Group Financial Controller

Job Description

Location: Mauritius (remote - office available in Mauritius)
Travel: Regular travel to DRC, Madagascar & Papua New Guinea
Reporting: Group CFO (Belgium)

Role summary

The Group Financial Controller supports the Group CFO in the financial controlling, reconciliation and performance improvement of the Group’s operating entities in DRC, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea.
Beyond reviewing figures, the role is hands-on and action-oriented, actively working with the Group CFO to identify inefficiencies, cost-saving opportunities and performance improvement levers across the Group.
The position is intentionally split into:

•Group-level financial controlling and performance improvement, in close collaboration with the Group CFO; and

•Operational Finance Manager responsibility for the Papua New Guinea entity, a small but fast-growing subsidiary.

This role requires an autonomous controller, capable of challenging figures, identifying issues at source and driving corrective actions.

Key responsibilities

Group financial controlling leadership (≈ 60% of time)

•Own the group financial controlling cycle, from raw data to consolidated insights.

•Ensure full reconciliation between management accounts, statutory figures and cash movements.

•Perform deep-dive reviews of cost structures, margins, working capital and cash usage.

•Actively support the Group CFO in identifying cost-saving opportunities and operational improvement areas.

•Work with local teams to translate analyses into concrete actions (cost control, process improvements).

•Monitor implementation and track the financial impact of savings initiatives.

Finance Manager – Papua New Guinea (≈ 40% of time)

•Take full financial ownership of the Papua New Guinea entity.
•Oversee accounting, cash management, cost control and financial planning.
•Actively support the entity’s growth while maintaining tight financial discipline.
•Identify financial risks linked to scale-up and propose mitigation actions.
•Serve as a trusted financial partner to both local management and the Group CFO.
•Maintain periodic on-site presence as required to ensure operational alignment.

Experience & profile

•Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business.
•At least 5 years’ experience in financial controlling, group finance or audit.
•Strong track record in financial reconciliation, performance analysis and cost control.
•Excellent Excel and financial modeling skills.
•Highly autonomous, structured and detail-driven.
•Comfortable balancing group-level oversight and operational finance management.
•Fluent in English and French.