At GBS Europe, we believe that a company's success starts with its people. That's why we focus on creating a work environment where you can develop your skills, learn from others, and have a real impact on what you do – no matter what stage of your career you're at.
We operate in over 100 countries and collaborate with SGS branches around the world. At the same time, in Katowice, we create a friendly and supportive work environment where everyone knows and helps each other. We maintain a global reach while acting with local empathy and understanding.
We offer clearly defined career paths and plenty of opportunities for development – both through everyday work and special local or international projects. We support internal promotions, skills development, and career transitions within the organization.
We constantly learn from one another – organizing both internal and external workshops and training sessions. You’ll have access to learning programs, onboarding initiatives, and opportunities to develop new tools, skills, or languages.
We value openness, a feedback culture, and ongoing communication – we meet regularly as teams, share information, and appreciate ideas and engagement. We know that good relationships lead to great collaboration.
We work in a hybrid model – you can combine working from our Katowice office with remote work. We respect work-life balance and believe that flexibility and trust build engagement.
Making sure we build trust
Making sure we establish safe and healthy workplaces and protect the environment
Making sure we act and communicate responsibly
Making sure we treat all people fairly
Making sure we add long-term value to society
Making sure we work together and think ahead
The record to report department is responsible for a wide range of accounting functions, including fixed assets, intercompany, cash management and reconciliation.
On a daily basis, employees analyze accounts, calculate reserves, post documents and analyze balance sheets and income statements. During month-end closing, they focus on the General Ledger. They must ensure that all entries are correct and properly reflect our company’s financial situation.
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P2P involves all the processes that occur from the issue of an order to a supplier to the payment of the received invoice.
The duties of P2P accountants mainly concern accounts payable (AP):
P2P employees work with the master data management (MDM) and payment teams.
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The B2C accounting team handles the process from placement of a customer order to payment for a product or service.
Employees in this team make sure that payments from our customers reach SGS and link these payments to invoices issued by SGS. They analyze bank statements on a daily basis.
Accounts receivable (AR) specialists are responsible for contacting business customers by email and telephone to ask them for details of payments received and get in touch with them about unpaid invoices.
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The purchasing department supports the organization's purchasing processes, ensures efficient order processing, and manages supplier and material data. It consists of two teams:
Together, the two teams ensure the efficiency and transparency of the company's purchasing processes.
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The transfer pricing team prepares and monitors transfer pricing documentation within SGS Group. It is part of SGS's global tax function.
In addition to performing their day-to-day duties, which focus on a wide range of transfer pricing activity, team members are constantly growing their knowledge of international taxation.
Our Business Assurance department provides back office functions for other SGS divisions, mainly in Western Europe, but also in the US and Canada, and more broadly within specialized teams.
Employees contact our foreign sites, verify the accuracy of post-audit documentation, issue certificates and invoices, and work with databases, both SGS-owned and external. They play important roles in many stages of the certification process.
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Our Natural Resources department is the back office for our global Oil, Gas & Chemical Commodities business line.
The contracts team manages the administration of global, regional and local contracts. It also handles inquiries from internal customers and prepares contracts and reports.
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) team monitors LNG shipping inspections for the timeliness of documents sent to customers as well as compliance with procedures. It also compiles statistics and analyses for the global LNG team.
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In this department, employees deal with such services as:
In addition, the On Track project is being implemented within this department. A special SGS OnTrack platform has been set up for our clients, where clients can register their applications, based on which they can claim reimbursement for the amounts invested in tobacco tracking equipment. The team is engaged in carrying out a multi-stage verification of requests for reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with the implementation of the provisions of the latest European Union directive on tobacco products. The purpose of this directive is to combat the illegal trade in tobacco products.
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