Take your financial expertise to the next level in a high impact role within a fast growing infrastructure investment fund.
Are you ready to take your financial expertise beyond the numbers? As aBusiness Controllerfor our client a Brussels based Infrastructure Investment Fund youll work at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations. Youll support data driven decision making and ensure business performance is closely monitored, understood, and optimized.
This is a high exposure role reporting to the CFO, where your insights will directly contribute to value creation across the Funds portfolio.
Your Role:
As Business Controller, your mission will be to provide the Funds leadership with actionable insights into performance, risks, and opportunities across the business.
Your main responsibilities:
* Performance Monitoring & Reporting
* Develop and deliver regular business performance reports, combining financial results and operational KPIs.
* Budgeting & Forecasting
* Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles across the Funds operations and portfolio companies.
* Build robust models to challenge assumptions and support strategic planning.
* Business Partnering
* Act as a financial sparring partner for investment, asset management and operations teams.
* Translate financial data into strategic insights and recommendations.
* Variance Analysis
* Monitor deviations between forecasts and actuals. Provide clear variance analysis and propose corrective actions where necessary.
* Project Support
* Contribute to ad hoc analyses related to new investments, refinancing, ESG related initiatives, or operational efficiency projects.
* Tool & Process Improvement
* Identify and implement enhancements to financial processes, dashboards, and reporting tools.
Team and Work Culture:
* You will report to the CFO and collaborate closely with multiple internal stakeholders (investment, operations, ESG).
* Our team combineshigh standards with a human approach ambition without ego.
* We operate in hybrid mode:3 days/week minimum on site in Brussels, withup to 2 remote days, as long as team dynamics are preserved.
What You Bring:
1. A degree in Finance, Economics, Business Engineering, or a related field
2. 3 to 6 years of experiencein business control, FP&A, consulting or audit
3. Strong analytical and Excel modeling skills; experience with dashboards or BI tools is a plus
4. Proactive mindset, business acumen, and the ability to challenge the status quo
5. Strong communication skills, able to simplify complex information for decision makers
6. Fluent inEnglishandDutch/French