Business Controller - EN - Brussels

Belgium Temporary View Job Description
Our client is looking for a hands-on and analytical Business Controller to strengthen his Finance team.

Added 29/10/2026

  • A competitive salary completed by various extra-legal advantages
  • International and multilingual working environment in the heart of Brussels

About Our Client

Our client is an international organization active in the energy sector.

Job Description

  • SAP CO and allocation cycles: Maintain, execute, review and troubleshoot cost allocation cycles, including assessments and distributions across cost centres, activities, departments, products and other relevant dimensions.
  • Management accounting: Support the design and consistent application of analytical accounting principles, cost-centre structures, cost-driver logic and allocation methodologies.
  • Direct and indirect costs: Analyse cost flows, distinguish direct from indirect costs, validate allocation keys and ensure that costs are assigned consistently and transparently.
  • Reporting and analysis: Develop and maintain management reports; analyse actual results against budget, forecast and prior periods; investigate and explain significant variances.
  • Data quality and reconciliation: Consolidate, review and validate large volumes of financial and operational data; perform reconciliations between SAP, management reporting and accounting records.
  • Excel-based modelling: Build and maintain efficient reporting tools and analyses using advanced formulas, PivotTables, lookups and structured datasets.
  • Process improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting and allocation processes while strengthening controls and documentation.
  • Management support: Prepare clear financial analyses and ad hoc reports for management and support stakeholders in understanding cost drivers and allocation outcomes.

The Successful Applicant

  • Professional experience: Relevant hands-on experience in controlling, management accounting, cost accounting or financial reporting, preferably within a complex international organization.
  • Analytical accounting: A sound understanding of management accounting and cost-allocation concepts, or demonstrable experience and readiness to quickly deepen expertise in these areas.
  • Excel: Advanced command of Microsoft Excel, especially PivotTables, formulas, lookups, data validation and analysis of large datasets. This is an essential requirement.
  • Power BI: Experience with Power BI is a plus and will be positively valued.



Analytical mindset: Ability to understand and challenge complex cost flows, allocation keys and reporting logic, with strong attention to detail and data consistency.

  • Ways of working: Structured, accurate, autonomous and pragmatic, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance and operational functions.
  • Industry background: Experience in a company with manufacturing or production operations is a strong advantage, particularly in an industrial, energy, chemical or petrochemical environment.
  • Languages: Fluent English is required. French, Dutch or Italian would be an asset.

What's on Offer

  • A competitive salary completed by various extra-legal advantages
  • The opportunity for a long-term position in one of the most significant international groups in the energy sector.
  • A varied assignment combining SAP CO, management accounting, reporting, data analysis and process improvement.
  • A significant exposure to complex cost-allocation mechanisms and close collaboration with Finance, operational and commercial stakeholders.
  • An international and multilingual working environment in the heart of Brussels' European Quarter, with excellent public transport connections.
Contact
Eva Nicaise
Quote job ref
JN-102026-7132088

Job summary

Sector
Banking & Financial Services
Sub Sector
Financial Planning and Analysis
Industry
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Belgium
Contract Type
Temporary
Consultant name
Eva Nicaise
Job Reference
JN-102026-7132088

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