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VALPEO

Leadership, culture, and organization advisory

Finance Manager 1

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Master's
Belgium
In Person
AccountingFinancial Accounting

About the job

Requirements
  • A Master’s degree in Accounting, Financial Sciences, TEW, Handelsingenieur, or a comparable stated field.
  • At least five years of financial executive responsibility in an industrial or manufacturing-oriented international SME environment with comparable scope.
  • Broad finance expertise across Accounting, FP&A, Audit, Controlling, Working Capital Management, Reporting, and Tax.
  • Thorough knowledge of Belgian financial and tax legislation.
  • Ability to communicate openly and diplomatically with influence, and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Maturity to challenge and coach management team members on finance-related matters.
  • Ability to take initiative, question the status quo, and help shape and implement company policy.
  • Hands-on mentoring, organization, facilitation, and ownership skills, including the ability to identify finance needs and propose efficient tailored processes.
  • Proactive, results-oriented approach, prioritization ability, and commitment to ethics and continuous improvement.
  • Motivation and accountability to lead projects, think strategically and innovatively, understand complexity, and offer practical implementable solutions.
  • A track record of KPI-driven work.
  • Proficiency in MS Office.
  • Fluency in Dutch, French, and English.
Responsibilities
  • Supervise accounting, tax, and compliance processes and optimize reporting procedures as needed.
  • Organize monthly financial reporting within agreed deadlines, including entries for deferred revenue, accruals, provisions, deferred costs, assets, and inventory.
  • Manage corporate income tax, other taxes, and VAT obligations.
  • Manage annual closings and statutory obligations.
  • Recommend improvements to balance-sheet structure and tax obligations.
  • Optimize Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay processes in coordination with operational teams.
  • Lead four full-time-equivalent employees and build a mature, high-performing operation through coaching, planning, and inspirational leadership within a self-organizing culture.
  • Coordinate and maintain relationships with auditors, banks, insurance companies, and tax authorities.
  • Initiate and coordinate the annual budgeting process.
  • Lead strategic projects such as digitalization and process optimization, and contribute to the company's structural development.
  • Develop and implement cost-efficient, service-oriented reporting systems.
  • Identify trends that may affect business profitability.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of French financial legislation and reporting requirements.
  • Experience with ERP implementations.

About the company

VALPEO provides diagnostic tools and advisory services to help leaders align leadership, culture and organizational structure with strategic direction in complex environments. Its Transformative Value Framework and proprietary Dx instruments reveal how value is created across different levels of complexity and what kind of leadership and culture are needed to sustain it. It works with multinationals, family businesses, government bodies and PE-backed firms on integration, transformation and value-creation journeys. The company aims to help organizations understand and enhance their real capacity to think, decide and act under complexity to achieve lasting value.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

City of Brussels, Belgium

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • VALPEO won Best Executive Search Firm in July 2026, strengthening deal credibility.
  • The company’s multi-country footprint supports cross-border mandates without heavy fixed infrastructure.
  • LinkedIn lists 3912 followers and multiple offices, signaling brand reach beyond Belgium.

What critics are saying

  • No funding disclosure suggests a bootstrapped services business with limited growth capital.
  • Eleven to fifty employees creates key-person risk if partners leave in 2026.
  • Big consultancies and search firms can bundle offerings and compress VALPEO pricing quickly.

What makes VALPEO unique

  • VALPEO combines executive search, assessment, coaching, and organization design in one advisory shop.
  • The firm won Best Executive Search Firm at HR Excellence Awards Belgium 2026.
  • Its partner network spans Brussels, Antwerp, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Nairobi, Paris, and Neuchâtel.

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Benefits

  • Performance Bonus