Financial Controller

Ad Idem Consulting Limited; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Ad Idem Consulting Limited seeks an experienced Finance Controls Manager for its Global Expansion Unit in Amsterdam. You will implement and oversee financial control frameworks across GEU entities, ensuring policy compliance and robust governance.

You will lead controls and audits, manage month-end close, and partner with treasury and tax. A qualified accountant with strong stakeholder skills is essential; a base salary of €95,000–€105,000 plus bonus is offered.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong technical and commercial finance background.
• Experience in financial control, audit and compliance within multinational or FMCG.
• Strong understanding of distributor markets, ERP systems, and end-to-end finance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication, ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the GEU controls framework and monthly balance sheet reviews.
• Oversee month-end close and finance operations for GEU entities.
• Support Commercial Policy Framework across distributor audits, stock reporting, and pricing principles.
• Provide monthly controls updates to VP and Leadership Team; liaise with internal/external audits.
• Partner with Group Tax and Treasury; mentor finance staff.

Skills

Financial controls

Audit

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Financial reporting

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Our client, a global FMCG business, is currently looking for an experienced Finance Controls Manager to join the Global Expansion Unit (GEU) finance team, based in Amsterdam. In this role you will lead the implementation and oversight of financial control frameworks across the GEU legal entities, ensuring compliance with group policy, statutory requirements, and commercial governance.

Reporting to the GEU Head of Finance/ Global Controllership, your responsibilities will span controls and compliance, commercial business partnering, and finance operations. Day to day this covers maintaining the GEU Controls Framework, leading monthly balance sheet reviews, overseeing month end close, and supporting the Commercial Policy Framework across distributor audits, stock reporting and pricing principles. You will provide monthly controls updates to the VP and Leadership Team, act as key liaison for internal and external audit, and partner with Global Finance Services to ensure PTP, OTC and RTR processes run effectively. The role also carries specialist finance responsibilities, including managing bank accounts alongside Treasury and partnering with Group Tax, as well as mentoring and coaching direct reports to strengthen the wider finance control culture.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong technical and commercial finance background, and proven experience in financial control, audit and compliance within a multinational or FMCG environment. A strong understanding of distributor markets is key, as well as ERP systems and end-to-end finance processes, along with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across finance and the commercial organisation.

Offering a base salary of €95,000 to €105,000 inclusive of holiday, plus bonus.