Interim Manager Financial Control

Basic-Fit is growing rapidly, and our Finance department is going through various exciting projects and changes, from process improvements onward and through our Finance Transformation journey. We're looking for a senior finance manager to help guide our Financial Control team through the next phase of this journey.

Are you excited to manage a talented group of individuals and optimize & standardize processes in a dynamic, international environment? Then we might be looking for you.

This Is What Your Role Looks Like

As Interim Manager Financial Control, you'll be leading our Financial Control team (16 FTE), a talented international group of quick-thinking financial professionals who generate high-quality reports while working closely with the business. You work from our international HQ in Hoofddorp and have full responsibility for the output of the Financial Control team. You will have 3 direct reports, and you will report directly to the Finance Director.

Following Basic-Fit’s recent auditor rotation after 10 years, the upcoming external audit will be a critical priority. In this role, you will take clear ownership of leading the audit process from the Financial Control side: coordinating the team, acting as the main counterpart for the auditors, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of audit requests, and proactively managing risks to support a smooth audit with no major findings.

You focus on further shaping the Financial Control team as a lean and efficient team by ensuring continued standardization and optimization of processes. Meanwhile, you make sure that our monthly figures are in top shape and ready for audit.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 16 FTE with 3 direct reports.
• Take ownership of our monthly reporting figures, making sure they are delivered complete, correct and within the established closing deadlines.
• Ensure that processes and activities run by the team are further standardized and automated.
• Take core responsibility for leading the external audit process, acting as the main counterpart for the auditors and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of all audit requests.
• Sign off on reconciliations and lead schedules for balance sheet and P&L accounts.
• Take part in company-wide projects and ensure correct and efficient implementation of financial processes for innovations and new business models.
• Analyze business processes, signal risks, and implement process improvements.
• Proactively pursue business issues that impact the general ledger and evaluate acceptable solutions.
• Take ownership of part of the Internal Control Framework related to the Financial Control processes.

Who Are You?

You're an initiative-taker and problem solver; accurate, and comfortable working in a fast-paced international environment. You manage to get the best out of the people that you lead. You take ownership and aren't afraid to flag issues and drive change.

Additionally, we're looking for someone with:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, ideally supplemented by a postgraduate RA/RC qualification or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a similar complex, high-volume IFRS accounting environment.
• Proven track record in managing and developing Financial Control teams.
• Proven experience leading the external audit process for a listed company, acting as the primary contact and driving timely delivery across the organization.
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus.
• Ability to interact with all departments and levels across the organization.
• Experience with SAP S4/HANA Public Cloud and/or LucaNet is a plus.

What We Offer You

At Basic-Fit, it’s not just about work, it’s about your growth. As an Interim Manager Financial Control, you’ll have the freedom to make an impact and develop yourself in a dynamic environment.

• Unlimited access to GoodHabitz and LinkedIn Learning.
• Plenty of opportunities for professional and personal development.
• An informal, international, and down-to-earth environment. We value working together, so we work 4 days in the office, 1 day from home.
• Your ideas contribute to strategic projects.
• Travel allowance, bike plan, health insurance discounts, remote work allowance, and a pension plan (52% contribution by Basic-Fit).
• Access to our gym at HQ.

About Basic-Fit

Basic-Fit is Europe's leader in the value-for-money fitness market, with more than 4.7 million members across 1,650+ clubs in 6 countries. We are continuously growing and improving.