Assistant Controller – WILRIJK

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and proactive Assistant Controller to join our financial department at Imperial Brands. In this role, you will leverage your senior-level knowledge of Belgian bookkeeping to ensure compliance with legislation and accounting principles. You will collaborate closely with auditors and address inquiries from tax authorities during audits, while also managing regular statutory forecasts and monitoring financial KPIs.

As an Assistant Controller, you will be responsible for producing monthly management reports, including tax and KPIs, to provide a fair view of the factory's performance. You will assist in the estimation and preparation of the annual budget, ensuring accurate product costs and transfer prices in collaboration with the Cost Accountant. This role offers the right candidate a chance to make a meaningful impact within a supportive, innovative global FMCG company, backed by 25,000 employees worldwide.

Principal Accountabilities

• Maintain expertise in Belgian bookkeeping principles, ensuring adherence to legislation, collaborating with auditors, and responding to tax authority inquiries during audits.
• Oversee monthly and periodic reporting, including tax and KPIs, to deliver accurate insights into factory performance based on validated data from budget owners.
• Lead the estimation and preparation of annual and quarterly budgets in conjunction with the management team, ensuring accurate product costing and transfer pricing in collaboration with the cost accountant.
• Work with the cost accountant to ensure proper valuation of insured risks.
• Calculate corporate tax obligations and supervise VAT submissions to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate finance-related processes and projects, such as ERP implementations and new group insurance, while adhering to internal control guidelines and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills & Experience Required

• Demonstrate experience with ERP systems to troubleshoot common issues, alongside strong Excel skills.
• Possess a solid understanding of legislation related to bookkeeping, tax, and social law.
• Communicate fluently in Dutch and English, with the ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• Exhibit a hands-on, no-nonsense approach; be an independent, confident worker with a can-do mentality.
• Maintain discretion regarding wage information and other confidential matters.
• Display strong analytical and logical thinking skills while being organised and capable of working in a structured environment, balancing both a broad overview and attention to detail.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary and many extras including a great pension scheme, and generous holiday entitlement. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Imperial Brands

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.