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Marek Kołat

Senior FP&A Manager & Finance Business Partner

€400/day
Warsaw, PL
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Marek

CIMA-qualified Senior Finance Manager (ACMA, CGMA) with 13 years of experience delivering FP&A, Business Controlling and Finance Business Partnering for blue-chip companies across retail, logistics and energy.
I take on short-to-medium project assignments — typically 4 to 16 weeks — where a senior finance expert is needed to deliver a defined outcome quickly: building or fixing a reporting framework, covering a senior finance gap, supporting a budget cycle, or stabilising a finance function under pressure.
Recent project work includes Senior Group Controller for a €3.5B logistics operator (IT Finance) and Interim FP&A Manager CEE at GXO Logistics — stabilising a 15-person, 4-country controlling structure during organisational crisis.
What I deliver on projects: FP&A frameworks built from scratch or redesigned, management reporting and month-end processes, Finance Business Partnering at C-suite level, budget and forecast cycle ownership, multi-country controlling coordination.
Available remotely from Poland, full Western European business hours. Working via registered sole trader entity (VAT). Day rate €400/day.
  • Polish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • MKBA Blueprint Advisory
    Finance Business Partner / Senior Controller
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    February 2026 - Today (6 months)
    Poland
    Finance Business Partner for Group IT function Redesigning FP&A and reporting processes for IT cost base Redesigning budgeting framework across IT function Rolling out Group controlling model into newly acquired entities across Western Europe (UK, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal) Designing personnel cost allocation methodology to systems and applications — enabling Total Cost of Ownership analysis per system Overseeing intercompany cost reallocation processes across group entities
    Reporting Budgeting & Forecasting sap Anaplan Busines Partner
  • MKBA Blueprint Advisory
    Professional Development / Business Setup
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    April 2025 - January 2026 (9 months)
    Warsaw, Poland
    Established MKBA Blueprint Advisory (Jan 2026) Developed AI-augmented finance methodology ahead of MKBA advisory practice launch — covering FP&A automation, scenario modelling and management reporting
    Claude ChatGPT
  • GXO Logistics Poland,
    FP&A Manager Business Control Central-Eastern Europe
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    August 2024 - March 2025 (7 months)
    Warsaw, Poland
    Managed a team of 15 FTEs in 4 Countries (Poland, Germany, Czechia, Romania) Managed controlling processes, month-end closing, reporting. Ensured invoicing accuracy and compliance across 4-country operations. Implemented tools and initiatives to improve monitoring of the transportation cost.
    FP&A Budgeting & Forecasting Team management Process facilitation Month End Closing

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Education

  • Digital Strategies for Business
    Columbia Business School, Columbia University
    2023
    Digital Strategies for Business
  • CIMA, Associate Chartered Management Accountant
    Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
    2020
    CIMA, Associate Chartered Management Accountant

Certifications

  • Associate Chartered Management Accountant
    Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
    2020
    Management Control Business Partnering management accounting FP&A Organisational Management IFRS Budgeting & Forecasting

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