Team Lead Accounting

Eventimb2b; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Laptop and phone provided

27 annual holidays

Travel allowance

Pension plan with BeFrank

OpenUp access

Fresh lunch and healthy snacks

Modern office in Amsterdam

Friday team events

8 percent holiday allowance

Ticketing events access

Job summary

EVENTIM, a leading live entertainment and ticketing company, seeks a Team Lead of Accounting in Amsterdam. You will lead a small team, manage month-end close, ensure organisers are paid accurately and on time, and drive process improvements.

This role blends hands-on accounting with people leadership, reporting to the Finance Director. Fluency in Dutch and English is required, with travel to Hoofddorp during the first months.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting or financial administration experience.
• HBO education or equivalent working background.
• Experience leading, coaching, or coordinating colleagues.
• Excellent prioritization and pragmatic decision-making under multiple demands.
• Hands-on approach to investigate financial questions or discrepancies.
• Experience with financial administration, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to change processes.
• Clear communication with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Based in Amsterdam or willing to commute; travel to Hoofddorp weekly in first four months.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the accounting team while staying hands-on.
• Oversee the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close.
• Ensure accurate and timely promoter settlements and payments.
• Improve workflows and implement new processes.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT and external partners.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial administration

Month-end close

Reconciliations

Process improvement

Communication

Dutch and English fluency

Education

HBO education

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

About EVENTIM

At EVENTIM, we bring unforgettable live experiences to life. Every day, we help fans discover and buy tickets for concerts, festivals, theatre, sports, comedy and cultural events. We are part of Europe’s number one company in ticketing and live entertainment. Every year, we sell more than 300 million tickets in more than 25 countries. Whether it’s an intimate event or a large-scale festival, we offer reliable and easy-to-use ticketing and e-commerce solutions that scale effortlessly.

We work with a portfolio of organisers and iconic events in the Benelux, including festivals such as Wildeburg, Best Kept Secret and Dekmantel, sporting events such as Libéma Open, theatre performances including Holiday on Ice and Soldier of Orange, and cultural venues such as Paradiso and Doornroosje.

Team Lead of our Accounting team you will grow in all those areas!

At EVENTIM, you will guide a small team, take hands-on ownership of our financial administration, and stay close to the details. From organising the month-end close to ensuring event organisers are paid accurately and on time, your work will help create a reliable foundation for unforgettable live experiences.

The Accounting team

Hey, I’m Rick, a finance director here in EVENTIM. Putting together live entertainment experiences, especially at the scale we do, requires a very sharp eye for detail. And our Accounting team ensures exactly that! We make sure the financial details behind the live experiences we love are accurate, complete, and in the right place. The team is responsible for a broad range of operations, one minute they are focusing on precision of the daily financial administration and month-end reporting and the next they are ensuring the completeness of payments and settlements for event organisers.

Your contribution will lay in leading a team of three talented colleagues, each bringing their own experience, strengths and way of working. Together, you will keep the day-to-day operation running smoothly while looking for opportunities to improve how things are done.

Additionally, you will work closely with the Financial Controller, Business Controller, and colleagues across the business. You will report to the Finance Director.

What will you do?

You will combine leading the team and staying hands-on with the financial administration:

• Lead and support the team. You will set priorities, divide responsibilities, monitor progress, and help colleagues develop through coaching and feedback.

• Attend to the details. You will take an active hands-on role in the daily administration, helping the team resolve complex questions, discrepancies, and exceptions.

• Keep our financial administration on track. You will oversee the completeness, accuracy and timely processing of financial records across four administrations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank entries, and the general ledger.

• Own the close. Organise the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close, prepare schedules, review reconciliations, and follow up on outstanding items.

• Make sure organisers are paid accurately and timely. Oversee promoter settlements and weekly payouts, ensuring that balances are reconciled and the right checks and authorisations are in place.

• Optimize the ways of working. Identify bottlenecks, strengthen controls and look for practical ways to make processes clearer, more efficient and less manual.

• Get the most out of our systems. Help improve workflows in Business Central and play an active role in developing and implementing our promoter settlement software.

• Connect the dots. You will work with colleagues across Finance, IT, Customer Service and Account Management, as well as external partners such as auditors and system suppliers.
  

  You will have the opportunity to make an impact both on the team’s daily work and on how our accounting processes develop in the future.

Who are we looking for?

• 5+ years of experience in accounting or financial administration.

• Minimum an HBO education level of working and thinking, gained through education or relevant work experience.

• You enjoy getting the best out of others and have experience leading, coaching, or coordinating colleagues.

• You naturally work by setting clear priorities and making pragmatic decisions, when several things need your attention at once.

• You are happy to switch gears and take a hands-on role to investigate financial questions or discrepancies yourself.

• You have experience with financial administration, reconciliations and the month-end close.

• You continuously look for opportunities to improve processes and can bring others along when introducing a new way of working.

• You communicate clearly and enjoy working with people who have different perspectives and working styles.

• You speak and write Dutch and English fluently.

• You are based in or around Amsterdam or are willing to commute to our office in the city centre. During your first four months, you are also willing to travel to our office in Hoofddorp on a weekly basis.

Very nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

• Experience leading a (small) accounting or financial administration team.

• Experience improving financial systems or implementing new processes.

• An interest in or experience with the events or ticketing sector.

Why choose this opportunity?

This is a role for someone who enjoys both the people and the details behind a well-functioning finance operation. You will have room to take ownership, support a team with different strengths and make practical improvements that have a visible impact.

You will also get to see how accounting supports the wider business and helps bring events to life from intimate performances to large-scale festivals.

What do you get from us?

• A competitive salary based on your skills and experience.

• Hardware (a laptop and a phone)to ensure you are able to perform your best.

• 27 annual holidays, travel allowance and a pension plan with our partner BeFrank.

• Access to OpenUp to support your mental health whenever you need it.

• A fresh lunch and healthy snacks every day.

• A modern office in Amsterdam, right next to Central Station.

• A diverse team and the chance to attend a variety of internal events and connect over Friday drinks together.

• 8 percent holiday allowance.

• And of course opportunities to join events for which we take care of the ticketing ourselves.

Ready to bring your accounting expertise and people skills to the world of live entertainment?