Business Controller

Zovea; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension

Beautiful office in Houthavens

Hybrid working

Freshly prepared lunches

Job summary

Zovea is seeking a Group Business Controller to lead the finance function across its veterinary medicine trading, DTC retail, and staffing labels. You’ll shape the group’s controlling framework, define KPIs, and drive data-driven decision making to support growth and profitability.

You’ll report to the Finance Director and have the autonomy to design the scope of the role, reporting cadence, and strategic emphasis as the group expands. This is a hybrid role based in Amsterdam.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or business
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel knowledge
• Self-directed and proactive, with ownership mindset
• Curious and decisive, pragmatic and action-oriented

Responsibilities

• Analyze revenue, margin, and inventory development and translate into insights for monthly reviews
• Forecast and plan through scenario analyses and budgeting processes
• Develop KPIs to drive revenue, margin, and product availability
• Build management reporting and monitor financial and operational metrics for reviews
• Translate financial and operational insights into actionable information for leadership

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data-driven decision making

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or business

Tools

Excel

Job description

About Zovea

Zovea is a fast-growing group of companies in animal health, spanning veterinary medicine trading, direct-to-consumer retail, and staffing. Growth at this pace puts pressure on finance to keep up, and we’re building that capability now. This is a newly created role: you’ll be the first Group Business Controller at Zovea, with the room to define how the function works rather than inherit someone else’s system.

What you’ll do

Most controller roles ask you to master one commercial model and stay there. Zovea runs three at once: veterinary medicine trading, DTC retail, and staffing, each with its own logic. This role asks you to work across all labels, which means broader exposure, harder problems, and no two months that look alike. You will report directly to the Finance Director of Zovea. Because the position is new, you’ll also shape its scope: what gets measured, how reporting flows, and where controlling adds the most value as the group grows.

• Analyze revenue, margin and inventory development, and translate this into concrete insights for the monthly business reviews
• Look ahead by using data for predictive purchasing, early signaling of shortages, and supporting commercial and operational decisions
• Drive the shift from data to management information, helping the business make proactive, strategic decisions
• Develop and monitor KPIs that steer performance and growth, such as revenue and margin per customer, inventory turnover, and product availability
• Own the budget and forecast process, including scenario analyses, and track financial progress against the strategic plans
• Build consistent management reporting and monitor relevant financial and operational metrics, forming the basis for monthly reviews
• Connect business and finance by translating financial and operational insight into clear, action-oriented management information
• Bring structure to business performance management and contribute actively to Zovea’s continued growth and professionalization, across current and future labels
• Work on business cases for international expansion, growth of existing labels, and new initiatives

Who you are

• You have a bachelor’s degree in a finance or business related field and 5-10 years of experience in a business controller role, ideally in a fast-paced environment
• You have strong analytical skills and advanced Excel knowledge
• You have a sharp eye for numbers, take ownership of your work, and stay detail-oriented and proactive
• Self-directed and self-starting; able to take responsibility, set priorities, and work independently
• Curious and decisive: you ask questions, and are pragmatic and action-oriented

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Beautiful office in the Houthavens with freshly prepared lunches
• A dynamic, diverse team committed to improving animal healthcare worldwide
• Hybrid working, with optional one day from home each week