Financial Controller

SHARE YOUR PASSION 😊

Always under control, always with passion: those who want to shape the future need to keep track especially when it comes to goal-oriented corporate management. Thanks to extensive training and qualified teams, our finance colleagues create decisive added value for the BMW Group anew every day because they know what really counts.

WHO ARE WE?

BMW Finance N.V. is a subsidiary of BMW AG (Munich) based in Rijswijk and is the largest treasury center of the BMW Group. It is responsible for a large part of the global treasury activities with a wide range of financing and investment responsibilities. Together with its headquarters in Munich, BMW Finance coordinates the financial activities of the BMW Group companies worldwide and cooperates with treasury centers in the United States, Singapore and China.

Our dynamic team is continuously driving our business forward, and we count on everyone to play their part in helping us reach ambitious new milestones. So if you’re passionate about supporting our diverse team with expert financial knowledge and management, you’re sure to find an exciting challenge with us.

YOUR ROLE @ CONTROLLING TEAM

As part of the controlling team, you focus on improving our reporting, processes and financial analyses. This means you enjoy collaboration and, above all, encourage innovative solutions to take reports, internal controls, and analyses to another dimension. You like to analyze the figures and tell the story behind these in our reports. You understand the processes in the company, monitor and improve controls for the risks that we incur.

Due to the diversity of activities you will be also involved in strategic activities, cooperate with the front- and back office and tax, and have communication with the headquarters in Munich.

A selection of your responsibilities:

• Analyse monthly financial results and prepare monthly financial reporting for management;
• Identify and monitor interest- and currency risk exposures and fair values of financial instruments;
• Monitor processes through KPI and KCI dashboards;
• Prepare budgets and forecasts;
• Maintain and improve internal control system to minimize financial risks;
• Maintain and improve business continuity measures to minimize operational risks;
• Prepare presentations for supervisory- and board meetings;
• Holding activities such as dividends process and impairment testing.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Preferably you have experience in controlling, auditing or a comparable role. But above all you are curious, diligent and analytically strong. You are result oriented and you enjoy identifying and implementing structural improvements. You are curious and love to solve complex issues. Presented with a problem and the right tools, you quickly improve in order to achieve your goals. As a team player you are not afraid to ask for help wherever needed nor support when you see it is needed. As strong communicator with an entrepreneurial mindset, passion for numbers and attention for detail you turn graphs and numbers into information everyone understands.

Next to that, you have:

• A completed financial bachelor's degree, a completed master's degree is a plus;
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience (Big-4 audit experience is a big plus);
• Knowledge and working experience of IFRS;
• Experience with derivative / treasury accounting;
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills (expertise in designing effective charts, graphs, and tables), experience with Power BI is a plus;
• Fluent in Dutch and English, German is an advantage;

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• A contract for 31 hours (0.8 fte) per week;
• 25 vacation days and 6 adv-days (based on a full-time contract);
• A 13th monthly allowance;
• A personal bonus based on achieved personal goals and development;
• A company bonus based on achieving organizational and personal objectives;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• A collective pension scheme;
• Travel allowance;
• Attractive BMW, MINI, and BMW Motorrad schemes;