Financial Controller
Become our new Financial Controller and breathe new life into your career! Join us in shaping your department and be part of a rapidly growing organization where sustainability and innovation are key.
Join our company as the Financial Controller, where you will play a crucial leadership role within the regional finance team and be a part of the international group. In this role, you will share responsibility for local plant strategy setting and reporting. Additionally, this position plays a key role in fostering a data-driven culture, standardizing monthly reporting and focusing on actionable insights. This is the ideal position for a dynamic finance professional looking to make an impact in a collaborative and rapidly changing environment and cross-cultural exposure.
You will have the unique opportunity to help shape your own team in a start-up company, to work with advanced technologies and contribute to the development of high-quality glass products. All this within an organization where innovation and sustainability are at the core of our operations.
Responsibilities & Key Tasks
Financial Management and Reporting
- Manage statutory financial reporting, IFRS reporting, management reporting and tax filing processes
- Develop and maintain relevant policies and control environment
- Develop and manage the local forecasting processes, including annual budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and long term plans and ensure alignment with organizational goals
- Promote data-driven decision making within the finance team and the broader organization
- Ensure data quality, consistency and accessibility across all financial processes, aligned to the local and group requirements
- Monitor both financial and operational Key Performance Indicators to measure progress and take timely action on deviations
- Manage costs, inventory control and budgeting to support strategic priorities and agile decision making
- Prepare and deliver monthly presentations, providing insights on performance, trends and strategic recommendations
- Deliver IFRS and other financial reporting packages to support the group IFRS consolidation and FP&A processes
- Standardize monthly reports to ensure consistency, clarity and actionable insights
- Collaborate with the group finance team and cross-functional teams to align financial strategies with business objectives and achieve impactful results
Process Optimalization, Innovation & Development
- Identify and implement technological and automated solutions to improve financial processes
- Lead process optimization initiatives to improve scalability and effectiveness of financial operations
- Leverage predictive analytics and Business Intelligence tools to improve reporting and enable proactive decision making
Leadership & Coaching
- Build a high-quality local finance team that supports both the local operation and the group with forward-looking, strategic financial insights
- Lead, develop and manage the local finance team, fostering collaboration, accountability and professional growth
Qualifications, Competences & Experience
- A completed education at the bachelor's or master's level, in a relevant field and an accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or an equivalent)
- At least 10 years of experience in a financial controller role within a manufacturing environment
- Excellent knowledge/experience of business controlling, budget management and cost control
- Proficiency in ERP systems (preferably SAP), BI tools such as Power BI and other manufacturing related software solutions. Experience in ERP implementation would be a bonus
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively motivate and support teams through coaching, training and mentoring
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in Dutch and English is required
- Problem solving skills and a hands-on mentality to tackle challenges quickly and efficiently
- Persuasive and smooth communication with various stakeholders and customers
- Strong analytical and problem-solving thinking
- Know how to handle change. The site is in startup and constantly changing
- Ability to work within strict deadlines while adapting to multiple tasks and priorities
- Ability to think and act strategically in a dynamic and complex environment
- Technologically savvy with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
Why work at Ciner Glass?
At Ciner Glass, you’ll have the opportunity to help build a brand-new, ultra-modern production site from the ground up. You’ll take on a role you can shape yourself, in a place where pride, craftsmanship and technology come together.
This isn’t just a job; it’s a career full of bottle happiness:
- Salary package with company car, smartphone, laptop,...
- 42 vacation days, including holidays
- Health insurance
- Meal vouchers
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Over time, these additional benefits will be further expanded
Will you be our next flessenier?

- Department
- Controlling
- Locations
- Ciner Glass Lommel
About Ciner Glass
Ciner Glass is more than a packaging glass producer. We’re a family business with a global perspective; driven by innovation, sustainability and people. From our bases in Turkey, the UK and Belgium, we deliver billions of glass bottles each year to the world’s leading food and beverage brands.
In 2026, we’ll open Europe’s most advanced and sustainable glass factory in Lommel. An investment of nearly €700 million, creating over 500 jobs and endless career opportunities.
This is where we bottle the future; together with you, the ‘flessenier’ of tomorrow.
Financial Controller
Become our new Financial Controller and breathe new life into your career! Join us in shaping your department and be part of a rapidly growing organization where sustainability and innovation are key.
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