The assignment focuses on two Senior Project Controllers for two faculties of a public educational institution. As a Senior Project Controller, you serve as the central financial point of contact for management, research directors, professors, and researchers. You are responsible for reliable, timely, and complete financial management and accountability of externally funded research projects throughout the entire project cycle, from grant application and budgeting to reporting, auditing, and project closure.
You advise project leaders and management on financial opportunities, risks, grant frameworks, and the deployment of available resources. You make a significant contribution to realizing the faculty's research ambitions and the further growth of second and third-party funding. In addition to operational support, you act as a strategic financial advisor and business partner for researchers, project leaders, faculties, and management.
You support complex grant applications, perform financial risk analyses, monitor compliance with grant conditions and laws and regulations, and advise on financial scenarios and decision-making. Furthermore, you contribute to the further professionalization of the Project Control function through process optimization, knowledge sharing, and coaching.
What you do
- Preparing and reviewing project budgets in accordance with grant conditions, laws and regulations, and internal guidelines
- Advising and supporting financial matters during the application, execution, and closing phases of projects
- Setting up and managing financial project administration, including budget monitoring, forecasts, and financial monitoring
- Identifying and managing financial risks and deviations
- Preparing, checking, and coordinating financial progress and final reports
- Coordinating with project leaders, researchers, accountants, grant providers, clients, and project partners on financial aspects of projects
- Monitoring compliance with grant conditions and laws and regulations and advising on financial scenarios
- Contributing to process optimization, knowledge sharing, and coaching within project control
Profile
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand complex financial issues and translate them into concrete advice
- The ability to timely identify, assess, and clearly advise on financial risks
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Persuasiveness and the ability to advise and influence at various levels within the organization
- Strong organizational sensitivity and the ability to operate effectively within a complex administrative environment
- Excellent skills in stakeholder management and collaboration
- A proactive attitude and the ability to timely identify and seize opportunities and improvements
- A service-oriented approach with an eye for the interests of researchers, management, and other stakeholders
- The ability to operate independently and take responsibility for results
- A result-oriented work attitude, focused on delivering high-quality and timely output
What they ask
- Completed university (WO) or higher professional education (HBO) degree in Finance & Control, Business Economics, Accountancy, or a comparable financial field
- Minimum 3 years of work experience as a project controller within an environment with externally funded grant projects
- Demonstrable experience with financial management, monitoring, and accountability of complex grant projects, including national and/or European (research) funding
- Demonstrable experience advising project leaders, management, and other stakeholders on financial and grant-related issues
- Demonstrable experience preparing project budgets, financial forecasts, and reports throughout the full lifecycle of research projects
- Demonstrable experience with SAP and the ability to independently prepare financial analyses and reports
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Dutch and English (minimum CEFR level C1)
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