Finance Operations Specialist

DLA Piper; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

DLA Piper in Amsterdam seeks a Finance Reporting Specialist to support multiple business units and deliver standard and ad hoc reports to internal and external clients, ensuring timely delivery and data accuracy. You will validate data, maintain dashboards, automate recurring reports, and collaborate with IT/data teams while upholding data governance and confidentiality.

English proficiency and strong analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance reporting or shared services.
• Strong data accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Willingness to learn new systems and tools.

Responsibilities

• Validate data accuracy before producing reports.
• Maintain dashboards and templates for consistency.
• Assist data extraction from systems using standard queries.
• Monitor report performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Document reporting procedures and manuals.
• Collaborate with IT/data teams to resolve data source issues.
• Ensure adherence to data governance and confidentiality.
• Assist in automating recurring reports.
• Analyze outputs to identify trends and risks.
• Provide basic insights to help stakeholders interpret results.
• Support new reporting initiatives or transitions to new tools.

Skills

English

Analytical skills

Finance knowledge

Time management

VBA/SQL

Team collaboration

Tools

Business Objects

SQL

VBA

Job description

Finance Reporting Specialist supports multiple business units and locations in reporting activities, provides superior customer service to clients, ensures Service Level Agreements and customer expectations are met, informs about problems and suggests improvements in the process to the Team Leader. Junior Reporting Specialist will be responsible for delivering standard and ad hoc reports to internal and external clients in a timely manner.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Validate data accuracy and completeness before producing reports
• Maintain and update reporting dashboards or templates to ensure consistency and usability
• Support data extraction from various systems using standard tools and queries
• Monitor report performance and troubleshoot data or formatting issues
• Document reporting procedures and maintain up-to-date process manuals
• Collaborate with IT or data teams to resolve data source issues or implement enhancements
• Ensure adherence to data governance, confidentiality, and compliance standards
• Assist in automating recurring reports to reduce manual workload
• Analyse reporting outputs to identify trends, anomalies, or potential risks
• Provide basic insights or commentary to help stakeholders interpret results
• Support new reporting initiatives or transitions to new reporting tools

About you

• Very good English
• Strong analytical skills with attention to details
• Any relevant experience in finance, preferably in shared service
• Ability to prioritize and manage time wisely in a fast paced environment
• Ability to work in international diversified professional environment
• Willingness to learn new systems and tools supporting the daily work
• Thorough understanding of finance processes and respective control framework
• Can-do attitude
• VBA, Business Objects or SQL knowledge will be a strong asset

About us

We're a global law firm helping our clients achieve their goals wherever they do business. Our pursuit of innovation has transformed our delivery of legal services. With offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we deliver exceptional outcomes on cross-border projects, critical transactions and high-stakes disputes.

Agile Working

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.