Finance Advisor Cost

Finance Advisor Cost

Employee | Finance | Professional | Belgium | Brussels | 15 |

Role & work environment

Within ‘Finance’, the Finance Advice Cost team is the cornerstone for financial insights and gives advice to the full organization with a specific focus on cost control, actuals reporting and forecasting/budgeting.

As a Finance Advisor, you are expected to engage regularly with department heads and/or Business Managers, providing financial advice and additional insights across all expense categories.

A day in the life of a Finance Advisor

As Finance Advisor for Cost you will:

• Take ownership of one domain of the bank with regard to cost control activities,
• deliver a reliable financial reporting and thoroughly analyse the monthly financial results,
• participate in the periodically forecast and budget process to embed strategic decisions into short- and long-term cost projections for your respective business,
• interact with the department and senior management on a regular basis,
• analyze the trends and bring advice to management,
• be involved in other important processes like the cost allocation to products and segments,
• be eager to look for possible efficiencies in our processes and to improve them, notably by leveraging AI solutions.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

You are a colleague who will bring fresh ideas to the table, has a strong strategic compass and is able to embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems, and you are able to cope with tight deadlines.

 You are a self-starting and critical individual. You have an eye for details without losing the ‘big picture’, which enables you to present a convincing storyline. Furthermore you have :

• A degree in economics, finance or equivalent
• An analytical mind and intellectual curiosity that you combine with a sincere interest in banking and market development
• A proactive and autonomous attitude that translates into flexibility when deadlines are due
• 1-3 years’ experience in a (business) control or management accounting position is a plus
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English
• Advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills
• Experience in translating data analysis into sound advice that you’ll be able to combine with providing independent strategic advice to senior management.

We offer you

• Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
• An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours
• A progressive way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention
• A hybrid way of working, which allows you to work 50% from home.
• The possibility to participate in multiple courses and trainings focused on both hard and soft skills
• Possibility to work on complex projects & tasks with a steep learning curve

Is this the environment you thrive in?

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