Commercial Finance Manager BeNeLux & E-Commerce

As Commercial Finance Manager, you partner with Sales and Marketing to drive profitable growth across Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Middle East, and E-Commerce. You lead forecasting, planning, and financial governance to improve margins, ROI, and investments. You will shape commercial decisions with financial insights, support negotiations, and drive process improvements using ERP and BI tools. This role sits at the crossroads of finance and commercial strategy, enabling scalable expansion in a fast-paced environment.

• competitive salary
• performance-based bonus
• 27 days annual holidays
• hybrid work model (Amsterdam office + home)
• Pension Plan
• commuting allowance

• Partner with Sales and Marketing to assess profitability and growth opportunities
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support commercial decisions
• Challenge assumptions to improve revenue, margin, and ROI
• Support annual customer negotiations with financial analysis and scenario modelling
• Develop and evaluate business cases for product launches, marketing investments, and strategic initiatives
• Support CAPEX business cases and monitor project financial performance
• Lead forecasting and planning for assigned markets and channels
• Coordinate commercial inputs into the S&OP process
• Deliver performance reporting and variance analysis
• Drive reporting automation and process improvements using ERP/BI tools
• Maintain robust control of trade spend, rebates, and accruals
• Support year-end closing activities and statutory audits
• Ensure financial governance across commercial activities

• EU Citizenship and/or valid work permit
• University Degree in Finance / Business Administration
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus
• 5–8 years in Finance or FP&A, preferably FMCG
• Strong commercial acumen with pricing, promotions, and customer negotiations impact
• Strategic thinking and ability to influence long-term decisions
• Proven business partnering and stakeholder management
• Analytical excellence with financial modelling and data interpretation
• Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis
• Digital literacy: Excel, SAP/Oracle, Power BI/Tableau; Pigment is advantageous
• Governance, control of trade spend, accruals, rebates, and audits
• Results-oriented, hands-on in a fast-paced environment

• Stakeholder management
• Commercial communication
• Problem-solving
• Excel (advanced)
• SAP/Oracle
• Power BI/Tableau