Chief Financial Officer

Position

• As CFO, you are part of the leadership team whom you will closely work together and who you will advise on key financial matters that impact the business on a short- and long-term period. Your contribution and added value are significant in the realisation of the organisation’s objectives.
• You will develop the reporting of the future to optimize analysis and proactive decision making. You will thus develop and optimise financial and operational reporting tools, dashboards and KPIs.
• You will further improve and implement cost controlling based on parameters, such as material cost, labor cost… to optimise the cost structure of products, projects, operative units and cost centers.
• You will be responsible for consolidation of the financial results across different countries, for which you work closely together with the local Finance and Controlling Managers in the different companies.
• You will analyse and advise on different investment proposals for the different plants and departments.
• Above all, you will build, guide, coordinate and motivate your team: the local Finance and Controlling Managers, who report directly to you.
• You have a solid understanding and experience in cost calculation methods and how they can contribute to have a solid and fine grained analysis on profitability of our business.
• You report directly to the CEO.

Profile

• You have a master’s degree and a proven track record in operational and financial controlling, preferably in an international multi-plant B-to-B environment with manufacturing and assembly units.
• You are passionate about people management. You are able to build your team and to coach people to the next level.
• You are a critical challenger and a real added value to the business and the longer-term strategy for the company. You think along with the CEO and the management team. You are a team player.
• You have solid expertise in management reporting tools, and you are able to translate numbers into key business advice and as such you are an added value to the company.
• You have affinity with IT and a good understanding of and willingness to work with ERP systems.
• You have an accurate and thorough work style and are able to handle problems in a structured manner.
• You are an assertive doer who enjoys developing structures and systems.
• You have an international mindset and are willing to work abroad.
• You speak fluently Dutch and English.

Offer

• A challenging position in an family owned company based on entrepreneurship, trust and with technology as a red thread.
• The opportunity to further develop a new position in a stable, growing, professional organization with realistic ambitions and clear objectives providing a challenging and stimulating environment.
• A long-term commitment, with a professional salary package in line with your experience and competencies.
• A dynamic team and a no-nonsense atmosphere.

Interested?