Junior Financial Controller

Job Description

As a Junior Financial Controller, you play a pivotal role in ensuring accurate and timely financial records by managing the accounting function. Your responsibilities include:

• Coordinating monthly and quarterly closings: controlling, analyzing, and reporting on both costs and income.
• Providing in-depth, driver-based cost analysis and offering insights to senior management.
• Preparing financial statements and reporting to financial regulators and authorities.
• Acting as the Single Point of Contact for external auditors and managing follow-up actions.
• Responding to ad hoc questions from various business lines within your domain.

Qualifications and Competencies

In addition to 2 years of proven experience in accounting and cost controlling, you bring the following core competencies:

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to assess data and identify actionable insights.
• Effective Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with various stakeholders.
• Flexibility: Adaptable to dynamic environments and changing priorities.
• Independence: Proactively manages tasks with minimal supervision.
• Priority Management: Skilled at managing competing deadlines effectively.
• Quality-Driven: Strives for accuracy and excellence in all deliverables.
• Stress Resilience: Maintains composure and focus under pressure.

Must-Have Skills

• Business Knowledge: Expertise in corporate credits and financial processes.
• Language Skills: Proficiency in Dutch and English.
• Analytical Mind: Strong conceptual thinking and attention to detail.

Detailed Responsibilities

Financial controllers are tasked with processing detailed client data through a calculation tool, analyzing the results, and ensuring accuracy.

The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of financial data and ratios and can evaluate calculation outcomes based on the nominal data input.