Finance consulting in Belgium
Make your Finance function a powerhouse behind your business success
Some may see the role of a finance department as a box to tick for compliance. We see it as a critical function for adding value to your business.
Altesia is a Belgian finance consulting firm. We support finance teams in two ways: staffing, meaning hands-on reinforcement embedded in your team, also called project sourcing, and advisory, meaning targeted expertise to solve a specific challenge, design the right setup and upskill your organization. Many assignments combine both.
We work with SMEs, scale-ups and large organizations across Belgium, in Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders, and we adapt the level of seniority to your needs: from junior consultants to accountants, business controllers, financial controllers, finance managers and interim CFOs, on a part-time or full-time basis.
Typical financial consulting assignments include monthly closing and reporting, budgeting and forecasting, consolidation, cash and working capital management, process optimisation and automation, ERP and tool implementation support, and finance organisation design.
The goal is always the same: make your finance function a true partner to the business, reliable, scalable and built to drive performance.
When companies call a finance consultant
Most finance consulting assignments start with one of these situations:
- A controller, finance manager or CFO leaves, and the monthly closing cannot wait.
- Growth has outpaced the finance team, and reporting no longer gives management a reliable view.
- An ERP or consolidation tool is being selected or implemented, and the team has no bandwidth for the project.
- A budget or a forecast has to be rebuilt on sounder assumptions, often after a fundraising round or a build-up.
- Cash and working capital need to be brought back under control.
- The finance function works, but nobody has time to question how it is organised.
In the first situations, a consultant embedded in your team is usually the fastest answer. In the others, an advisory assignment with a clear scope and a defined deliverable gives better results. If you are hesitating between reinforcing your team, calling in advice or recruiting, read what a consultant really costs compared with an employee and whether you really need a full-time CFO. You can also see how we ensured financial continuity during a CFO onboarding, or browse all our client successes.
What you can expect from our Finance consultants:
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Upgrade your finance organisation
We help finance teams add value to the business and reclaim a strategic role in the organization.
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Build your Financial planning
We help you to build the right tools and processes to collect the right data that will translate your company vision into figures. This will empower you to steer your business towards your desired goals.
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Get visibility on your Financial performance
Ongoing financial operations need to follow a certain pace and meet clear deadlines. With the right processes, tools and people, you will gain visibility into your financial performance, and get efficiency to free up time for strategic projects.
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Start with a Financial Diagnostic
Our Financial Diagnostic gives you a clear, structured assessment of your finance function: people, processes and tools. It is the right first step to identify strengths, weaknesses and priorities for improvement, before committing to a larger project.
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Finance consulting FAQ
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What does a finance consultant do?
A finance consultant is an experienced finance professional who works for a company on a temporary or project basis. Depending on the assignment, that means running the monthly closing and reporting, building budgets and forecasts, managing cash and working capital, supporting an ERP or reporting tool implementation, or redesigning how the finance department is organised. The point is to bring a skill or a capacity the company does not have in house at that moment, and to leave the team stronger than before.
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What is the difference between finance staffing and finance advisory?
Staffing, also called project sourcing, means a consultant joins your team and works under your management, on your processes and your tools. Advisory means Altesia takes ownership of a defined question, such as an ERP selection, a financial diagnostic or a reporting redesign, and delivers a result. Staffing answers a capacity or continuity need, advisory answers an expertise need. Many companies start with one and continue with the other.
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How quickly can a finance consultant start?
It depends on the seniority and the specialisation you need, and on whether the profile is available from our own team of consultants or has to be sourced. Replacing a controller or an accountant usually moves faster than finding a specialised interim CFO. Tell us your deadline when you get in touch and we will tell you honestly what is realistic.
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What does a finance consultant cost in Belgium?
Daily rates vary with seniority, specialisation, the length of the assignment and how much of the work can be done remotely. The right comparison is rarely the daily rate against a gross salary: an employee carries recruitment costs, onboarding time, employer charges, holidays and a notice period, while a consultant is available immediately and only for as long as you need. We break the calculation down in our article on whether a consultant really costs more than an employee.
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Do you work with SMEs or only with large companies?
Both. We work with SMEs, scale-ups and large organizations, and we adapt the seniority and the time commitment accordingly. A scale-up may need a business controller two days a week, a group may need a full-time interim finance manager for a transition.
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Do your consultants work on site?
Yes, and that is usually the point. Our consultants work with your team in your offices, in Brussels, Wallonia or Flanders, with a hybrid arrangement when the assignment allows it.
