Location: Roeselare, Belgium
Travel: Periodic travel across Europe
Reports to: Finance Director Frozen Division
Scope: Greenyard Frozen Division (multi-country, multi-site)
About Greenyard Frozen
Greenyard Frozen is part of Greenyard, a global leader in fresh, frozen, and prepared fruit and vegetables. The Frozen Division focuses on high-quality, ready-to-use frozen vegetables and meals for retail and foodservice customers worldwide.
With strong roots in agriculture and long-term partnerships with growers, Greenyard combines industrial expertise with respect for nature and product quality. The organization operates internationally while remaining strongly locally anchored, blending multinational scale with a family-driven culture.
The Role
As Head of Divisional Controlling, you are responsible for steering financial performance across the Frozen Division. You act as a strategic business partner to the divisional leadership team, translating strategy into financial outcomes and driving value creation, profitability, and capital discipline.
You ensure transparency in performance and provide clear, actionable insights that support decision-making at the highest level.
Key Responsibilities
Performance & Business Partnering
- Act as financial co-pilot to the Divisional Management Team
- Drive insight-based decision-making on profitability, ROIC, and working capital
- Challenge and support commercial, operational, and strategic decisions
Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the Long Range Plan, annual budget, and forecasts
- Ensure alignment between commercial, operational, and financial assumptions
- Deliver scenario and sensitivity analyses for strategic decisions
Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Own divisional management reporting with a focus on actionable insights
- Analyse performance by product, customer, channel, and site
- Support CAPEX evaluations, footprint decisions, and efficiency programs
- Simplify reporting processes with a focus on clarity and impact
Governance & Controls
- Ensure consistency, transparency, and compliance with Group finance standards
- Act as key interface between Group Finance and the Frozen Division
- Safeguard financial governance and internal controls
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop the Divisional Controlling team
- Strengthen business partnering capabilities across country finance teams
- Coach and develop finance talent within the division
Transformation & Tools
- Support finance transformation and system evolution
- Drive standardisation and automation of planning and reporting
Your Profile
Education & Experience
- Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration
- Minimum 10 years of experience in controlling or finance within an international environment
- Proven experience in divisional or multi-country performance steering
- Experience in FMCG, food, or industrial environments is a strong asset
Skills & Competencies
- Fluent in Dutch, English, and French
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking
- Strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Comfortable operating in a matrix organisation
- High level of integrity, ownership, and independence
- Experience with SAP, IBM Planning & Analytics, or QlikView is a plus
What We Offer
- A key role with direct impact on business performance
- An international environment with strong local anchoring
- A company combining entrepreneurial spirit with long-term vision
- Competitive salary package
- Company car
- Meal vouchers (€9/day)
- Comprehensive benefits package
Why join Greenyard Frozen
This role sits at the intersection of strategy, finance, and operations. You are not just reporting performance, you are shaping it.
If you are looking for a position where you can influence decisions, work closely with senior leadership, and operate in a dynamic international environment, this is your opportunity.
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