Lead Financial Control & Tax — Audit-Ready, AI-Driven Controls

Aquablu; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity through Aquablu for All

Healthy lunches

Urban Sports Club membership

Corporate Benefits platform access

Travel compensation (>10km)

Pension plan (Zwitserleven)

Job summary

Aquablu is seeking a Lead Financial Control & Tax to own statutory financial statements under Dutch GAAP, lead the external audit, and build a robust control environment from scratch. You will report to the Finance Manager, manage close, tax obligations, and investor reporting.

This 40-hour on-site role in Amsterdam requires self-direction, AI-enabled process improvements, and leadership of our financial controllers to ensure accuracy and compliance across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Statutory financial statements under Dutch GAAP (RJ) experience.
• Experience guiding a statutory audit.
• Expertise in revenue recognition, leases, provisions and capitalisation.
• Dutch tax knowledge: Vpb, BTW, WBSO.
• Ability to write policy memos defending accounting calls.
• Experience building an internal control environment.
• Self-directed with strong deadlines.
• Fluent English and Dutch capable for tax/audit correspondence.
• Bonus: hardware-as-a-service, subscription or metered-billing exposure; Exact Online.

Responsibilities

• Audit readiness: statutory financials, audit file, policies.
• Close: sign off journals, reconciliations, and period-close output; manage close calendar.
• Tax: Vpb, BTW, WBSO, transfer pricing docs, and tax position register.
• Controls and compliance: design internal control framework and maintain ERP audit file.
• Investor and lender reporting: support CFO on due diligence and covenants.
• Control at scale: automate reconciliations and develop AI-assisted checks.
• Team: manage financial controllers and set technical standards.

Job description

Aquablu is seeking a Lead Financial Control & Tax to own statutory financial statements under Dutch GAAP, lead the external audit, and build a robust control environment from scratch. You will report to the Finance Manager, manage close, tax obligations, and investor reporting.

This 40-hour on-site role in Amsterdam requires self-direction, AI-enabled process improvements, and leadership of our financial controllers to ensure accuracy and compliance across the organisation.