Specialist ESG Controller (Dutch language mandatory)

How you can make a difference

As Specialist ESG Controller Albert Heijn, you’ll be responsible for periodical reporting and managing delivery of inputs for specific sustainability KPIs. As part of the ESG controlling team, you are responsible for the end-to-end reporting process of Albert Heijn. The Specialist ESG Controller ensures that the reporting is accurate and complete and ensures that reporting processes run smoothly by actively seeking improvement opportunities.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) area reflects business strategy, data creation, collection and reporting in all sustainability topics relevant for Ahold Delhaize. The Specialist ESG Controller at Ahold Delhaize is responsible for accurate and complete reporting of the ESG KPIs and key performance indicators such as food waste, healthy sales, plastic packaging, and carbon emissions, among other topics.

ESG actuals reporting and performance management is a dynamic and growing topic in Ahold Delhaize. Due to new regulatory requirements and internal ambitions to improve reporting, there is a high level of change management. As ESG topics are getting more integrated into the core of our business practices, the reporting function is constantly developing.

For newly added KPIs, the Specialist ESG Controller sets reporting requirements and implements reporting processes in close collaboration with data teams, business process improvement teams, and IT. The Specialist ESG Controller is also responsible for creating awareness about changing definitions and additional ESG KPIs within the brands. This means in practice being closely connected to the EU and Group ESG teams and reviewing the Accounting Manual update processes.

The Specialist ESG Controller is part of Business Service Finance (BSF) and will directly report to the EU ESG Reporting Manager. Main stakeholders are Finance Business Planning & Performance (BPP), Business Process Improvement (BPI), Business Controllers and Risk & Control (R&C) working on ESG, as well as Health & Sustainability (H&S) and other business owners of ESG KPIs.

The ESG Controller cooperates across multiple departments within the company, supports data gathering and ensures the proper application of organizational definitions.

Key responsibilities of your role

• Oversee ESG data gathering processes and ensure consistency and quality of ESG data by reviewing under supervision of the Manager ESG Control
• Take responsibility for final data submission to the group and ensure timely, accurate and complete reporting
• Perform analytical reviews, such as variance analyses and trend comparisons
• Prepare internal reporting to local leadership and develop periodical reporting
• Collaborate with Analytics teams to build Power BI dashboards for ESG KPIs
• Maintain proper audit evidence on reporting, deliver data to auditors, and implement key controls over reporting processes
• Continuously improve ESG reporting
• Drive implementation for new reporting KPIs
• Deliver process documentation, such as narratives and flowcharts
• Ensure reporting structure and KPI ownership (e.g. data contribution and data validation roles in Enablon) are set up and executed
• Inform and explain deadlines and changes in reporting definitions based on GSO instructions

What’s in it for you?

Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; a full-time position in a hybrid way of working, partly from home and partly from our office in Zaandam; and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance and the chance to work in an environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

• 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

Requirements

• Have a MSc degree in finance/economics
• At least 4-5 years of relevant working experience in reporting and/or controlling function
• Experience with ESG is preferred
• Mature personality who can coordinate groups of stakeholders to ensure quality and efficiency of reporting improves
• Cooperative with strong negotiation skills
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Strong presentation and analytical skills