Controller

You've probably already heard about Ghent's buzzing tech scene, now's your chance to be part of it! Ready to make an impact as our first Controller in a fast-scaling SaaS company, where you'll further professionalise our financial reporting and structure?

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  Deliver accurate and timely monthly management reporting

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  Review actuals together with Accounting to ensure results are complete, reliable, and correctly structured

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  Prepare clear variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods

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  Create and maintain ad hoc reports based on business needs

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  Develop new reporting views and dashboards as the company evolves

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  Own and improve the Power BI reporting environment

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  Ensure reporting is clear, actionable, and useful for business planning and decision-making

• Follow up on reporting needs and translate them into the right company structure, including cost centers, cost types, and reporting dimensions

• Align with Accounting to ensure correct, simple, and efficient usage of financial structures

• Help judge when adjustments are needed to improve transparency, accuracy, scalability, and control

• Provide stakeholders with meaningful insights into costs, performance, margins, and business drivers

• Help build visibility on our SaaS + hardware model, including recurring revenue, one-off revenue, gross margin, and customer or segment performance where relevant

• Act as a finance business partner to colleagues across the company, helping them understand their numbers and make better-informed decisions

• Support the CFO with insights and reporting for management, board, and strategic finance discussions

• Own the budget process twice a year, including tools, content, coordination, and reporting

• Support rolling forecasts and scenario planning as the company grows and priorities evolve

• Work closely with colleagues to identify how tasks can be made more productive

• Propose improvements that increase efficiency, visibility, automation, and data quality

• Help the business adopt smarter ways of working through AI, BI tools, and process improvements

You will report directly to the CFO (Kristof De Ceuckelaere) and work closely with Finance, Accounting, and business stakeholders across the company.

• You have 2-5 years of experience as a business analyst, controller, or similar financial/analytical role

• You have an analytical mindset: you can translate data into practical insights and think strategically about how to structure financial information

• You speak Dutch at a native/full professional level, and fluent English is essential since that is our internal language

• You work well across departments: you collaborate effectively with different teams with strong communication skills, communicate clearly and concisely, challenge existing ways of working when needed, and identify opportunities to improve automation, efficiency, and processes

• You have strong technical skills: experience with BI tools (preferably Power BI), strong Excel and data analysis skills, and familiarity with reporting, budgeting, financial analysis, cost centers, and cost types. You're comfortable working with financial systems, reporting tools, and automation solutions, and you use AI and other tools to improve finance and reporting processes.

• You have a master's degree with a business, economics, finance, or similar major (or equivalent professional experience that demonstrates the same capabilities)