About this role
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Your Responsibilities
Financial Management & Reporting
- Coordinate and support the monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing process together with the Shared Service Center.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Working Capital reporting.
- Support the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-term planning activities.
- Monitor financial performance and analyse variances against budget, forecast and prior year.
- Support cost control initiatives and provide visibility into operational performance.
- Ensure compliance with Belgian accounting regulations, internal controls and corporate policies.
- Coordinate statutory reporting requirements, VAT declarations and other regulatory filings.
- Support annual audits and serve as a key contact for auditors and external advisors.
Business Partnering
- Act as a trusted business partner to the Site General Manager and local leadership team.
- Translate financial information into meaningful business insights that support decision-making.
- Support operational teams in understanding profitability, productivity, inventory and working capital drivers.
- Participate in operational reviews and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and performance.
- Help strengthen financial awareness throughout the organization.
Working Capital & Cash Flow
- Actively monitor inventory, receivables and payables to support strong working capital management.
- Support initiatives aimed at improving inventory turns, cash generation and free cash flow.
- Provide visibility and analysis around inventory movements, production performance and operational drivers impacting cash flow.
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Operations and Purchasing teams to improve financial performance.
Collaboration with the Shared Service Center
- Work closely with the Shared Service Center team in Romania responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger activities.
- Ensure smooth cooperation and alignment between local operations and shared service activities.
- Support process improvements, standardization and automation initiatives.
- Act as the local finance representative while leveraging the expertise and support available within the wider finance organization.
Continuous Improvement & Projects
- Participate in finance transformation initiatives and process improvement projects.
- Support the continued optimization of SAP and related reporting tools.
- Contribute to the development of best practices across the international finance organization.
- Collaborate with finance colleagues across Belgium, Romania and the United States.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
- Several years of experience in finance management, controlling, accounting or a related financial leadership role.
- Good understanding of financial reporting, cost accounting and business analysis.
- Strong analytical skills combined with a pragmatic and hands-on mindset.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic international environment.
- Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience is an advantage but not a requirement.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Fluent in Dutch and English.