FP&A Director – Maternity Cover

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Belgium, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and nurture a team of four FP&A professionals.

• Establish the strategic direction and priorities for the FP&A function.

• Manage resources, build capabilities, and plan for succession.

• Take ownership of team.blue’s overall performance narrative for the CFO, Executive Committee, Board, shareholders, and lenders.

• Ensure precise, consistent, and insightful monthly and periodic reporting across various brands and entities.

• Present intricate, multi-entity results in a clear and credible format.

• Oversee the annual budgeting process and the multi-year strategic/long-range plan.

• Manage rolling forecasts and the latest-estimate processes.

• Ensure coherent target-setting and the cascading of financial and commercial objectives.

• Collaborate with the CFO and Executive Committee on resource allocation, investment, and risk decisions.

• Develop and enhance the central business control framework.

• Manage the performance measurement framework, including KPIs, scorecards, and OKRs.

• Direct the roadmap for reporting and planning systems and tools.

• Drive automation efforts and minimize manual processes.

• Represent FP&A in company-wide finance transformation initiatives.

• Work together with executive leaders, divisional CFOs, financial controllers, shared services, and external advisors.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial reporting/planning, or corporate finance.

• Several years of experience leading teams at the Head/Director level.

• Proven success in leading a comprehensive FP&A function within a complex, multi-entity or multi-brand organization.

• Direct experience in presenting to and guiding discussions with Boards, shareholders, and/or lenders.

• Experience in a private-equity-backed, subscription, SaaS, hosting, or technology business is highly advantageous.

• Demonstrated success in building, leading, and developing a high-performing finance team of five or more.

• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

• Strong expertise in financial modeling, reporting, and business control.

• Proficiency in planning platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or similar tools.

• Experience with BI tools like Power BI or Tableau.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills at the CFO/ExCo/Board/lender level.

• Strategic and commercially minded, capable of translating complex, multi-entity data into a clear performance narrative.

• Strong leadership abilities and a track record of developing future leaders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Everyone is welcome; diversity and inclusion are fundamental values.

• Commitment to ESG and sustainability initiatives.

• Fostering trusted collaboration and a respectful, open workplace culture.