Group Controller
Organization
Our client is a Netherlands-based financial services firm within a global network, offering audit, tax, legal, and advisory services to mid-sized businesses, family-owned companies, and the public sector. It emphasizes long-term client relationships, practical insights, and an entrepreneurial, quality-driven culture.
The firm is entering a new growth phase supported by a European private equity partner, providing capital and strategic expertise to accelerate expansion. Its strategy focuses on a buy-and-build approach through M&A, service expansion, and investments in technology, data, and AI. A recent cross-border partnership has created a regional platform of about 1,300 professionals across 20 offices, generating around €200 million in revenue.
Overall, the ambition is to build a scalable, multidisciplinary, and internationally stronger organization with enhanced advisory capabilities, while preserving its entrepreneurial culture and focus on quality and innovation.
The job profile
Our client is growing fast and expanding through an active acquisition strategy, which is increasing financial and operational complexity. To support this growth, it is building a more centralized group structure and establishing a scalable buy and build-platform, investing in scalable finance systems, governance, data infrastructure, and automation.
Within this transformation, a senior group finance role is created to work closely with the Group CFO and align regional finance teams. The role focuses on strengthening financial governance, compliance, transparency, and overseeing consolidated reporting, accounting, treasury, and tax across multiple countries.
You are responsible for accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and improving and standardizing finance processes while supporting digitalization and system optimization. Key responsibilities include group reporting, consolidation, cash flow management, risk oversight, and providing financial insights to support decision-making.
Overall, you play a key role in shaping and scaling the finance function of a rapidly expanding international organization.
Please note: Eligibility requires residency in the Netherlands and professional level fluency in Dutch (both verbally and in writing).
The ideal candidate
The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving international environment and can balance strategic thinking with detailed execution. You are collaborative and communicative, capable of engaging and challenging senior stakeholders while supporting improvements in finance processes and organizational structures.
The role requires ownership of building a high-performing finance function, ensuring accurate reporting, strong controls, and actionable financial insights, while working effectively with internal teams and external advisors.
- Master’s degree in finance & Control, Accounting, Business Economics, or comparable.
- Registered Accountant (RA) required.
- 6–10 years of experience in accounting and financial control.
- Excellent knowledge of Dutch GAAP and IFRS.
- Experience preparing consolidated statements under IFRS.
- Experience with internal control frameworks and audits.
- Strong tax knowledge and international tax exposure.
- Experience with ERP, Lucanet, BI tools, data quality and treasury processes.
- Eligibility requires residency in the Netherlands and professional level fluency in Dutch (both verbally and in writing).
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Referentie: LISL07301