Financial Reporting & FP&A Specialist

Financial Reporting & FP&A Specialist 

40 hours/week 

Your Responsibilities: What will you be doing? 

As Financial Reporting & FP&A Specialist, you play a key role in ensuring high-quality financial reporting and supporting business decision-making through planning and analysis. 

You will: 

• Ensure our accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting; 

• Be responsible and our first point of contact for the entire trade spends process 

• • Monthly review and update of the customer agreements with our Sales Department & RGM Manager 

• • Monthly calculation & upload of the provisions in our data warehouse and reconciliation with the accounting 

• • Monthly update of the figures for our IBP process and alignment with our business performance controlling 

• • Contact person for the auditors for our annual financial statements 

• Be responsible for the follow up of our SG&A:  

• • Support and coordinate the budgeting & forecasting process with our CPFO and HRD 

• • Continuous improvement of our monthly standard reporting 

• • Act as a business parter to ensure expenses remain within budget and analyze the gap between planned budgets and actual spending to identify cost drivers and areas for efficiency 

• Be in charge of the preparation, coordination, and analysis of our quarterly analytical reporting packages in strong cooperation with the local accounting and our CPFO 

• Act as a key link between Accounting, Business Performance Controlling, and all business stakeholders (esp. Sales & RGM); 

• Participate to our finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives. 

You contribute to a better future for everyone: 

• You help ensure a healthy and safe working environment; 

• You pay attention to work-life balance, both for yourself and your colleagues; 

• You work as paperless as possible, embracing sustainable ways of working; 

• Together with your colleagues, you contribute at least once a year to a social or community project outside the organization. 

We are looking for someone who: 

• Holds a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or a related field; 

• Has several years of experience in financial reporting, FP&A, controlling, accounting or RGM; 

• Possesses excellent numerical skills. 

• Has strong analytical abilities, combined with a results-oriented and problem-solving mindset. 

• Demonstrates a hands-on mentality. 

• Has strong communication skills, able to interact easily with all levels within the organization. 

• Shows a proactive attitude and ambition to further develop professionally. 

• Acts with integrity and handles data accurately and critically. 

• Has advanced Excel skills (pivot tables hold no secrets). 

• Has basic knowledge of ERP systems and an affinity for IT. 

• Has a good command of English in combination with fluent Dutch and/or German and/or French. Speaking multiple languages is a plus.  

What we offer: 

• A friendly team of colleagues who take pride in working at our organization.  

• A company laptop that you can also use for private purposes. 

• Hybrid working, including a home office allowance and budget to set up your home workspace. 

• Fresh fruit and Nespresso coffee at the office. 

• An individual performance-based bonus. 

• Annual profit sharing (depending on group results). 

• 30 vacation days. 

• A solid pension scheme.