Financial Controller

Safetykleen; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Safetykleen in the Benelux region is seeking a Financial Controller to join the growing finance team. You will act as a strong number two to the Finance Director, owning financial control, cash collection, reporting and analysis with scope to shape how Finance operates.

You will drive month-end close, improve controls, support budgeting and statutory compliance, and partner with the local leadership and Group to deliver high-quality financial insight.

Qualifications

• Audit background with a large firm; supervisor/junior manager level, 2–4 years industry experience.
• Strong financial accounting and controlling experience (month-end, reconciliations, reporting).
• Experience with cash collection and working capital management.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and statutory audits.
• Excel and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations proficiency.
• Analytical, proactive and able to manage risk.
• Stakeholder engagement at local and Group level.
• Self-starter with structured, project-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Own financial controlling for the Benelux business, including month-end close, reconciliations and reporting.
• Drive cash collection and working capital performance with escalation to the Finance Director.
• Explain variances and translate business activity into numbers.
• Strengthen controls, standardize and automate processes.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and annual budget process.
• Assist statutory audit, tax and compliance with external advisers.
• Partner with Benelux leadership and Group; cover Finance Director when needed.
• Investigate data-quality issues; implement sustainable solutions.

Skills

Audit background

Financial accounting

Cash collection

Forecasting

Budgeting

Excel

Stakeholder management

Project management

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Public accounting experience

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Excel

Job description

Imagine working for a company where your role actually matters for the planet.

We're Safetykleen - a world leader with over 50 years’ experience across 15 countries, empowering global businesses to keep their critical operations safer and cleaner. We deliver parts-cleaning solutions that help customers lower energy consumption and operate more responsibly for the environment.

We are now seeking a Financial Controller to join our team in Benelux.

About the role

We are looking for a technically strong, commercially minded Financial Controller to join our growing Benelux Finance team. This is a market that is scaling quickly: we are building processes, strengthening controls and improving how Finance operates, rather than running business as usual.

You will act as a strong number two to the Finance Director, taking ownership across financial control, cash collection, reporting and analysis, with real scope to take the initiative and shape how things are done. This is not a Finance Manager role – we are looking for someone who can operate independently and bring technical capability, structure and constructive challenge.

What you will be doing

• Owning financial controlling for the Benelux business, including month-end close, reconciliations and reporting.
• Driving cash collection and working capital performance, with clear reporting and escalation to the Finance Director.
• Reviewing performance, explaining variances and translating what happens in the business into the numbers.
• Strengthening controls and processes, and identifying where Finance can be simplified, standardised or automated.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and the annual budget process.
• Supporting statutory audit, tax and compliance, working with external advisers and auditors.
• Partnering with the wider Benelux leadership team and with Group, and acting as cover for the Finance Director when required.
• Investigating accounting and data-quality issues, identifying their root causes and working with the wider business, Group Finance and IT to implement sustainable solutions, while ensuring reporting deadlines continue to be met.

What we are looking for

• A background in audit with a large accounting firm, ideally to supervisor or junior manager level, plus around two to four years of industry experience.
• Strong financial accounting and controlling experience, including month-end, reconciliations, reporting and analysis.
• Experience of cash collection and working capital management.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and statutory audit processes.
• Strong Excel and financial systems capability; experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is a significant advantage.
• Analytical, curious and comfortable identifying and mitigating process risk.
• Confident engaging and influencing stakeholders, both locally and at Group level.
• A genuine self-starter who takes ownership, brings structure and can run projects through to completion.
• Analytical and problem solving - able to interrogate financial data and turn it into insight.
• Communication and business engagement - able to explain how activity in the business translates into the numbers.
• Risk awareness - able to identify risk in processes and put controls in place to mitigate it.
• Systems and innovation - tech-savvy and confident with finance systems; hands-on experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is a strong advantage in our recently implemented D365 F&O environment.
• Data quality and root-cause analysis - comfortable moving from the financial output back through the underlying process and system to understand why an issue has occurred and drive a lasting solution.
• Stakeholder management - credible with the local business and at Group level.
• Ownership - able to act as back-up to the Finance Director and step in proactively.
• Curiosity and a learning mindset.
• Project management - able to run Finance projects through to completion.

The person

• Takes ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do.
• Is comfortable operating with a high degree of independence.
• Brings structure and discipline to Finance processes.
• Can move between the detail and the bigger commercial picture.
• Is confident challenging constructively.
• Has the ambition and capability to become a strong second-in-command within Benelux Finance.
• Is practical, hands-on and focused on getting things done.

This is a key role in a growing market and a Finance function that is still being built. You will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on control, cash performance, reporting and process improvement, working closely with the Finance Director and the wider business, with clear scope to develop into a strong second-in-command.

If you want real ownership and the chance to improve how Finance operates in an international organization, we would like to hear from you.