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Job Detail

Belgian Operations Finance Manager
Job Description
Functional Area:  Finance
Job Location:  BEL - Groot-Bijgaarden
Country/Region:  Belgium
Who are you?:  Professionals
Permanent/Temporary:  Permanent
Working time:  Full Time
Req ID:  35362
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Finance Manager Belgium

 

 

Your Mission 

 

As beOps Finance Manager, you are the strategic finance leader for Belgian Operations, acting as a trusted advisor to senior operational and Group stakeholders. You drive financial performance, transparency, and value creation across multiple production sites in a complex, matrix organization. As a member of the Belgian Operations Management Team, you shape strategic decisions through insight-driven finance leadership. Your impact goes beyond numbers: you influence investments, operational efficiency, and long-term competitiveness. This role combines strategic thinking, people leadership, and hands-on business partnering at the highest level.

 

 

Key Accountabilities 

 

  • Act as senior Finance Business Partner to Belgian Operations leadership, providing strategic insight on performance, profitability, investments, and risk.
  • Lead budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning for all Belgian operations, ensuring alignment with Group strategy.
  • Drive performance management and value creation initiatives, including cost optimization, margin improvement, working capital, and CAPEX governance.
  • Lead and sponsor cross-site, high-impact finance and transformation projects with potential Group exposure.
  • Ensure robust financial governance, reporting quality, and internal controls in line with Group standards.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Finance Business Partners, fostering strong business acumen and stakeholder orientation.
  • Represent Belgian Operations Finance towards Group Finance and other Group functions, influencing decisions beyond the local scope.

 

 

 

Who are we looking for? 

 

  • Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business; a strong financial and accounting foundation is essential.
  • 10+ years of senior finance experience, ideally in a manufacturing or supply-chain-driven environment.
  • Proven track record as a strategic business partner, able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
  • Strong experience in people leadership, project leadership, and working in a matrix organization.
  • Excellent analytical and systems skills (SAP required; BI/Power BI as a user).
  • Fluent in English; French and/or Dutch are strong assets in the Belgian context.
  • Mature, resilient, and open-minded leader with high learning agility and a passion for value creation

 

 

 

What you can expect from Puratos? 

 

We at Puratos cultivate an inclusive global workplace, that fully embraces diversity and equal opportunities for all. We strive to reflect the richness of our customers, communities and society, accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver on our commitments. 

 

You will be welcomed in a dynamic work environment where passion for innovation, team spirit and continuous improvement are key. You can count on a competitive salary package with attractive benefits such as: 

 

  • Meal vouchers (9€/day) 
  • Group, dental and hospitalization insurance fully paid by Puratos
  • Company Car
  • Bonus
  • Minimum 5 training days per year 
  • A wide variety of Health&Wellbeing benefits
  • Responsibilities and the possibility to take ownership of your work 

 

Watch our corporate movie and feel the Puratos Magic: 

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Working at Puratos is choosing a Top Employer in Belgium! 

 

 

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Working at Puratos Belgium

At Puratos Belgium, we offer a wide range of career opportunities across our HQ, and 5 production sites. Our dedication to safety, health and wellbeing, along with respectful collaboration, empowers our employees to innovate and grow together. Our headquarters is in Groot-Bijgaarden, and we have five production sites located in Groot-Bijgaarden, Erembodegem, Lummen, Andenne, and St-Vith. Driven by an entrepreneurial mindset, we pave the way for career growth and meaningful contributions within our company, the industry, and the communities we serve.
We are a People First organization driven by our values and Puratos magic culture. Join us to drive positive change through food innovation for good.

→ Learn more about Puratos Belgium

Working at Puratos Belgium

At Puratos Belgium, we offer a wide range of career opportunities across our HQ, and 5 production sites. Our dedication to safety, health and wellbeing, along with respectful collaboration, empowers our employees to innovate and grow together. Our headquarters is in Groot-Bijgaarden, and we have five production sites located in Groot-Bijgaarden, Erembodegem, Lummen, Andenne, and St-Vith. Driven by an entrepreneurial mindset, we pave the way for career growth and meaningful contributions within our company, the industry, and the communities we serve.
We are a People First organization driven by our values and Puratos magic culture. Join us to drive positive change through food innovation for good.

→ Learn more about Puratos Belgium

This is Puratos

At Puratos, we create innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, we help our customers to be successful with their business, by turning technologies and experiences from food cultures around the world into new opportunities.
We are more than 10.000 employees in over 80 countries and a consolidated turnover of 3 billion euros (in 2023). Our passion for innovation, a pioneering spirit and the unique Puratos culture drive our solid growth and vision for the future This, along with our commitment to our local communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

→ Learn more about Puratos

 

This is Puratos

At Puratos, we create innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, we help our customers to be successful with their business, by turning technologies and experiences from food cultures around the world into new opportunities.
We are more than 10.000 employees in over 80 countries and a consolidated turnover of 3 billion euros (in 2023). Our passion for innovation, a pioneering spirit and the unique Puratos culture drive our solid growth and vision for the future This, along with our commitment to our local communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

→ Learn more about Puratos