Finance & Procurement Director

Love spreadsheets but hate gathering dust in them? Then keep reading. ☕ At MpowerT, we're proud to support an international industrial player in their search for a Finance & Procurement Director for its Belgian business. This is not a role where you just close the books and go home. You'll join a management team where finance really drives the business. You'll steer the numbers behind a portfolio of large operational sites, one of which is being rebuilt for the energy transition. Think of yourself as the Director-in-the-field: strategic at the board table, sharp on what matters, and the person who asks "and who's paying for that?" before anyone else does. 📍

Location:
Antwerp region (traffic jams on the Ring not included 🚗) 🧭 Reporting to: Country President (hierarchical) and Group Finance & Procurement (functional) 🤝 Role scope: Finance, Procurement & Customs. Yes, three hats. No, they don't clash. 👥 Team: a sizeable organization with team leads who know their stuff

About the Company
Our client is a well-established international group with a long track record in critical infrastructure and logistics services for industrial customers worldwide. Not the kind of company that pivots every quarter, but one that thinks in decades. Its Belgian business runs several sites and is now investing heavily in the future, including turning a large industrial site into a home for sustainable activities. Solid foundations, fresh energy. 🧬 Who We're Looking For A senior finance leader who:
- Has a strong track record in financial management in an industrial, capital-intensive environment (think big assets, not small change)
- Has led a large team, ideally through team leads, and enjoys bringing out the best in people
- Knows that you don't have to know every detail to stay in control. You trust your team, ask the right questions and focus on the 20% that makes 80% of the difference
- Combines a strategic mindset with sharp business control and healthy cost discipline
- Builds financial models for long-term site plans and dares to challenge the assumptions behind them, even when they come from very convinced engineers
- Brings solid contractual, legal and commercial insight
- Is listened to in the boardroom as well as on site
- Finds their way easily through an international matrix, group guidelines, IFRS and shared services
- Speaks Dutch and English fluently (and Excel, obviously) 📌

Key Responsibilities

- Sit on the Belgian management team and help shape and deliver the strategy
- Lead and develop the finance, procurement and customs teams through your team leads: set clear direction, give room to act and coach where it matters
- Build and safeguard the financial models behind the long-term site plans, with profitability as your compass
- Lead business control: budgets, forecasts, performance analyses, cost control and working capital
- Keep reporting watertight (IFRS group reporting and Belgian GAAP statutory accounts)
- Bring a cost-disciplined approach to capex and growth projects, because a business case is only a good idea once the numbers add up
- Own financial processes, internal controls, cash flow, tax, insurance and claims management
- Keep a firm grip on risks, lease obligations and sustainability reporting 💼 What's in It for You?
- A seat at the management table of a market leader with a long-term vision
- A strong team behind you, so you can spend your time on what really moves the business
- A front-row seat to the energy transition, not as a spectator but as the person who makes the numbers work
- A role so varied that "a typical day" doesn't exist 🎯 Ready for Your Next Step? 📩 Reach out to Maj Buyst at maj.buyst@mpowert.be 📞 Or call +32 477 22 00 14 Let's talk about your impact,not just your next job.