Join the Magic
Puratos is a growing, international, Belgian family business with a team of more than 11 000 employees worldwide. Since 1919, we have been developing, producing and distributing innovative ingredients for the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors and helping our customers to be successful. We are committed to the health and well-being of people and protecting the planet.
Are you looking for the right recipe for your career? Choose Puratos, a Top Employer in Belgium.
We at Puratos cultivate an inclusive global workplace, that fully embraces diversity and equal opportunities for all. We strive to reflect the richness of our customers, communities and society, accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver on our commitments.
To strengthen our Headquarters team in Groot Bijgaarden, we are looking for a:
Financial Controller
Your mission
Join our dynamic Finance team at HQ as a Financial Controller in our Belgian international company . In this global role, you are playing a key part in overseeing the Group’s financial performance and managing the various forecasting cycles. You will collaborate with senior management across the entire organisation to gather valuable insights and turn them into actionable plans.
Key Accountabilities
Reporting & Analysis
- You drive business decisions by analyzing monthly variances with actionable insights across markets and products.
- You effective communication to senior management of the global financial results (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and specific key performance indicators.
- You partner and challenge internal stakeholder, both in HQ and at local level, to improve the financial performance.
- You perform tailor made analysis of financial and non-financial data in order to create new insights to guide the business or to support specific investment decisions.
Financial Planning
- You inspire and share best practices to the different local management teams on how to improve their financial outlook.
- You develop the planning control framework and proactively identify ways to make the process more efficient.
- You coordinate of the different planning cycles in the year; monthly Rolling Forecast, annual Budget and the Long Range Plan.
- You play a key role in continuous improvement towards ‘driver based’ planning with the aid of automation, planning software, AI technologies, etc.
Data validation and quality
- You develop a sound control environment to improve the accuracy and completeness of data with the financial systems and BI environment. You collaborate with group consolidation department to define and maintain group reporting guidelines, processes and internal controls.
Who are we looking for?
- You have a master in Finance or Business Administration and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a financial controlling role, preferably on a regional/group level.
- You are analytical, enjoy an international environment and have a drive for results.
- You are a tech savvy profile with strong affinity with reporting tools (Qlikview, Microsoft Power BI) and Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of SAP is a plus.
- You have strong communication skills and are able to simplify complex topics. You can see the big picture and deal with ambiguity.
- You can interact with a variety of stakeholders, from different departments, level in the hierarchy, geographical zones and background;
- You are a team player with hands-on attitude. Fluent in English. Good knowledge of French and/or Dutch is an asset.
Why should you join Puratos?
- Meal vouchers (8€/day)
- Group, dental and hospitalization insurance fully paid by Puratos
- 13th month pay
- Company car
- Minimum 5 training days per year Responsibilities and the possibility to take ownership of your work