Manager Finance

Manager Finance Opportunity at fonQ

Are you ready to lead the accounting team? Are you a driven and experienced finance professional who enjoys enhancing the financial control of an organization and optimizing processes? Do you get energized by managing a small team and helping your colleagues develop further? Then fonQ offers you a challenging role and career.

About fonQ

Specialized, inspiring, and helpful: as the online home specialist of the Netherlands, Flanders, and Germany, we aim to bring a touch of fonQ to every home. Together, we ensure the most enjoyable customer journey within Home & Living, and our specialists are happy to assist you in furnishing your home. With our extensive collection, inspiration, advice, and excellent service, we make shopping in Home & Living fun and easy! As an ambitious e-commerce organization in Home & Living, we are constantly seeking the best specialists in their field. Even if you're not (completely) there yet, we're happy to help you discover and further develop your potential. We offer you a pleasant workplace in a dynamic environment, where no week is the same. Give yourself and your career a touch of fonQ!

About the Role

The Manager Finance is responsible for the Accounting department with 5 FTEs. Together with the team, the Manager Finance ensures the financial administration, annual accounts, cash management, taxes, administrative organization, insurance, and compliance.

The Manager maintains a sharp overview, ensuring continuity and stability. The main responsibility is the quality of the financial administration and cash management. You are an inspiring leader and know how to bring out the best in people. You are also experienced in carefully maintaining external relationships with, among others, the tax authorities, credit insurers, accountants, and suppliers. You bring structure, have an eye for detail, and at the same time, in a changing organization, you optimize and automate processes and reports. Financial administration is managed with MS Navision.

As a Finance Manager:

• You have overall responsibility for the Accounting department. Together, you ensure the entire financial administration;
• You are responsible for the accurate, timely, and complete delivery of the monthly and annual closing;
• You monitor statuses within financial processes and take action where necessary;
• You analyze and optimize work processes and procedures and ensure the proper application of AO/IC;
• You initiate, lead, and guide organization-wide improvement projects to make the organization more efficient and effective;
• You provide solicited and unsolicited advice to management regarding business, financial, and fiscal matters;
• You identify trends and developments in your field and anticipate them when necessary;
• You are a member of the Leadership Team and report to the CFO.

Job requirements

You Recognize Yourself in This

• At least 5 years of work experience and leadership experience within accountancy in compilation or audit practice; or in a Finance Management function;
• AA or RA training;
• Experience in further professionalizing financial administration; transitioning to a new ERP; and integrating 2 companies;
• Proficiency in period closings, including the complete preparation of the annual accounts;
• Knowledge and experience with working capital management and cash management;
• Strong eye for compliance;
• A hands-on mentality in this leadership role, in which you are also willing and able to support your team operationally;
• You are analytically strong, quality-oriented, and have a get-things-done mentality;
• You have a healthy dose of passion and ambition, where you are willing to go the extra mile;
• You are a team player with a strong sense of responsibility;
• You have a good command of both Dutch and English.

What we offer you:

• Market conform salary and 8% holiday pay
• 25 vacation days (and the possibility to buy extra days)
• Travel expenses, telecommuting, and pension scheme
• Flexible working culture: a combination of office and remote work
• Possibility of remote work (3 weeks per year)
• 20% discount on the fonQ assortment
• Sports with discounts at OneFit
• Daily attractively priced fresh lunch in our lunchroom with a rooftop terrace
• Space for new ideas and initiatives, regardless of your role
• Last but not least: A fun, informal working atmosphere with friendly colleagues and fonQy events such as a bbQ on the rooftop, sport events and the well known fonQ parties.