Senior Financial Controller/Deputy Finance Director (Dutch speaking)

Senior Financial Controller/Deputy Finance Director for the Netherlands to act as a true business partner to the local management team and support strategic decision making.

The Valtech Group is seeking to recruit and appoint a Senior Financial Controller/Deputy Finance Director for the Netherlands to act as a true business partner to the local management team and support strategic decision making.

About the Valtech Group: We are the experience innovation company. In a digitally accelerated world, where ‘the best’ race toward ‘best practices’, we help brands break through and leap beyond the competition. At the intersection of crafts, categories and cultures, our global teams unlock value by leveraging the power of data, AI, creativity and technology to achieve true experience innovation. With a focus on delivering exceptional business results, we exist to unlock a better way to experience the world.

• Experience elevation
• Commerce acceleration
• Enterprise transformation
• Marketing Creativity & Performance
• Data Evolution

Position Overview

As the Senior Financial Controller/Deputy Finance Director for Netherlands, you will report directly to the North West Europe Finance Director with a dotted line into the Managing Director for Netherlands. You will be a key member of the Netherlands Leadership Team which meets weekly. This position will involve providing financial insight and analysis to support decision-making and ensuring compliance with financial and local regulations.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Contribute proactively to the overall development of the Netherlands strategy and plan in partnership with the country MD
• Facilitate debate of risks and opportunities, and horizon-scanning to ensure the business is equipped to deliver its objectives
• Develop and help deliver initiatives that increase financial performance of Netherlands
• Continuously improve and optimise current systems and processes operated by the business in line with global policies.

Business Partnering

• Act as a true business partner to the Netherlands leadership team, providing advice and robust challenge to ensure close alignment of short-term targets / actions with wider strategic objectives
• Continually monitor risks and opportunities to identify priorities and to maximise delivery
• Provide high quality financial analysis to provide context and insight to decision makers across the business, building analytics capability as appropriate
• Work with the FP&A team of the NWE sub region to leverage their skills and capabilities
• Work with the NWE Finance Director to promote good finance and business practices across the business to support a lean and optimised financial process
• Act as the point of escalation for any known issues and pain-points raised by the local teams

Forecasting and Reporting

• Get involved in the preparation and analysis of all financial plans to ensure these are aligned to the business reality and ambitions
• Establish Finance as a true partner; integrate Finance further into the business and provide real value through the provision of quality, timely and accurate information, highlighting issues and trends
• Add substantial value to financial performance through developing and monitoring key performance indicators.

Finance Operations

• Co-ordinate an efficient and effective transition of the operational finance teams under the new structure
• Ensure accurate statutory reporting to the Dutch authorities as well as local compliance (tax, returns, payroll)

Requirements, skills and qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Motivated to provide the highest standard of delivery
• Ability to critically review and interpret information and recommend a course of action.
• Work effectively within a team and with external parties on dynamic projects and be able to respond to changes quickly and effectively.