Group Controller

Working in Rotterdam, you will help shape how Van Oord steers its financial future. As Group Controller, you turn complex financial information into clear insights and decisions. You work across reporting, internal control, ESG and process improvement. Your expertise helps strengthen our business and supports better decisions. You get the freedom to spot opportunities and make improvements. Together with your colleagues, you help build a future that lasts.

Become our Group Controller

The position

As Group Controller, you are part of the Group Reporting & Control team within Van Oord’s central Finance & Control department. You support the reporting cycle and provide financial analysis and decision support to help drive strategic and business decisions. Your work connects financial reporting, internal control, risk management and process improvement. You work closely with colleagues across Finance & Control and with business stakeholders. You also contribute to external financial reporting and statutory accounts. In this role, you have the opportunity to improve how we work and strengthen the quality of our financial processes.

Your impact

Your work gives management the insight and confidence needed to make sound decisions. You review financial information, perform reconciliations and support impairment and going concern procedures. You help design reporting processes and controls for areas such as foreign exchange, hedging and tax. You also contribute to ESG reporting and help strengthen the related processes, controls and assurance. By using technology and looking for smarter ways of working, you help make our processes more efficient.

Your impact includes:

• Support the reporting cycle through financial reviews, reconciliations, impairment reviews and going concern procedures
• Design accounting and reporting processes and related controls for topics such as foreign exchange, hedging and tax
• Monitor the effective operation of financial controls and coordinate external audits and reviews
• Support the development of ESG reporting, processes, controls and assurance
• Help implement technology that optimises, automates and digitalises our processes

Your workplace

You will work in Rotterdam as part of the central Finance & Control department. This department brings together Financial Shared Services, Group Reporting & Control, Tax, Financial Planning & Analysis and Information Support Services. You will join the Group Reporting & Control team of around 10 colleagues. Together, you work on management reporting for the Executive Committee, Audit & Risk Committee and Supervisory Board as well as external financial reporting.

About you

You take initiative and spot opportunities to create value. You work accurately and analytically while keeping sight of the bigger picture. You communicate clearly and build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business. You are comfortable working in an international environment where priorities can change. You take ownership and follow processes through to completion.

We are looking for:

• A university degree in Business Administration, Economics or a related field, preferably including CA, RA or RC
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in an international business environment
• Experience in a project environment is preferred
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent English, both written and spoken, with a willingness to travel internationally

We offer

This role gives you the opportunity to influence how Van Oord manages financial performance, risk and reporting. You will work on topics that matter to the business and help shape better ways of working. We give you the tools, trust and colleagues to make a meaningful contribution.

We offer you:

• Attractive travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home working allowance (€2.45 per day)
• 32 holidays (of which a maximum of 7 are collective)
• Variable bonus, partly dependent on company results
• Attractive pension scheme
• Option for collective health insurance (Van Oord pays for your supplementary package)
• Extensive development opportunities, including a comprehensive online academy via Goodhabitz
• Communities to join, such as Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women, and the Van Oord staff association
• Various events and sports activities, such as skiing, sailing weekends, cycling, and motorcycling

‘Show what you can do and where your ambition lies, and you’ll get every opportunity to act on it. That’s something I’m proud of!’

Renske, Category Manager Engineering