Junior Financial Controller

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Junior Financial Controller

Adyen is looking for a Junior Financial Controller for the Group Finance team in Amsterdam. As a Financial Controller, you will be focused primarily on owning the trial balance for various EMEA entities, overseeing the day-to-day of the entities and managing overarching projects. You will interact and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in order to support our continued business growth in a scalable, controlled and compliant way. The ideal candidate takes ownership of our local financials for various EMEA entities, and has a drive to understand these and is able to tie this back to where we’re heading as a Group globally.

Being part of the centralized Financial Controlling team in Amsterdam means you’ll be working in the (financial) engine room of a registered and listed financial institution; being part of a relatively small team means you’ll be (in)directly involved in a lot of very interesting topics that reach beyond the Indian borders.

What you will do

Your core focus will be on execution and applying robust accounting principles:

• Own the General Ledger (GL): Manage and maintain the full general ledger for multiple EMEA entities and branches, focusing on accuracy and integrity.
• Drive the Month-End Close: Prepare, execute, and review critical month-end close activities, including posting routing journals and rigorous reconciliation reviews (e.g., fixed assets, prepayments, accruals).
• Financial Reporting and Audit: Execute the preparation of local financial statements. Act as a key coordinator with external auditors, facilitating timely and smooth audit processes and addressing their queries effectively.
• Process Improvement & Scaling: Seek out initiatives to automate manual work, reduce risk, and improve the efficiency of our financial processes to keep pace with Adyen's rapid growth.
• Internal Control Stakeholder: Monitor and maintain the internal control frameworks for your relevant entities, understanding the purpose and risks being addressed by controls.
• Ad-Hoc Support: Fulfill key reporting requests from various internal and external stakeholders across the business.

Who you are

• Experience & Fundamentals: A minimum of 3 years of experience in financial control / accounting, preferably combined with audit experience. You must have a strong, principle-driven understanding of IFRS/local GAAP accounting.
• High Ownership: Able to take full ownership, prioritize effectively, and perform business-as-usual tasks with limited guidance from others.
• Ambition & Energy: You are ambitious and willing to work hard to achieve excellence. You are proactive in every project you take on.
• Critical Thinker: You can think two steps ahead. We are looking for someone who can question the status quo—thinking critically and creatively to implement scalable solutions.
• Detail-Oriented & Analytical: Highly detail-oriented with an analytical mindset, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.