Financial Analyst

Grafton Capital Advisory; Utrecht; Remote; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days + Dutch holidays

Pension plan

Home working allowance

Laptop and home office equipment

Budget for finance courses

Job summary

Grafton Capital Advisory is seeking a Financial Analyst to join a team that closes the gap between yesterday's bank movements and today's forecast. The role is full-time and remote from anywhere in the Netherlands, with responsibilities spanning cash forecasting, reconciliation, and monthly budgeting.

Ideal candidates will have a finance-related degree, strong Excel capabilities, and experience reading bank statements and open invoices. Knowledge of exact accounting tools and BI is a plus.

Qualifications

• A degree in finance, accounting, economics or business, or a year in a finance team.
• Excel skills: lookups, pivot tables and formulas linking sheets.
• Experience reading bank statements and open invoices.
• Comfortable verifying numbers against the source before sending them.
• Familiarity with accounting software (Exact Online, AFAS, Twinfield, Xero) and financial modelling tools.

Responsibilities

• Update rolling 13-week cash forecasts with each day's receipts and payments.
• Reconcile forecast lines to actual bank movements and record the reason for each difference.
• Recalculate the forecast when a customer's payment date or a supplier's due date moves.
• Prepare monthly budget files from the assumptions agreed with each business owner.
• Write short notes for the Denver team on what changed in each forecast and why.

Skills

Excel lookups & pivot tables

Bank statements reconciliation

Number checking & accuracy

Education

Finance/economics/accounting degree

Tools

Exact Online

AFAS

Twinfield

Xero

Power BI

Job description

A cash forecast is only useful if yesterday's bank movements are already in it when the day starts. Our team works from Denver, eight hours behind the Netherlands, so a Financial Analyst here can close that gap: the bank files are matched and the weekly figures updated before Denver begins work. The job is full-time and remote from anywhere in the Netherlands.

In this role

• Update rolling 13-week cash forecasts with each day's receipts and payments


• Reconcile forecast lines to actual bank movements and record the reason for each difference


• Recalculate the forecast when a customer's payment date or a supplier's due date moves


• Prepare monthly budget files from the assumptions agreed with each business owner


• Write short notes for the Denver team on what changed in each forecast and why

Your background

• A degree in finance, accounting, economics or business, or a year in a finance team


• Excel: lookups, pivot tables and formulas that link several sheets


• Experience reading a bank statement and a list of open invoices


• Comfortable checking your own numbers against the source before sending them

Also relevant

• Exact Online, AFAS, Twinfield, Xero or another accounting system


• Power BI, or a course in financial modelling

Employment terms

• You get 25 paid vacation days plus Dutch public holidays and the statutory 8% holiday allowance.


• There is a pension plan with an employer contribution, a monthly home working allowance and a yearly budget for finance courses and exams.


• We provide the laptop and home office equipment.

About Grafton

Grafton Capital Advisory prepares cash forecasts, operating budgets and financial schedules for business owners and finance teams. The firm is based in Denver, Colorado.