Financial Reporting Specialist

For our client, a fashion retailer headquartered in Utrecht, we are looking for a Financial Controller. All staff departments are centralized at the European headquarters. The administration of 6 Western European countries is carried out here where Financial Control and Business Control are separated. There are 300 enthusiastic employees working here. There is an informal, dynamic, fresh atmosphere in the beautifully decorated office. Data is playing an increasingly important role in the business and due to the departure of the current employee, they are looking for a financial reporting specialist!

Whether you work in Financial Accounting, Business Controlling or Payroll Administration, you feel the dynamics of the financial world and the retail industry on a daily basis. Within a European scope you will work on financial analyses and reports, give internal financial advice or present your findings to our management. You will be given a lot of freedom and space, you will partly create your own role, and you will have the opportunity to grow as a financial professional within the business control department or elsewhere. Not only retail is detail, finance is too. Thanks to in-depth analyses, financial insights and advice, this department makes an important daily contribution to the client's operations and commercial success. As a Financial Reporting Specialist, you are the heart and brain behind our Finance reports and analyses. You will work closely with various stakeholders. What else can you expect from the job? 

• You are responsible for daily, weekly and periodic Finance and KPI reporting which you generate from complex databases and present them in the most accessible and “ready to use” way possible. 
• You are the heart and brain behind our Finance reports. That is why you actively participate in periodic closings and are involved in financial reporting and analysis.
• You perform financial analyses for our business controllers, CFO and various internal stakeholders from the operation. 
• You are involved in-and partially responsible for-the financial elements of our planning, budgeting and long-term planning cycle.
• You work closely with our Business Controllers and support them in their work, information needs and reporting. 
• You perform ad hoc analyses on request and are involved in projects as required.
• You ensure that current procedures and internal controls are continuously improved.
• You optimize processes and procedures so that risks are reduced and we are as effective and efficient as possible. 
• You do all this in close cooperation with your colleagues in Finance (CFO, Business Controlling and Accounting) and in this role you report to the Manager Business Control. 

• You have a completed HBO/WO education towards Finance/Controlling; 
• You have at least 3 years of relevant work experience.
• You have experience in generating information from complex databases for monthly closings and business control. 
• And finally, Excel holds no secrets for you and you dare to call yourself a pro who is focused on innovation and “new ways to go”.

• Salary: 60 -65k per year based on full-time.
• Hybrid working: working in the office and working from home. Choose the workplace that suits you best on a daily basis. And if you choose to work from home we will give you compensation for this. 
• 25 vacation days and 8% vacation pay, and an extensive package of collective insurances.
• Discount on your sports subscription, participating in bootcamp and/or boxing classes at a reduced rate and enjoying free fruit at our headquarters. 
• Team outings, BBQs, events, drinks and more!