Finance Director

The position

The Finance Director reports to the General Manager. He or she heads up a department consisting of 6 direct reports: a chief accountant, assisted by a pair of junior accountants (one with also business control focus), a controller, who focuses on horeca, logistics and marketing, a controller who focuses on sales and IT Support Analyst. The Finance Director is also responsible for the IT function.

Candidate profile

• University degree in Business Administration/Finance, followed by a RA (register accountant/chartered accountant) or RC (register controller/chartered controller) qualification. The ideal candidate background is a RA with extensive business experience (accountant who has gone on to work as a business controller in a retail company) or a RC with broad experience in finance, who also has experience, for example, in accounting
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant Finance experience preferable in FMCG/retail, out-of-home
• Knowledge and experience of financial accounting (Dutch GAAP, tax and financial reporting to headquarters, IFRS), marketing and sales controlling
• Minimum of 2 years of (project) Management experience is a prerequisite
• IT literate, excellent MS Excel knowledge, familiarity with any ERP system and any integrated business analysis tool is a strong plus (SAP BI/Cognos/Essbase/Hyperion etc)

Interview quotes

General Manager: "Things are going really well for Red Bull, and we make no secret of our ambition. We want to become the number 1 cold drinks brand (in packaging of up to half a liter) in the Netherlands. And we have a clear vision of how we’re going to achieve that!"

"The Finance Director is the financial conscience of our company and, ultimately, financially responsible for our bottom line. He keeps the Management Team and others on their toes by asking the right questions at the right time, based on analyses he has performed. Within this, he also needs to be creative and pragmatic and make it clear that he has an understanding of the business side of things, being an entrepreneur. Certainly not rigid – we’re growing too fast for that. We also expect him (or her) to make a contribution in the area of vision and strategy formulation."

HR Director: "We can offer for international career growth opportunities. For example, the current finance director in the UK is a Dutchman whose previous positions include that of being Finance Director in the Netherlands."

Salary conditions

Excellent primary, secondary and tertiary employment conditions.

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