Financial Controller

Industrious Ventures; Louvain-la-Neuve; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Industrious Ventures in Louvain-la-Neuve is seeking a Financial Controller to monitor financial performance and support project managers. The role requires a Master’s degree in finance and 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in manufacturing or deep-tech environments.

Key responsibilities include managing monthly closes, financial analysis, and developing dashboards. Candidates must be detail-oriented, fluent in French and English, and possess strong Excel and IFRS knowledge. Join a dynamic team that values improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in financial controlling in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders.
• Self-starter with a can-do attitude.

Responsabilités

• Own the monthly close, project profitability analysis, and inventory valuation.
• Monitor the cash flow and proactively flag financing needs.
• Build and maintain financial dashboards and analyse variances.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and maintain a rolling forecast.
• Support audit activities and ensure audit-readiness.

Connaissances

Financial controlling

Inventory valuation

Project profitability analysis

Advanced Excel skills

IFRS knowledge

Odoo ERP

Power BI

AI tools knowledge

Fluency in French

Fluency in English

Formation

Master's degree in finance

Outils

Odoo ERP

Power BI

Description du poste

About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2026, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 400 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Your mission

Reporting to the Head of Finance and working alongside a Senior Controller in a growing team, you will act as a trusted business partner to project managers and department heads — monitoring financial performance, risks and opportunities.

We expect you to be curious, pragmatic, accurate and proactive: someone who challenges the status quo and brings concrete improvements to the table.

Key responsibilities

• Own the monthly close: revenue recognition (POC / IFRS 15), project profitability analysis, inventory valuation, capitalized production (IAS 38) and headcount cost allocation
• Monitor the cash flow plan and proactively flag financing needs
• Build and maintain financial dashboards, analyse variances between actuals, budget and forecast, run scenario analyses and communicate findings clearly to leadership
• Deliver timely monthly reporting and crisp financial presentations for the CFO and Executive Committee
• Lead the annual budgeting process and maintain a rolling forecast updated monthly to enable tight cash management
• Support internal and external audit activities and ensure audit-readiness at all times
• Lead the Finance team's AI initiatives — exploring, testing and deploying AI-powered tools to streamline reporting, forecasting and financial analysis

Must have

We are looking for someone who brings:

• A master’s degree in finance
• 5 years of experience in financial controlling in an industrial, manufacturing or deep-tech environment; prior experience in space, defence or aerospace is a strong asset
• Solid knowledge of IFRS, advanced Excel skills and hands‑on experience with Odoo ERP; Power BI experience, AI is a plus
• Rigorous and detail‑oriented self‑starter with strong analytical skills and a can‑do attitude
• Collaborative team player who communicates financial concepts clearly to non‑finance stakeholders and thrives in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment
• Fluency in French and English, written and spoken
• An open, pragmatic and dynamic mindset
• The autonomy to take ownership and the appetite for responsibility
• The ability to build relationships easily across all levels of the organisation

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a scale‑up environment