Senior Project Controller Flexpool

Are you looking for a new challenge where you can further develop yourself and gain the opportunity to work within different parts of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)? Do you enjoy variety and want to contribute to a wide range of research projects? Then the position of Senior Project Controller within our Flexpool might be perfect for you!

What is the Flexpool?
The Flexpool is a team within WUR that helps absorb peaks in workload, for example during maternity leave, sabbaticals, or when a vacancy has not yet been filled. From the Flexpool, you work for shorter periods (usually several months) within various departments and institutes across WUR. During each assignment, you become part of the local team and contribute to their projects.

What will you do?
As a project controller in the Flexpool, you work on diverse research projects within a large and socially relevant organization. You support teams in the financial management of (subsidized) projects and ensure that the progress and reliability of financial processes remain safeguarded. You also contribute ideas on how to structure and improve project control practices. The content of the work is similar to a regular project controller role, but you carry it out in different parts of the organization.

Thanks to the variety of assignments, you will:

• work on diverse projects across different departments;
• develop both professionally and personally;
• quickly build a broad network within WUR;
• actively contribute to knowledge sharing and quality improvement within project control.

In this role, you are responsible for the financial management of research projects, from budgeting to final reporting. You act as the link between finance and research and work closely with project leaders and business controllers to maintain oversight of progress, risks, and accountability. You also serve as a sparring partner for fellow project controllers on more complex issues.

Your tasks include:

• financially guiding and coordinating (complex) projects and ensuring accurate and consistent financial documentation;
• acting as a sparring partner and point of contact for project leaders, business controllers, and external parties;
• identifying, interpreting, and discussing financial risks and initiating appropriate measures;
• handling periodic closings and ensuring reliable result determination;
• contributing to the balance file and annual accounts;
• ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, policies, and subsidy conditions.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our
Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best
• possible work-life balance;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities
• available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between €3,399 and €5,478 for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 10). As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes. You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working environment

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.