Finance Associate

Tekst; Oost-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership in finance function

Hands-on coaching from Head of Finance

Broad exposure to reporting, budgeting

Job summary

Tekst is seeking its first in-house finance specialist to own the day-to-day finance function and work closely with the Head of Finance. You’ll ensure accurate numbers, timely reporting, and clear answers to questions across the company.

You’ll tackle month-end close, build analyses for pricing, prepare data for investors, and automate processes using AI where beneficial. This role blends reporting, analytics and hands-on execution.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years in finance, e.g. Big 4 audit/advisory or SaaS/scale-up finance
• Master’s degree in economics, business engineering or related field
• Solid understanding of Belgian BE GAAP and closing process
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable using AI tools daily; Power BI is a plus
• Hands-on and ownership: you’ll drive tasks to completion without step-by-step guidance
• Eye for detail: analytical and structured; you don’t rest until numbers are right
• Flexibility: adapt to shifting priorities and ad-hoc requests while keeping quality
• People skills: approachable across finance, product and sales
• Bonus: familiarity with SaaS metrics such as ARR, NRR and churn
• Fluent in Dutch and English; office culture in Gentbrugge, Belgium

Responsibilities

• Be the in-house counterpart to our external accountant; follow up on pre-accounting and month-end close
• Own SaaS metrics: report ARR/CARR/MRR, NRR/GRR, retention and burn
• Prepare recurring management and investor reporting with Head of Finance
• Support budgeting and monthly budget-vs-actual analyses
• Maintain and enhance financial models and dashboards
• Handle ad-hoc analyses and data room preparation for fundraising
• Identify and automate manual processes using AI where it makes sense

Skills

Attention to detail

Hands-on ownership

Flexibility

People skills

Dutch language

English language

SaaS metrics

Education

Master's degree in economics or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

AI tools

Job description

Job Description

About Tekst & Our Mission

At Tekst, we believe in a world where enterprise processes run themselves, and people get to do the work they love. Our mission is to make enterprise processes self-improving. To get there, we’re building the context layer that lets AI agents work at scale on the back-office processes that actually matter. With enterprise customers like Daikin, Colruyt, Mitsubishi and Nokia and $13.5M in Series A funding, we cut through the AI hype to deliver real, measurable automation. Finance is one of those back-office processes, and we want ours to show what’s possible: lean, sharp and powered by AI from day one.

The Role

As our first finance hire, you’ll be the hands-on engine of our finance function, working side by side with our Head of Fiance. Today, finance at Tekst is our Head of finance and an external accounting firm. You’ll make sure the day-to-day finance runs smoothly: the numbers are correct, the reporting goes out on time, and questions from across the company get a clear answer. This is a broad role with a lot of ownership. Next to the recurring work, there’s a steady stream of ad-hoc projects and questions. One day you’re checking the month-end close, the next you’re building an analysis for a pricing question, preparing data for investors, or automating a process that used to take half a day. Priorities shift as the company grows, so no two weeks look the same. If you’re looking for a clearly fenced-off job, this isn’t it. If you like rolling up your sleeves and want to see every part of how finance works in a scale-up, it is.

What will you be doing?

• Keep the numbers right: Be the in-house counterpart to our external accountant. Follow up on pre-accounting, review the month-end close, analyse variances and challenge the numbers when something doesn’t add up.
• Own the SaaS metrics: Monthly and quarterly reporting on ARR/CARR/MRR, NRR/GRR, retention and burn. You’re the go-to person when anyone asks "what are our numbers?"
• Reporting: Prepare the recurring management and investor reporting together with the Head of Finance.
• Budget and performance: Support the budgeting process and own the monthly budget-vs-actual analysis, so deviations are spotted and explained early.
• Models and dashboards: Maintain and further develop our financial models and dashboards.
• Ad-hoc projects and analyses: Pick up whatever comes up as the company grows, from one-off analyses and business cases to supporting fundraising (data room, investor questions) and setting up new tools or processes.
• Automate what’s manual: Spot manual processes and improve or automate them, using AI wherever it helps. We’re an AI company, and our finance function should run like one.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Real, rare ownership: as our first finance hire, you help shape the finance function and your own role.
• Working directly with our Head of Finance, with hands-on coaching and a learning curve that’s hard to match in a larger organisation.
• Broad exposure: from reporting and controlling to fundraising, process automation and AI.
• Short decision lines: good ideas get implemented without layers of approval.
• Fun team-buildings, social and sports activities.
• Being surrounded by an all-star team with a unicorn dream and a strong office culture.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 2 to 5 years in finance, for example in (Big 4) audit or advisory, or in a finance role at a SaaS company or scale-up.
• Education: Master’s degree in economics, business engineering or a related field.
• Accounting: Solid understanding of Belgian accounting (BE GAAP) and the closing process.
• Tooling: Advanced Excel skills and comfortable using AI tools in your daily work. Power BI is a plus.
• Hands-on and ownership: You don’t mind rolling up your sleeves, and you bring a task across the finish line without needing guidance at every step.
• Eye for detail: Analytical and structured. You don’t rest until the numbers are right.
• Flexibility: You’re comfortable with shifting priorities and ad-hoc requests, and can switch gears quickly without losing quality.
• People skills: Approachable and easy to work with, across finance, product and sales.
• Bonus: Familiarity with SaaS metrics such as ARR, NRR and churn.
• Fluent in Dutch and English. Based in Belgium, we have a strong on office working culture in our nice HQ in Gentbrugge.

Job Requirements

What we’re looking for

• Experience: 2 to 5 years in finance, for example in (Big 4) audit or advisory, or in a finance role at a SaaS company or scale-up.
• Education: Master’s degree in economics, business engineering or a related field.
• Accounting: Solid understanding of Belgian accounting (BE GAAP) and the closing process.
• Tooling: Advanced Excel skills and comfortable using AI tools in your daily work. Power BI is a plus.
• Hands-on and ownership: You don’t mind rolling up your sleeves, and you bring a task across the finish line without needing guidance at every step.
• Eye for detail: Analytical and structured. You don’t rest until the numbers are right.
• Flexibility: You’re comfortable with shifting priorities and ad-hoc requests, and can switch gears quickly without losing quality.
• People skills: Approachable and easy to work with, across finance, product and sales.
• Bonus: Familiarity with SaaS metrics such as ARR, NRR and churn.
• Fluent in Dutch and English. Based in Belgium, we have a strong on office working culture in our nice HQ in Gentbrugge.