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Business Controller

Belgium (HQ)
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your purpose at Stanley/Stella

At Stanley/Stella, we create premium, sustainable apparel with a strong commitment to quality, transparency, and responsible business practices. As our business continues to grow internationally, we rely on strong financial insights to support good decision-making and sustainable growth.

Our Finance team plays a key role in helping the business understand performance, anticipate challenges, and make informed decisions across all functions.

As a Business Controller, you support the Controlling team in delivering accurate financial reporting, analysis, and business insights that help drive decision-making across the company.

You will contribute to month-end reporting, forecasting, and planning activities while developing a strong understanding of the business and its financial drivers. Over time, you will progressively take ownership of your own scope and grow into a trusted business partner for departments such as Logistics, Marketing, and HR. You will help identify opportunities, anticipate risks, and support continuous improvement of financial processes and tools

Your role and impact

Reporting & Analysis
  • Support monthly and annual closing activities, including reconciliations and financial consolidation.
  • Analyze business performance and key variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
  • Monitor revenue, margins, inventory, and other key financial indicators.
  • Support cash flow forecasting and tracking.
  • Prepare financial reports, presentations, and materials for management reviews and board meetings.
  • Deliver ad hoc analyses to support business needs.
Business Partnering
  • Collaborate with commercial and operational teams to provide financial insights and performance reporting.
  • Support strategic and operational decision-making through data-driven analysis.
  • Contribute to business cases, investment analyses, and performance improvement initiatives.
  • Help identify risks, opportunities, and areas for enhanced business performance.
Financial Planning
  • Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
  • Assist with financial modelling and scenario analysis.
  • Contribute to the monitoring of operational and financial KPIs.
  • Support investment evaluations and business planning activities
Process Improvement
  • Contribute to the optimization and automation of controlling processes and reporting tools.
  • Support digitalization initiatives and the use of data-driven solutions.
  • Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, accounting standards, and reporting guidelines.
Collaboration
  • Work closely with the Business Controller team, Business Analyst, Accounting, and Credit teams.
  • Build effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
  • Report directly to the Head of Controlling.

About you

  • You hold a degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
  • You have at least 3 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, audit, or a similar finance role.
  • You have a solid understanding of finance, accounting principles, and financial reporting.
  • You are comfortable working with Excel and have experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
  • You are interested in data, systems, digitalization, and process improvement.
  • You combine strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a structured way of working.
  • You communicate clearly and can adapt your message to different audiences.
  • You enjoy collaborating with stakeholders across different departments.
  • You are fluent in English and French.
  • You are proactive, hands-on, and motivated to learn and grow in a dynamic environment.

About us

Founded in 2012, Stanley/Stella has become Europe’s leading brand for premium and sustainable blank apparel. Our mission is simple yet ambitious: to redefine how responsible fashion is made, distributed and experienced.

We combine contemporary design with uncompromising quality and a deeply embedded commitment to sustainability. Every choice, from the fabrics we select to the long-term partnerships we build, reflects our belief that doing better is not optional; it is essential.

At Stanley/Stella, excellence is not a slogan. It is our way of working. We operate with transparency, respect and an entrepreneurial spirit that empowers every team member to make an impact. Together we are shaping a more conscious and inspiring future for our industry and for everyone who wears our products.

Join a company that leads by example, grows with purpose and creates change that lasts.