Business controller

For nearly 200 years, Tiense Suikerraffinaderij has been producing sugar from local sugar beets, serving both industries and home kitchens. You'll become part of a family of 600 proud sugar makers who stick together, both on and off the factory floor. They operate with a refined blend of tradition and innovation, aiming for minimal environmental impact as nothing from our sugar beets goes to waste. Our mission? To make life sweeter for people worldwide. And we're excited to do it together with you!

Sweet Challenges Await: Join Our Headquarters in Tienen
Are you ready to make a sweet impact in a dynamic environment, right at the heart of sugar production? As a Business Controller, you are responsible for the cost analysis of processes related to the development, manufacturing and packaging of sugar products in the different factories of the Tiense Suikerraffinaderij in Belgium. Just like our sugar makers, we need someone who stands firmly on the ground, looks ahead with a clear vision, and turns complex challenges into refined solutions.

Your job as Business Controller
At Tiense Suikerraffinaderij, we boast an impressive lineup of 6 factories, each specializing in unique sugar processes. Ensuring optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness across all operations is essential to our success. Your main responsibilities are, together with your colleague business controller:

• You discuss and further optimise cost analyses, in close collaboration with your colleagues in the Production, Sales and Supply Chain departments. You also ensure the link with the accounting department.
• You create added value by making recommendations and thus enabling well-founded business decisions. You develop, maintain and follow-up on business data (e.g. budgets, forecasts, cost targets, KPI)
• You take an active role in the monthly and yearly closings and the regular forecasting process.
• You will report to the Director Controlling. You report to and work together with the colleagues of the Südzucker Group.

It is in our roots. In yours too?

At Tiense Suikerraffinaderij, we've been making sugar since 1836. The ingredients for success? They're ingrained in our roots:

• Flexibility and curiosity – At the Tiense Suikerraffinaderij, learning never stops. We continuously invest in new equipment to enhance sustainability and cost-efficiency in our processes. As part of your role, you'll be instrumental in steering us towards the right direction on this journey.
• Technology and common sense – While we leverage cutting-edge technology in our operations, we also value practical wisdom. This role offers an exciting opportunity to delve into manufacturing process costs while collaboratively devising logical solutions with the other departments.
• Solo and as a team – We offer ample autonomy and highly value initiative. However, collaboration within teams and across departments is integral to (y)our success.

You should also possess the following qualifications and experiences:

• Master's Degree (e.g. economics)
• Excellent level of spoken and written Dutch and English; good level of French
• Strong knowledge of Excel including pivot tables is ESSENTIAL; knowledge of SAP FiCo / SAP BI is an advantage
• Strong competencies in and interest for business analytics, as well as a good understanding of accounting

Interested? For more information, please call Gert Olefs at Show number+32 (0)499 14 33 48 during weekdays from 9 am to 9 pm and Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm. To apply for this function, please send your cv and motivation letter to Show application formjobs@hcinternational.biz.Your application will be treated quickly and with all discretion.