Strategic Finance Lead - Forecasting & Resource Optimisation

Dematic; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Career Development

Competitive Compensation And Benefits

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Résumé du poste

Dematic is seeking an experienced finance leader to join as Execution Controlling Lead. You will partner with operational leaders to forecast, plan resources and provide commercial insight in a complex, project-driven organisation.

The role offers visibility, autonomy and the opportunity to shape processes and develop people. You will lead a small team, coordinate the budget and operating plan, deliver monthly performance data and explore AI-enabled finance improvements to drive efficiency and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in finance, financial planning, commercial finance or finance business partnering roles.
• Previous leadership experience with a passion for coaching and developing others.
• Experience within a project-based business environment, with a strong understanding of project accounting principles.
• Strong forecasting, planning and analytical skills.
• The confidence to challenge stakeholders and influence decisions through data-driven insights.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsabilités

• Partner with operational leaders to develop and manage monthly workload and forecast planning, ensuring resource demand and utilisation are accurately reflected.
• Provide meaningful financial insight by analysing business performance, identifying trends, and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Support budget, forecast and cost centre management, helping stakeholders understand financial performance and key variances.
• Lead workload and headcount analysis, ensuring operational teams have the information they need to make effective resource decisions.
• Deliver monthly performance reporting, scorecards and management presentations for senior leadership reviews.
• Coordinate the annual operating plan and budgeting process.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across reporting, forecasting and finance processes.
• Explore opportunities to leverage technology and AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency, automation and decision making within the finance function.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of two finance professionals, helping them build technical capability and progress their careers.

Connaissances

Forecasting

Planning

Analytical skills

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Coaching

Description du poste

Dematic is seeking an experienced finance leader to join as Execution Controlling Lead. You will partner with operational leaders to forecast, plan resources and provide commercial insight in a complex, project-driven organisation.

The role offers visibility, autonomy and the opportunity to shape processes and develop people. You will lead a small team, coordinate the budget and operating plan, deliver monthly performance data and explore AI-enabled finance improvements to drive efficiency and