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GelderlandHybrid36 hours/week<3months
You have extensive experience in financial accounting, financial reporting, and audits. You would like to use your expertise to contribute to reliable financial reporting and the continuous improvement of a knowledge institution's financial operations. As a Financial Controller, you will play a central role in several key organization-wide themes.
What you do
- You organize activities related to the preparation of annual financial statements and coordinate with the Corporate Governance & Legal Services team regarding the management report.
- You make a significant contribution to the preparation of the annual accounts and sections of the management report, particularly in the areas of risk management, the going concern statement, and public-private accountability.
- You serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors concerning interim audits and annual financial statement audits.
- You ensure adequate information provision and coordinate the correct processing of key balance sheet and profit-and-loss items, such as provisions and the accounting treatment of government funding.
- You act as a subject matter expert for complex financial accounting issues.
- Together with the second-line project control group, you contribute to the quality of project control across the organization.
- You serve as the point of contact for auditors regarding grant and subsidy audits.
- You contribute to the lawful expenditure and reporting of grants and subsidies through advisory work, system design, and internal controls.
- You support the group with complex issues, help develop solutions, and represent the interests of project control within the broader financial management framework.
- You participate in projects focused on the implementation and renewal of information and operational systems in which financial processes play a key role.
- You ensure alignment with other systems, safeguard internal control principles and promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the chosen solutions.
- You will report to the Manager Financial Accounting & Internal Control.
Profile
- A higher professional education (HBO+) or academic level of thinking and working, with a completed degree in Business Economics, Accountancy, or a comparable financial discipline.
- A completed RA (Registered Accountant) qualification, or being in the process of obtaining one, is considered an advantage. Experience with grant and subsidy audits is also a plus.
- Demonstrable affinity with financial accounting and financial reporting.
- Experience with coordinating and managing external audits.
- Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail.
- A balanced approach that combines a focus on financial control with an understanding of organizational feasibility and stakeholder acceptance of change initiatives; able to be "soft where possible, firm where necessary."
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Excellent communication skills in Dutch.
Practical
- This is an initial one-year contract, with the possibility of renewal.
- A full-time working week of 36 hours is standard, 32 hours can be discussed.
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