Business Controller

OverheidZZP; Den Haag; In loco; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

NEO NL is een publieke organisatie die kernenergieprojecten realiseert. Als Business Controller lever je objectieve financiële inzichten, forward-looking analyses en word je sparringpartner voor management en projecten in een kapitaalintensieve omgeving.

Je vertaalt activiteiten naar betrouwbare financiële informatie, bewaakt multi-year begrotingen en rolling forecasts, en ondersteunt besluitvorming. Je rapporteert aan de Head of Corporate Finance en werkt nauw samen met interne stakeholders

Competenze

• Master’s degree in Finance, Business Economics, Accounting of a related discipline.
• 6–10 jaar ervaring in business control, FP&A of cost control.
• Aantoonbare ervaring met kapitaalintensieve infrastructuur of grote engineering-projecten.
• Vloeiend Nederlands en Engels, schriftelijk en mondeling.
• In staat processen op te zetten in een start-up/scale-up omgeving.

Mansioni

• Verzorgen van objectieve financiële inzichten en forward-looking analyses.
• Beheren van jaarlijkse begroting en rolling forecasts.
• Signaleren variances en risico’s en adviseren bij beslissingen.
• Functioneren als financieel sparringpartner voor operationele en projectmanagers.
• Rapportage richting Board en EZK en Rijksbegroting en ministeries.
• Verbeteren van controlprocessen en rapportaget templates.

Conoscenze

Dutch and English

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Sparring partner

Formazione

Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting

Strumenti

BI tools

Dashboarding

ERP systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Over de functie

In het kort: Je gaat als business controller financiële inzichten en analyses leveren, budgetten en forecasts bewaken, variaties en risico’s signaleren en als sparringpartner management en projecten ondersteunen binnen een kapitaalintensieve energieorganisatie.

Business Controller

A mission that matters

To achieve its climates goals, the Netherlands is committed to achieving carbon‑free electricity. Nuclear Energy Organisation Netherlands (NEO NL) contributes to this by building and operating two new nuclear power plants, on behalf of the government. It is one of the most ambitious energy projects the Netherlands has ever seen. At NEO NL, your work will directly contribute to this national ambition and make an impact that lasts for decades. To make this assignment a success, we need extraordinary people. People like you.

For the start‑up phase of NEO NL, we are looking for: Business Controller

Your Assignment

As a Business Controller, you provide objective financial insight, forward‑looking analysis, constructive challenge, and effective business partnering across NEO NL to improve business performance and decision‑making. Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Finance, you translate NEO NL’s project and operational activities into dependable financial insights, safeguard the integrity of multi‑year budgets and rolling forecasts, and ensure operational decisions are grounded in sound financial information.

Your Key Activities Include

• Annual Budgeting: Transform programme and project budgets alongside departmental estimates into NEO NL’s integrated annual budget, ensuring categorisation and timing align with shareholder (EZK) planning and reporting requirements.
• Rolling Forecasting: Maintain and update rolling forecasts as project‑level (Project Controls) and departmental estimates evolve, ensuring assumptions are documented, traceable, and defensible.
• Variance Analysis & Cost Control: Monitor actual expenditures against budgets and forecasts, investigate and explain variances, and flag emerging cost or schedule risks early to protect strict programme cost discipline.
• Strategic Business Partnering: Act as a financial sparring partner to operational and project managers, embedding financial rigour by constructively challenging cost estimates, contract structures, and investment proposals before they reach the CFO or investment committee.
• Management & Shareholder Reporting: Produce actionable management information (KPIs, dashboards, value drivers, cost reports) and consolidate periodic reporting to the Board and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK), translating operational complexity into Rijksbegroting‑aligned reporting.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively contribute to the design, refinement, and optimisation of business control processes, reporting templates, and financial systems in a scaling organisation.

What We Offer

• A strong and committed team – Become part of a diverse and ambitious team of 100 professionals who share a common goal and mission.
• A culture of trust and ownership – We believe in responsibility, collaboration, open communication, and a safe working environment.
• Dynamic environment – Experience the energy of building a new organisation step by step, and two nuclear power plants that will help the Netherlands for many decades from now.

About The Organisation

NEO NL is a state‑owned company. Our mission is clear: deliver long‑lasting nuclear energy solutions that support the Dutch ambition of climate neutrality. With unmatched standards of quality and safety, and driven by deep expertise and responsibility, we are creating a resilient energy system while advancing nuclear knowledge for generations to come.

At NEO NL, you won’t just have a job, you will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to ensure the Netherlands becomes less dependent of fossils fuel, and to have clean and reliable energy for generations to come. You will be part of an ambitious, supportive, and international team, working at the forefront of policy, technology, and society.

This is your chance to make history. Join us and be part of something that lasts.

Eisen

• Dienstverband: Detachering
• A Master’s Degree or equivalent level of education in Finance, Business Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Over 6 to 10 years of relevant professional experience in business control, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or project cost control.
• Proven experience operating in capital‑intensive infrastructure, energy, or major engineering project environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively and build processes within a start‑up or scale‑up organisational environment.
• Strong ability to translate complex technical and operational information into clear financial insights, and vice versa.
• Excellent command of both Dutch and English, written and spoken (essential for executive and ministerial stakeholder interfaces).

Wensen

• Familiarity with public sector finance, state‑owned entities, or Rijksbegroting‑aligned budgeting and reporting frameworks.
• Experience collaborating closely with Project Controls teams on large‑scale project scheduling and Capex forecasting.
• Proficiency in modern business intelligence, dashboarding tools, and enterprise ERP systems.

Competenties

• Learning Agility
• Collaboration
• Responsibility
• Communication
• Constructive Challenge & Independent Judgement: Possesses an assertive, independent mindset with the ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively and uphold financial discipline under ambiguous circumstances.
• Translating Complexity: Exceptional skill in deconstructing multi‑layered operational and project data to provide clear, forward‑looking financial insight and actionable advice.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Systematically investigates variances, evaluates alternative scenarios and root causes, and implements structured, sustainable solutions.

Overige informatie

Optie tot verlenging: Onbekend

Gespreksdatum: Onbekend

Dienstverband: Detachering

Over de opdrachtgever

NEO NL (Nucleaire Energie Organisatie Nederland) is een organisatie die zich in Nederland bezighoudt met nucleaire energie. De organisatie richt zich op het ontwikkelen, organiseren en mogelijk maken van kernenergieprojecten in Nederland. NEO NL houdt zich onder andere bezig met het stimuleren van veilige en duurzame productie van elektriciteit uit kernenergie, het begeleiden van de bouw van nieuwe kerncentrales en het bevorderen van kennis en samenwerking rondom nucleaire technologie. Nucleaire Energie Organisatie Nederland werkt daarbij samen met verschillende partijen in de energiesector, de overheid en kennisinstellingen om bij te dragen aan een betrouwbare en CO2‑arme energievoorziening voor Nederland.

De sluitingsdatum van deze opdracht is de harde deadline van onze opdrachtgever.

• Om je krachtig voor te kunnen dragen hebben wij minimaal één werkdag nodig om samen met jou alle bescheiden in orde te maken.
• Naast een actueel en op de opdracht gericht CV zullen wij altijd vragen om een bondige persoonlijke motivatiebrief (inclusief een toelichting per functie‑eis en -wens) en een indicatief uurtarief/maandloon.

Op basis van deze informatie kunnen wij voor je aan de slag! We nemen contact met je op om alle verdere details goed door te nemen en duidelijke afspraken met je te maken.