Head of Accounting and Reporting
Express Executive Recruitment
Head of Accounting & Reporting
Belgium — Brussels Area
Permanent position
Ref. 26.028Starting date: after summer 2026
For one of our key international clients, FIT in NETWORK® has been exclusively mandated to recruit an experienced
Head of Accounting & Reporting professional, based in Belgium, in the Brussels area.
This opportunity is ideally suited to senior accounting professionals or Chief Accountant profiles with a strong technical accounting background and hands-on expertise across accounting operations, reporting and tax matters.
International Group
Significant operations in Belgium within a multi-entity organization.
Accounting Leadership
A hands-on role combining reporting, consolidation, tax and internal controls.
CFO Partner
A trusted partner to the CFO, acting as a real process owner.
The company for this opportunity
Due to the confidential nature of this exclusive search, company information will be disclosed only to shortlisted candidates under NDA.
- International group with significant operations in Belgium;
- Multi-entity organization with high-volume transactional and reporting flows;
- Exclusively BtoB activities;
- Matrix organization with shared services center activities.
The permanent position
Reporting directly to the company CFO, and working in matrix cooperation with IT, Operations and Procurement, you will act as a hands-on accounting leader and trusted partner to the CFO.
You will also supervise external auditors and tax advisors, while ensuring reliability, compliance and quality for both Belgian and Group standards.
Your main responsibilities
- Lead the Accounting, Tax and Reporting team, including local team members and shared service center activities;
- Prepare quarterly accounting reports for Group consolidation;
- Assess company inventories and fixed assets across different locations;
- Supervise tax-related accounting activities, including VAT, corporate income tax support and regulatory reporting;
- Oversee the accounting and reporting of subsidiaries;
- Support accounting teams on technical topics as SAP key user in SAP/FI and SAP/MM;
- Contribute to ERP optimization, internal controls and continuous improvement initiatives.
Your key skills & profile
Hard skills
- At least 15 years of relevant accounting experience;
- Senior responsibility in a large-scale organization;
- Master in accounting or Chartered Accountant degree;
- Experience in Tax and Group Reporting with turnover above €1bn;
- Belgian GAAP and IFRS experience;
- SAP FI, SAP MM key-user level or strong ERP exposure.
Soft skills
- Dutch native or fluent practice, with French and English;
- Positive and contribution-oriented team leader;
- Analytical mindset, reliable and rigorous;
- Deadline-focused and quality-driven;
- Strong communication skills in a matrix organization.
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