for meeting (and strive to exceed) the team SLAs and KPIs. They are responsible for ensuring that the FA&R team members are engaged, supported, and developed.

The FA&R Team Leader plays an active role in developing their teams’ skills, conducting performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for process improvements. They act as the key escalation point for operational issues and work closely with operations managers to ensure customer needs are identified and met.

Key responsibilities:

Scope FA&R activities managed by team:

• Financial Control (Journal Posting, Intercompany Reconciliation, Period End, Reporting)

1. Operational Delivery:

• Perform Daily tasks daily related to Fixed Assets/ Leases
• Coordinates and supervises day-to-day prioritizing of tasks, balancing workload across the team.
• Recognizes unusual transactions, trends, or variations and communicate findings and recommendations to management and stakeholders in a timely and effective fashion
• Proactively recognizes problems within scope of responsibilities, identifies options and implement solutions.
• Provides operational support to the team for any day-to-day task.
• Ensure timely and accurate period end closing and reporting.

2. Performance Management and CI

• Drives team and process performance through data driven insights
• Coordinates, develops and maintains documentation on projects and team assignments
• Support Projects including Process re-designing / Process Standardization / Process Optimization
• Ensures that process documentation, Process flow and updating on regular and Timely basis
• Drive automation and process optimization

3. Stakeholder Management

• Provide clear, concise, and regular updates to all identified stakeholders, both internal and external, and leadership. Drives operational governance.
• Coordinate efforts across different departments to address inter-departmental issues and collaborate to deliver the best service experience.

4. Escalation Management

• Monitor team performance in handling escalations and provide coaching to improve proficiency. 
• Take lead in resolving the issues and bring in controls to avoid the occurrence of the issue. Investigate the underlying causes of escalations to identify systemic issues and prevent their recurrence. 
• Timely reporting of issues to relevant stakeholders

5. Risk, Compliance & Controls

• Maintain bank account controls and procedures of Financial Control process. Ensures that controls are operated as design.
• Ensure prompt closure of audit findings and document them

6. Team Management:

• Mentor and provide Guidance to peers and other team members
• Provide timely and adequate feedback to team members about their performance
• Knowledge Sharing: Share learnings and insights across departments

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in finance & accounting
• 5+ years of experience in role of TL
• 10+ years’ experience in a GBS or BPO setting
• German language skills (at least B2 level) and English (C1 level)
• Partially /Qualified accountant (CA, CPA, ACCA) or equivalent
• Expert knowledge of end-to-end Financial Control processes and related accounting (IFRS, UK GAAP)

• Experience in resource planning, scheduling, and workflow management.
• Experience managing an FA&R team and driving performance against KPIs.
• Proven ability to coach, develop, and motivate people.
• Stakeholder management experience at operational level.
• Experience with ERP system: SAP is a must
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or any other equivalent training - desirable but not essential

Skills and Competencies: 

• Excellent communication and influencing skills across cultures
• Conflict Resolution / Change Management
• Strong analytical and Problem Solving
• Strong people management and development skillset
• Demonstrated ability to embed CI culture within a team.
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication and Interpersonal Skill
• Language: English fluent or bi-lingual

Measure of Performance for the role:

• Journal process correctness including comprehensive and accurate supporting documentation
• Clearly documented reconciliation including comprehensive and accurate supporting documentation
• Meet deadlines per agreed calendars
• Query resolution within SLA deadlines

What do we offer:
• 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.

Job Category

Finance

Posting Date

17 Apr 2026; 00:04