Finance Business Partner

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We are looking for a motivated and experienced Finance Business Partner to reinforce the Enterprise Telco Services and Operations (ETO) Finance team

Context

With a yearly turnover of more than €1,4 B€, ETO is a Telco Market leader in the Belgian professional sector. ETO is organized in three major customer value propositions departments and three macro-segments (Corporate, Small, and Medium enterprises).

Task Description

Within the ETO Finance Business partner team, we’re looking for a Finance specialist to support one of the 3 Customer Value Propositions (Next Gen Mobile, Smart Connectivity, Business Communication and Smart IoT). You will support one CVP Head-of, as a partner, through the full financial cycle of the CVP. As Finance Specialist, you will report to the Finance Manager “Telco & Platforms Practice”.

Responsibilities

• Together with your business counterpart, you are responsible for the CVP forecasting process including 3-year plan, budget as well as monthly and quarterly budget reviews of revenues, direct margin and the operational drivers. You will challenge and consolidate the figures and present the proposal to the ETO FIN and Business directors.
• You are in charge of reporting on a monthly basis the main variances versus plan and last year and you will have to make monthly projections of risk and opportunities versus last forecast exercise. You will also be asked to support and follow up on potential action plans.
• By using your excellent communication and writing skills, you challenge performance improvement by preparing the finance opinion on complex business/customer cases to be submitted to the ETO Management and/or the Domestic management Committee for approval (new products, pricing files, …)

You work in close collaboration with other Finance or Support departments (Tax, Accounting, Regulatory, Legal, Procurement, Treasury, …).

Your Profile

In order to manage all the above, we are looking for a colleague who is:

• digital savvy with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools and is willing to invest in other software applications (TM1, Salesforces, …);
• has very good presentation skills (oral and writing);
• is well organized and can work within short deadlines;
• is results-oriented, has an analytical mind and can cope with stress;
• is a very good team player with excellent communication skills;
• and last but not least who is proactive, assertive and diplomatic.

Regarding your education & experience, we prefer a university degree, supplemented with at least 5 years of experience in a financial domain (audit, controlling, financial analysis). Of course, you can express yourself fluently in French, Dutch and English (oral and writing).

What do we offer you?

• We are 100% Belgian. So we make decisions in three languages. And all at the same time if you like!
• We are open to everyone: M, W, X, and in fact all the other letters of the alphabet.
• We encourage personal growth. At the Proximus Academy, you won’t even want to miss a session.
• We are, of course, committed to sustainability. What else did you think?
• We firmly believe that working together is important, but that having fun together is even more so. That is why we regularly organise fun activities. (Please let us know if you have a talent for playing Santa Claus!)
• We believe in responsibility. Also in yours. For example, you can take it to launch your own initiatives.
• We put our customers first. And because we are all customers somewhere, you already know what that means. That’s good.
• And the ever-important work-life balance? We keep it in the right place.

Naturally we have a competitive salary package for you. Click here(or apply) to discover what else we offer.