Assistant Controller – Motion & Electrification Benelux

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Your role and responsibilities

Your goal is to help Motion & Electrification in Benelux make confident, well-informed decisions. By turning financial data into clear reports and useful insights, you’ll help stakeholders understand performance, spot trends and issues, and identify opportunities to improve. Working with finance and operations teams, you’ll also support accurate reporting and continuous improvement.

This role contributes to Motion & Electrification in Benelux.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Preparing regular financial and management reports, and developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards for stakeholder reporting.
• Reviewing accounts, balance sheets, orders, projects, and journal entries to support accurate and complete financial records and reporting.
• Supporting compliance with financial reporting standards and internal controls, and collaborating with operations and finance teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Supporting continuous improvement of financial reporting processes.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant professional experience, with foundational knowledge of finance and business controlling processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with financial reporting tools and business intelligence platforms.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP, and willingness to learn is expected.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy when working with financial data.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Dutch, with good communication skills and the ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Able to work in a independly way and as part of a team; willing to learn and develop professionally. Project control experience, and willingness to travel across Benelux locations is required.

What’s in it for you?

Here’s what we offer:

• Attractive and competitive salary package
• Meal vouchers, expense reimbursement
• 32 paid vacation days (20 legal + 12 ADV)
• Comprehensive hospitalization, group, and pension insurance
• Flexible work locations — at home, on site, or from The Wings, our brand-new office in Diegem
• Freedom to plan your day, set your pace, and own your success stories

More about us

Finance is a trusted partner, providing forward-looking financial insights through financial planning, analysis, and reporting to support sustainable growth. In this role, you’ll contribute financial insight to ABB’s Motion and Electrification businesses in Benelux. Electrification works to enable safe, smart, and sustainable electrical infrastructure, while Motion focuses on energy-efficient motion solutions. Together, their solutions support industrial, infrastructure, and transportation applications.

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, helping industries become more efficient, productive, and sustainable.

At ABB, we call this “Engineered to Outrun.

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