Managing Accountant FPandA Amsterdam

Vacature in het kort

Join our dynamic Finance team as a Managing Accountant FP&A, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategies through detailed analyses and budgeting processes. This position offers the chance to work on diverse projects, from consolidating reports to driving growth initiatives. Enjoy the flexibility of a role based in Amsterdam with the option to work from home, complemented by an attractive pension scheme, a bonus based on business results, and ample opportunities for personal development. Read on to see what career growth opportunities this role offers.

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As a Managing Accountant FPandA you will conduct detailed financial analyses to inform strategic decisions and interventions, while also collaborating on consolidated reports and forecasts. Additionally, it entails facilitating the annual budgeting process, integrating data from various business units to align with overarching goals and long-term strategies, as well as supporting the modeling and execution of growth initiatives.

Description

As a Managing Accountant FPandA you will:

• Working with assigned business partners to develop an understanding of departmental goals, then translating these into financial targets and budgets.
• Building the annual budget for nominated departments and securing buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Producing regular forecasts using business knowledge of current performance trends.
• Gathering data for the production of longer-term forecasting.
• Generating standardised management reports that provide insightful performance analysis in a timely manner.
• Assist with the preparation of presentations in support of board and shareholder meetings, leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company.
• Carrying out financial analysis to investigate deviations from target performance, working with the business partners to initiate timely interventions
• Gaining a deep understanding of the cost levers underpinning financial performance and sharing this with business partners to initiate improvements where possible.
• Developing skills to utilise the ERP system and other supporting tools to automate as much reporting as possible, freeing up more time for analysis.
• Modelling business cases based on input from colleagues with technical and commercial responsibilities, providing well documented transparent input assumptions and output results.
• Meeting with business partners on a regular basis to build successful relationships, resulting in better business knowledge and increased commercial acumen.
• Collaborating with other team members to maintain a high performing finance function.
• Seeking opportunities to continually develop skills and management accounting expertise.

Job Offer

What is in for you:

• Opportunity to be part of a dynamic and highly motivating Finance team.
• Permanent fulltime role based at our facility in Amsterdam with the option to work from home.
• Good primary and secondary employment conditions and an attractive pension scheme.
• A bonus scheme based on stated business results (max 10%).
• Working with 350 passioned colleagues and lots of room for personal development.

Gevraagd

The right Managing Accountant FPandA:

* Qualified or part-qualified in a recognised accountancy qualification (desirable)
* Management accounting experience gained in a process manufacturing industry e.g. chemicals or oils (desirable)
* Experience of working with business partners in an engineering or production management role (desirable)
* Previous use of ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
* Experience of using alternative data warehousing or reporting tools such as Hyperion, Power BI or others
* Use of all Microsoft Office packages with strong Excel skills
* Good communication skills – able to interpret complex financial data and explain it simply. English is mandatory, Dutch is a plus.
* Evidence of initiative – self-starter, developing new ways of reporting or analysing data.
* Analytical skills – comfortable working with large amounts of data from multiple sources.
* Interpersonal skills – able to form successful working relationships.
* Reporting skills – produce quality analysis or output that is meaningful to recipients.
* Ability to operate calmly under pressure.

Bedrijfsomschrijving

Join a dynamic environment ripe for personal and professional growth. They are expanding globally within the Manufacturing and Production industries, and they are seeking a Finance team member to support their ambitious goals.