Financial Controller (Dutch language mandatory)

How you can make a difference

As Financial Controller E-Commerce, you make sure the actuals reporting (internal and external) of the brand and area you are working for is accurate, complete and in line with the AD Accounting Manual. You make sure the balance sheet is in full control by implementing balance sheet reviews, analytical reviews, reconciliations etc. You interpret and analyze financial data and translate it into periodic and adhoc reports/dashboards. Next to this you provide valuable insights and steering information to your finance business partners.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups.

Your new team

You will join the Financial Control Team within European Business Services (EBS), the shared services organization supporting Ahold Delhaize’s European brands. Within EBS Finance & Accounting, teams consist of highly skilled professionals who take ownership and continuously work to improve finance processes and insights.

In this role you will be a part of a team of multiple financial controllers which are responsible for the financial control activities of different Brands.

You will be closely working with a senior controller on one or more of these entities. It is an interesting and challenging role in which you can learn and grow towards a more independent financial controller.

Key focus areas of your role

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

Financial Closing & Reporting

• Responsible for the monthly financial closing of one or more of the entities
• Ensure an accurate, complete, and timely P&L and Balance Sheet
• Make financial results quickly and clearly available to the Business Controllers

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the financial point of contact for Business Controllers of the units you close
• Investigate and resolve financial questions in collaboration with:
• Corporate Accounting
• External outsourcing partner Genpact (India)

Process Improvement & Knowledge Sharing

• Take a proactive role in improvement initiatives, optimizing financial processes together with Financial Consultants
• Participate in regular discussions with other Financial Controllers, both within and outside the team, to deepen process and business insight

What’s in it for you?

At Ahold Delhaize, we create a caring culture where you feel safe and supported. Being part of our family of brands comes with cross-cultural teamwork, international experience, and room to explore across brands and functions. Your curiosity drives what’s next!

We value your well-being, both at work and beyond. That’s why we offer benefits like flexible work options in a hybrid way of working: partly from home and partly from our office in Zaandam, well-being initiatives, sabbatical leave, and family care. We enjoy connecting in our office and encourage you to spend at least three days a week here, based on a forty-hour work week.

• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 45 vacation days per year (25,5 vacation days + 19,5 paid-leave days)
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

The ingredients you bring

Everyone brings their unique flavor. We believe this role comes to life when you bring the following experience:

• A completed MSc degree in Finance, Business Administration or Economics;
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience
• Experience with dashboarding tools is a plus but not a requirement. It is important that you find this subject interesting and that you want to develop yourself further in it;
• Excellent Dutch and English communication skills (verbal and written)

Aside from these hard skills, we think you should also bring some much-valued soft skills to the table: strong communication skills and ability to work with various stakeholders, having a drive for change and innovation and having will to learn new things.

Meet your colleagues

“I need to feel like I'm constantly moving forward.”

Monica Lefterica, Capex Manager

“Go out there and do it – if it doesn’t work out, we'll fix it together.”

Frederieke de Haas- van den Vlekkert, Finance Director

“I love working for a company that encourages you to fully be yourself”

Bram Koper, Financial Controller Commerce