Business controller

Make your mark as a business controller for fleet management at Boskalis and oversee the assets of highly specialized vessels used for Boskalis' projects. Together with a team of fleet business controllers, you will guide the business to ensure we achieve the best results. Serve as the financial steward of the fleet management department, providing current management information to support the business.

Managing our fleet of approximately 900 vessels and equipment is a challenging job. Our vessels are used for a wide range of maritime projects. As a fleet business controller, you are on top of financial analyses of every aspect regarding these vessels. For example, you can be involved in a repair maintenance project, a project regarding a newly built ship, or a project regarding a large conversion of a vessel being transferred to another project. We believe it's crucial for you to collaborate closely with your colleagues engaged in projects involving the vessels.

Smart innovations and modifications are continuously needed to keep achieving the best results. As a fleet business controller, you will work from our campus in Papendrecht and travel regularly to projects/locations worldwide.

Your responsibilities as business controller fleet management:

• Drafting, monitoring, and challenging budgets regarding vessel-related projects.
• Acting as a financial business partner for fleet managers/teams and project leaders of repair or modification projects.
• Compiling various management reports and conducting business economic analyses at BU and project levels.
• Ensuring accurate processing of transactions related to investments/modifications, repairs, and equipment rentals.
• Managing relationships at the project and business unit level.
• Participating in various (partial) projects to support the business unit controller in further developing and professionalizing the controlling function of the department.

Your qualities and experience

As a business controller fleet management you:

• Have at least 3 years’ relevant work experience as (project/business) controller in a similar environment.
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in finance or similar.
• Have in-depth knowledge of Excel.
• Are excited about working in the maritime industry in a project-driven environment.
• Are willing to travel globally on a regular basis.

To be successful in the role of business controller fleet management, it is essential that you have a strong personality and possess excellent communication skills. In addition, a healthy dose of pragmatism and pro-activity should be second nature to you. You prefer to take initiative rather than passively waiting for things to happen. Of course, it is important that you have an affinity for Boskalis' projects.

We offer

What can you expect:

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions: A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) and a number of collective scheduled days off, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance, travel allowance, foreign posting terms.
• Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself, for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports field, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a barista corner where you can connect with colleagues.
• Young Boskalis: Are you under 36? Come and join Young Boskalis! Have fun and join in social and sports activities ranging from pub quizzes to yoga, boot camps, and an annual sailing boat race. Networking and knowledge sharing are a vital part of Young Boskalis as well.

Extra information:

• Your team: You will be part of a team of 16 controllers (working in the office in Papendrecht and abroad).
• Where you will work: For office-based roles, in consultation with your manager and your team, you work partly at home and partly in the office.
• Full/part-time job: The position is a full-time (32-40 hours a week).

About Boskalis

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Dredging is one of our traditional core activities and Boskalis is famous for projects like the expansion of the Suez Canal and the extension of the Maasvlakte at the Port of Rotterdam. The creation of new nature areas like the Markerwadden is something we contribute to. In your job, you will work for the dredging division. Boskalis have been protecting coastlines, reclaiming land, and developing infrastructure for over 100 years. That’s a lot of ingenuity, talent, and commitment. When we bring all of this together, we become more than the sum of our parts and can seize opportunities others miss. This is how we collaborate and make the difference together. In our lives, in our work and in the lives of people across the world.