Anna Musial
Copenhagen
Summary
Dynamic finance leader with extensive experience at Danone, excelling in financial analysis and business process improvement. Proven track record in driving strategic financial planning and enhancing forecast accuracy. Adept at leveraging analytical skills and SAP knowledge to deliver impactful insights and foster collaboration across teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Danone
Copenhagen
07.2024 - Current
- Led the end-to-end financial planning and budgeting process, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts and strategic plans.
- Prepared and delivered monthly, quarterly and annual management reports, including variance analysis, and executive summaries for senior leadership.
- Provided financial insights and scenario modeling to support strategic decisions and long-term business planning.
- Managed and developed a high-performing FP&A and reporting team, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and consistency in financial outputs.
- Oversaw the preparation and submission of group financial reports, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Partnered with business units and operational leaders to ensure alignment between financial goals and business performance.
- Drove continuous improvement in planning and reporting processes, reducing timelines and increasing forecast accuracy.
- Collaborated closely with Controlling, Treasury and Accounting to ensure financial data integrity across the organization.
- Presented financial results and key insights to the main stakeholders.
Head of Finance Operations
Danone
Copenhagen
10.2021 - 06.2024
- Led of Finance Operations team Nordics and Baltics for Danone Categories (Dairy/ Plane Based/ SN/ Juices).
- Created and maintained monthly/yearly budgets & forecasts.
- Analyzed actual financial results against the budget, preparing variance reporting for functional groups.
- Identified potential areas for cost savings through process improvement initiatives.
- Collaborated closely with other departments such as Operations (Materials, Manufacturing, Supply Chain functions) to ensure alignment between business objectives and financial plans.
Head of Market Controlling
Danone
Vienna
02.2019 - 10.2021
- Led and mentored the finance team for Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia for Danone Dairy.
- I drove the P&L of CHAT countries with the management team.
- Provided weekly, monthly, and annual financial planning, reporting and performance reviews.
- Business partner for management, sales, marketing and operational functions.
- Close collaboration with group finance and FP&A to ensure holistic view of business performance within DACH region.
- Development and optimization of finance processes and reporting.
Senior Controller
AirHelp
Gdansk
04.2016 - 01.2019
- Preparation of monthly management and financial reports (P&L, Financial Statement, Cash flow and Consolidation)
- Analysis and controls of financial data (regular and ad-hoc reports including cost structure analysis)
- Support management on decisions making through analysis and effective presentations of financial information based on understanding of business context
- Responsible for planning and forecasting processes
- Developing new processes and tools to keep up in changes in business environment.
Financial Analyst
VTS Sp. Z o.o.
Gdansk
08.2014 - 05.2016
- Participation in sales budget creation for particular companies, margin deviations analysis for particular chains of sales (external, intercompany)
- Preparation and detailed analysis of financial results, volume, margin, sales structure in companies and within group
- Prices policy monitoring for particular markets (sales price and intercompany prices creation according to company rules).
Specialist
Grupa Lotos S.A.
Gdansk
01.2014 - 08.2014
Controlling Specialist
Energa Informatyka i Technologie
Gdansk
05.2013 - 12.2013
Financial Analyst
Żywiec Zdrój
Warsaw
08.2011 - 04.2013
Specialist of Controlling and Business Analysis
Wilbo SA
Gdynia
05.2010 - 07.2011
Insurance adjuster
Ergo Hestia
Education
Postgraduate studies - Financial Controller
Koźminski University
02.2014
Master's degree - Statistics and Econometrics
University of Gdansk
04.2008
Skills
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Financial Analysis Expertise
- Business Process Improvement
- Very good knowledge of MS Office: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point
- Knowledge of SAP and TTM
- Basic knowledge of SQL
Languages
Polish - native
English – fluent
Spanish - basic
Timeline
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Danone
07.2024 - Current
Head of Finance Operations
Danone
10.2021 - 06.2024
Head of Market Controlling
Danone
02.2019 - 10.2021
Senior Controller
AirHelp
04.2016 - 01.2019
Financial Analyst
VTS Sp. Z o.o.
08.2014 - 05.2016
Specialist
Grupa Lotos S.A.
01.2014 - 08.2014
Controlling Specialist
Energa Informatyka i Technologie
05.2013 - 12.2013
Financial Analyst
Żywiec Zdrój
08.2011 - 04.2013
Specialist of Controlling and Business Analysis
Wilbo SA
05.2010 - 07.2011
Insurance adjuster
Ergo Hestia
Postgraduate studies - Financial Controller
Koźminski University
Master's degree - Statistics and Econometrics
University of Gdansk
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