Finance Business Partner

A company active in the services sector is currently looking to hire a Finance Business Partner to join their offices in Brussels. As the new Finance Business Partner you will be the partner and financial advisor of the group’s management for all technical-financial and strategic aspects of their business.

Your main responsibilities as the new Finance Business Partner will include:

• Prepare the annual budgets, monthly forecasts, controlling activities and reporting to management, boards and supervisory bodies
• Work closely with the management in the monitoring of technical and financial aspects
• Calculate the financial impact of all their decisions, in the short and long term, and issue recommendations, analyses and simulations
• Propose and implement innovative projects that add value to the business units and the group
• Advice the management on actions to be take in order to improve financial indicators (cash flow, Profit After Tax, operational profitability, etc.)
• Keep up with and analyse all aspects of the business in which you are a financial partner that have an impact on its financial development
• Develop with the Business Controller and/or the Financial Controller innovative projects to improve the financial performance and financial monitoring of the Group’s business units
• Assist management in the development of their business plan, translate it into financial terms and build their budget based on their objectives, the current year’s estimate and historical data
• Ensure, together with the Business Controller and the other Financial Business Partners, that all budgets are consistent
• Participate in the financial training of non-financial colleagues by providing, together with your colleagues, the ‘Finance for non-financials’ training courses within the group

Your profile:

• You have a university degree with a financial orientation
• You have 3 years of relevant experience in Audit, Controlling or Finance
• You are fluent in French or Dutch, with a good knowledge of English

Your strengths:

• You have a flexible, analytical and critical mind and a customer and solution-oriented attitude. Your helicopter view allows you to set the right priorities
• You like to think proactively about improvements and contribute to projects
• You have excellent communication skills and you enjoys interacting with others
• You are able to explain complex information in a simple, accessible and clear manner to a non-financial audience
• Through your previous experience you have built a knowledge of Excel, knowledge of SAP FICO or SAP BPC in an asset

If this sounds like you, and the idea of joining an international and dynamic environment and have a real impact speaks to you, then apply for this Finance Business Partner position.

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