Family Finance Controller

ROLE OVERVIEW

Newly created, hands-on accounting/control role supporting the Chairman’s personal and household financial administration across Belgium and Lebanon. The focus is visibility, organization, process creation, document control, and timely reporting for the Chairman and CEO. The role does not require access to private bank balances and does not execute payments without approval.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Track and categorize personal, household, property, construction, and family-related expenses in EUR, USD, and LBP.
• Maintain monthly visibility over known income, outgoing expenses, pending items, and upcoming financial commitments.
• Track household/service staff payments, allowances, advances, reimbursements, bonuses, and recurring obligations.
• Maintain an upcoming payment calendar for renewals, installments, subscriptions, insurance, property costs, and recurring expenses.
• Track construction, renovation, contractor, maintenance, and property expenses by property, project, amount, currency, payment status, and support.
• Maintain records of intra-family loans, advances, repayments, gifts, charitable contributions, and nonprofit-related support.
• Organize invoices, receipts, approvals, payment confirmations, contracts, staff records, construction files, and other supporting documents.
• Prepare a simple monthly reporting pack showing expenses by category, property, country, currency, project, upcoming obligations, open items, and key movements.
• Prepare payment requests and supporting documents for approval; flag missing approvals, unclear requests, duplicate items, or unsupported expenses.
• Collect and organize information softly from assistants, household staff, contractors, and other relevant parties for review by the Chairman and CEO.
• Create simple Excel trackers, folders, review routines, and practical processes without over-complicating the workflow.
• Help organize personal administrative files and documents.
• Maintain the Chairman’s calendar and travel plans.
• Assist with basic computer/document tasks such as saving files, opening or sending attachments, organizing digital documents, and simple admin technology support.
• Administrative support is secondary to the finance and control responsibilities of the role.

• Minimum 6 years of relevant accounting, finance, bookkeeping, or controller experience.
• Strong practical experience in expense tracking, reconciliations, reporting, documentation, and financial organization.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• CPA/ACCA/CMA not required; considered a plus.
• Fluent English and Arabic required.