Adviseur Finance & Informatievoorziening

Are you a finance professional with experience at the intersection of financial processes, management information and IT systems? And would you like to use your expertise to work together with a team of independent professionals on further strengthening the financial operations of Wgeningen University & Research (WUR)?

You have experience with financial management information and IT systems, and you have a good sense of relationships within a complex organisation. You are involved in a wide range of projects. Whether it concerns AI, dashboarding/Power BI or ERP systems, you feel at home in this domain. You are the connecting factor between users (controllers/managers) and technology (the IT department and external suppliers). You think from the perspective of the (financial) user, listen to the needs of all stakeholders and translate these needs into smart IT solutions.

Above all, you safeguard progress, maintain control over quality and results, and you are both a doer and a thinker. You know that successful projects are about people, not just technology. You value the fact that your work directly contributes to an organisation that is building a better society.

A challenging role in a complex environment, in which your work is essential for reliable management information, sound financial processes and good governance. Do you recognise yourself in this? Then we are looking for you as our new Advisor Finance & Information Management.

As Advisor Finance & Information Management, you will focus on the following:

• You advise management, controllers and the IT organisation on the optimal design of financial processes and information systems
• You initiate and lead improvement and digitalisation projects
• You contribute to the development of policies and frameworks for data quality, information management and system integration within the financial domain
• You maintain contacts with the decentralised financial operations organisation regarding the bottlenecks they experience
• You act as the point of contact for periodic management information within WUR
• You monitor and identify new opportunities for the use of advanced IT applications to optimise existing processes

Your role
You will be part of the corporate team Financial Accounting & Internal Control (FAIC). The team supports WUR in achieving its objectives by properly designing and controlling financial processes. The team consists of eight finance professionals, including the manager. Four colleagues specialise in second-line project control. In addition, the team includes an internal auditor, a tax controller/fiscal specialist and a support staff member.

For this position, we are looking for the following qualities in you as a candidate:

• an academic background, for example in accountancy or business economics
• experience in financial (management) roles, including business control and financial control
• demonstrable affinity with information technology and information management, with an interest in innovation and the use of modern tools
• strong analytical skills
• a team player with strong communication skills
• independent and proactive
• Dutch language level B2

In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about language level C2 .

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 €4,741 and €7,068 for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 12). Additionally, For this role a contract for 32 hours can be discussed. As for your contract, we offer a permanent contract with a two-month trial period. We're happy to discuss any questions you may have.

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. For 20 consecutive years, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.f.

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.