Finance Business Controller

at  Materialise

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.

• 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 environmen