Financial Controller with French

The mission of the Report to Value Creation (R2VC) Department within Orange is to fulfill the analytical and reporting requirements of our Finance and Performance partners across France and Europe. We are dedicated to providing accessible data, generating standardized financial statements and reports, delivering preliminary analyses, and upholding the highest standards of data integrity.

Mission and Key Activities

The Report to Value Creation (R2VC) department within Orange is responsible for meeting the analysis and reporting needs of Finance and Performance partners in France and Europe by providing them with data, producing standardized reports and statements, offering first-level analysis, and ensuring data quality.

We are recruiting a Finance Analyst Partner to join the Group Reporting and Management Cycle team, mainly responsible for controlling support activities on proforma and comparable basis reporting, in coordination with the Controlling teams, other Finance & Performance partners (Central Group Controlling, operational divisions, other Group departments) and Global Support for Performance teams.

As we are a dynamic and service-oriented team, based on candidate’s skills, missions can evolve supporting learning and development.

 Financial Controller with French

Position description:

• Group Proforma and Comparable Basis reporting.

• Acting as a finance partner to the divisions, providing support in understanding and preparing their scope-related topics and the perimeter impacts to be integrated.

• Processing scope and exchange rate effects.

• Defining the consolidation environment (Magnitude).

• Collecting proforma data from divisions, preparing and checking Magnitude central bookings.

• Providing comparable consolidations for Actuals, Budget, and Forecast.

• Analyzing discrepancies and solving gaps in collaboration with the divisions and Group experts.

• Preparing and producing monthly restitution files (proforma, comparable basis, etc.).

• Preparing and producing reports (reporting impacts to divisions, Preview for Investor Relations, introductory slide for the audit committee).

• Guaranteeing the quality of the data delivered and ensuring deadlines are met.

• Checking the consistency of source data, raising alerts, and following up on corrections needed.

• Checking the consistency of produced reports and analyses, raising alerts, and following corrections if needed.

• Adhering to the overall schedule and process for report delivery.

• Supporting the transformation of the finance function.

• Identifying topics for proforma integration, organizing meetings to gather information, validating data with stakeholders, preparing summary sheets (IBM Planning Analytics and SAP Magnitude), checking impacts across tools, and performing monthly reconciliations.

• Supporting divisions to prepare proforma bookings needed to be done in SAP Magnitude.

• Conducting consistency checks across tools, coordinating with operational controllers to correct discrepancies, ensuring alignment between IBM Planning Analytics and SAP Magnitude for actuals, proforma, and budget, and managing adjustments between tools.

Requirements:

• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people (finance managers, other finance departments, cross-functional departments) in an international environment.

• Customer and service oriented

• Readiness to work from Poland in a hybrid model, and to cooperate daily with operational teams.

• Organizational skills - ability to work as part of a team and in a project mode.

• Target oriented and autonomous

• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

• Quick learning and curious

• Solid knowledge of accounting and financial principles

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, VBA.

• Experience with Power Query or Power BI can be a plus.

• Professional English and French

• A plus: Familiarity with SAP Magnitude and IBM Planning Analytics

• Interest in automation (RPA)

We offer:

• Stable employment based on an employment contract

• Hybrid work model (2 days from the office / 3 days from home)

• Pension program – after 6 months of employment, Orange will contribute 7% of your gross salary each month to your retirement account

• Private medical care with PZU Zdrowie

• Interest-free loans for housing, health, and other purposes

• Subsidy for vacation

• FitProfit sports card

• Integration events and trips co-financed from the social fund

• Option to join group insurance on preferential terms

• Smartphone with unlimited Internet – also for private use

• Preferential offer for Orange services

• Diverse and tailored development opportunities – training, access to educational platforms (including language learning platforms), internal internship programs, and inspiring educational events

• “Health YES” – a program for people with disabilities

• “I’m in the game” – support for parents returning to work after parental leave

• Wellbeing programs

• Volunteering in cooperation with the Orange Foundation