Senior Business Controller

About our brand

We are a Belgian international bakery and restaurant chain with about 215 locations in 20 (soon to be more) countries worldwide. We take pride in creating an innovative menu with seasonal organic ingredients from local growers. We believe in simplicity, working with fewer ingredients and fewer manipulations to guarantee quality. Our artisanal sourdough bread is a case in point. It’s made with only 4 ingredients: stone-milled organic flour, sea salt, water and time.

Responsibilities

Financial and operational reporting for the production site in Ninove, L’Atelier du Pain

• Be a true business partner for the production plant management
• Analyse monthly financial information
• Manage multiple types of analysis of relevant business KPIs
• Prepare presentations of the financial information to the Board
• Maintain regular communication with the operational teams to understand underlying business trends
• Participate in the continuous improvement of the financial and operational reporting
• Leverage and consolidate the accounting team’s deliverables or derive data directly from production systems where applicable
• Prepare and update the entity budget and forecast

Pricing, costing and other specific analyses

• Prepare pricing analysis for the new menu items and for the different seasonal products (cost-based pricing updates)
• Prepare ad hoc analyses across the different business streams (Marketing, F&B, Operations, Sourcing, etc.), and present the results to the different audiences

Our team

• The job is primarily based in the Brussels HQ with occasional presence in the production site in Ninove (every other couple of weeks).
• You’ll be part of the global Finance Team and report to the head of Controlling.
• You’ll work with in collaboration with the management of the production site, purchasing, Food & Beverages and other HQ teams to develop the Company while providing our guests the best experience.

Qualifications & competencies

• Master’s Degree with business finance orientation
• Ideally at least 5 years of controlling / audit experience
• Fluent in Dutch and working knowledge of French, English is a plus.
• Very good knowledge of Excel and very strong analytical skills
• Interest in food production environment
• You’re a teamplayer with good communication skills.
• You’re interested in Power BI related tools

What’s in it for you

• An attractive package including company car or mobility budget, meal vouchers, collective bonus etc
• A varied work encompassing a large array of different tasks and analyses
• Exposure to the Group’s Executive Committee and direct impact on the steering of the production plant
• Be part of a Group which is rapidly expanding and has great and ambitious growth plans, which will need to be supported by ambitious & strong profiles