Finance Business Controller

Finance Business Controller

**LEUVEN, BELGIUM**

**FINANCE**

**HYBRID**

**FULL-TIME**
- As a Finance Business Controller, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial health of our manufacturing business unit, which operates multiple 3D printing facilities throughout Europe. By providing well-founded advice, clear insights, and maintaining a critical mindset, you will help achieve and exceed targets, while also formulating a challenging and forward-thinking vision for the entire business unit.What you will do- Financial leadership: serve as the financial leader for the manufacturing unit, acting as a strategic business partner to the VP of Manufacturing and being an integral part of the manufacturing management team.
- Financial reporting and analysis: drive the financial reporting and analysis of the unit and its various business lines with the goal of enhancing financial performance
- Strategic financial insight: provide financial insights to business managers and collaborate on improvement initiatives
- Budgeting and forecasting: Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning processes for the BU, ensuring alignment with the Group’s strategic guidelines.
- Investment and acquisition analysis: conduct analysis and provide recommendations on investment and acquisition opportunities
- Process optimization: optimize financial processes and internal controls to ensure efficiency and accuracy
- Independent work and collaboration: operate independently with support from a dedicated financial analyst, while being part of the group’s Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team at our global HQ, reporting to the Group Controller
- Corporate finance interface: act as the key interface between the HQ Corporate Finance team and the manufacturing business unit in a Nasdaq-listed company environment
- Your profile- Educational background: bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, commercial science, accounting, finance, or a related field
- Experience: 5 - 10 years of finance experience with at least 2 years in a business controlling role, preferably in a manufacturing or production environment
- Product costing: experience with product costing setup is advantageous
- Technical skills: proficient in forecasting, budgeting, and long-term financial planning
- Analytical skills: strong analytical abilities with a critical mindset and the capacity to work under strict reporting deadlines
- Communication skills: excellent communication skills across all organizational levels
- IFRS knowledge: familiarity with IFRS is a plus
- Location and type of contract- Leuven, Belgium
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Mid-senior level

Working at Materialise
- Materialise is a dynamic, international high-tech company, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Belgium, with over 2,300 employees worldwide. Materialise’s mission is to innovate for a better and healthier world through its software and hardware infrastructure and in-depth knowledge of additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing). Our customers are in diverse industries, such as automotive, aerospace, medical, research, and academia.
- As a growing company, Materialise is always looking for enthusiastic professionals who want to work in an environment full of revolutionary technology and surrounded by people passionate about their work.

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- When creating a better and healthier world, a good place to start is with yourself. That's why we encourage our employees to prioritize their overall well-being, fostering physical fitness, mental resilience, and social connections through a range of workshops, sports activities, and other events and initiatives that contribute to a balanced and fulfilling work-life harmony.
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