Digital Controller

Are you who we’re looking for?

Within Risk Advisory, our Controllership- Finance team in Zaventem is ambitiously expanding. We are looking for key players that stand at the intersection of technology and finance. So, are you our new Digital Controller?

This new breed of skilled professionals builds their career as a trusted business advisor for clients while resolving challenges related to the finance organization. They feel as comfortable (re)designing a finance process in a global transformation as getting their hands dirty when sifting through large and complex datasets.

Deloitte is the Digital Controller’s (DC’s) natural habitat — our company’s ambition aligns perfectly with the DC’s desire to continuously expand their professional skill set. In addition, Deloitte opens the door to the latest cutting-edge technologies, to a global network of experienced professionals, and to an extensive learning hub. This allows the DC to stay up-to-date with the latest finance and technology trends while providing leading practices to their clients.

A Digital Controller is a rare but valuable species. Do you think you have what it takes to be one?

• you will be part of a dynamic and passionate team that collaborates to analyze issues and addresses client challenges related to controllership:

• reporting

• consolidation

• budgeting & forecasting

• Lead a diverse and talented team, provide them with coaching to advance their career goals, enable them to deliver high-quality work, and meet the expectations of the clients.

• Plan and manage a client engagement or an engagement workstream with a structured approach to ensure client satisfaction

• Contribute to firm initiatives by supporting the development of proposals, thought leadership, campus recruitment, and market-facing initiatives

• Embrace and live the firm’s purpose, to make an impact that matters, by pushing yourself and your team to identify solutions to challenges that are most important for our clients, people, and society

Your role towards our clients:

• Improve their budgeting, forecasting, closing consolidation, and reporting cycle

• Ensure the finance organization and in particular that the controllers get the full benefit of an ERP implementation

• Define the systems strategy and develop system requirements for the selection of new finance software

• Develop and execute the implementation strategy, work plan, system configuration, and process mapping

• Execute the digital controllership agenda via temporary support or managed services

What are the “must have’s” to excel in this role:

• A master degree in economics or engineering

• Strong financial background with 2 to 7 years of experience in one of the following areas:

- External audit

• ERP implementations or finance transformations

- Controlling

• Finance process optimization

• Closing, consolidation & reporting

• A healthy interest in finance technology

• Passionate to learn about finance tools

• Hands-on, result oriented and with outstanding analytical skills

• Professional proficiency of English

What are on top the “nice to have’s” to get even faster up to speed in this role?

• Audit, consulting or project management experience

• A strong knowledge of SAP

• Familiar with finance tools such as Tagetik, Board, Blackline, SAP Group Reporting, Robotics

• Well developed data transformation skills in Excel, Alteryx or SQL