Financial Controller

Do you have a sharp eye for finance and are you looking for a challenging role as a financial controller within Finance & Control? At Wageningen University & Research, we work on solutions with global impact. Would you like to use your financial expertise to contribute to a sustainable future? Then we would love to meet you.

Your role
As a financial controller, you will have plenty of room to develop yourself and actively contribute to strategic and organisation-wide projects. You will proactively support colleagues within Finance & Control, as well as management and the executive board, while engaging with various internal and external stakeholders.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Acting as an advisor and primary point of contact within the Finance & Control department for financial controlling activities (budgeting, forecasting, multi-year trends, liquidity planning, reporting to groups) at the WFBR level.
• Serving as an advisor and sparring partner for staff departments within AFSG.
• Analysing financial risks, supporting improvement projects, and providing recommendations.
• Actively collaborating with direct colleagues, contributing to knowledge sharing and strengthening team spirit.
• Contributing to the preparation of cost price calculations for tariff determinations and audit procedures.
• Helping to further professionalise the Finance & Control function within an organisation that plays a key role in addressing major societal challenges.

The team
As an enthusiastic and driven financial controller, you will join the Finance & Control AFSG team. This team includes project control, business control, and sales & acquisition control, and consists of more than 20 professionals.

• A completed bachelor’s degree (HBO) in a relevant field (e.g., Accountancy, Business Economics).
• At least 3 years of work experience within a large, complex organisation.
• A customer-oriented, hands-on mindset with strong communication skills; a team player who builds connections.
• A results-driven, solution-oriented, creative, proactive, and initiative-taking attitude.
• Experience with Power BI is a strong advantage.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively; you meet deadlines set by the planning & control cycle.
• A collaborative mindset, both within your own team and with colleagues from other departments.
• Strong verbal and written command of both Dutch and English.

You can see that there are plenty of challenges ahead of you. These challenges can also be viewed as opportunities for growth. So even if you don’t yet have the full track record described in the vacancy, but you do have solid professional experience, we would still very much like to invite you to apply.

In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about language level C1 .

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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). Additionally, For this role a contract for <> hours can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. / We offer you a temporary contract for the duration of one year. 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.

Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.

Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.

WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.