Strategic Finance & Growth Performance Lead

VENUVO; Antwerpen; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Fringe benefits

Job summary

VENUVO is seeking a financially astute professional to become the CEO's right hand, shaping the financial operating model as the company scales. You will lead monthly planning, forecasting and profitability analyses, and build dashboards and KPIs.

A strong focus on procurement, supplier terms and cost control complements strategic finance decisions. Hybrid working and close collaboration with the CEO and cross-functional teams are key.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in economics or finance or comparable experience.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in controlling, audit, finance, consultancy or procurement.
• Strong analytical ability and the ability to reduce complex information to its essence.
• Curious about drivers behind the figures and the operational factors that influence results.
• Able to translate financial insights into concrete business decisions.
• Persuasive enough to challenge management with data and facts.
• Strong sense of ownership and initiative.
• Accurate while keeping the bigger business picture in mind.
• Comfortable discussing prices, terms, margins and improvement opportunities.
• Energy from building structure where not everything is fixed yet and where you can shape reporting and processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan & forecast: build monthly and annual plans, budgets and forecasts and explain deviations.
• Understand performance: analyse revenue, margins, profitability, capacity and costs per project or activity.
• Improve profitability: identify pricing, purchasing, costs or process improvements and translate into concrete actions.
• Build the finance function: develop management reporting, dashboards, cash management, KPIs and financial processes.
• Procurement & suppliers: track prices, discounts and contract terms, compare suppliers and support negotiations.
• Challenge & decide: bring facts to decisions and help set priorities.

Skills

Excel

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Education

Master's degree in economics or finance

Tools

Financial planning software

Excel

Job description

VENUVO is seeking a financially astute professional to become the CEO's right hand, shaping the financial operating model as the company scales. You will lead monthly planning, forecasting and profitability analyses, and build dashboards and KPIs.

A strong focus on procurement, supplier terms and cost control complements strategic finance decisions. Hybrid working and close collaboration with the CEO and cross-functional teams are key.