Senior Controlling Analyst Benelux

Senior Controlling Analyst Benelux

Are you ambitious, do you have a background in financial reporting, controlling or auditing and are you looking for a challenging role within a dynamic and listed organization? Then read on and discover what this position and Wolters Kluwer have to offer you!

What will you do?

As a Senior Controlling Analyst, you will work within the Controlling team of Wolters Kluwer Benelux, which is responsible for the budgeting process and is part of the Benelux Finance department where you act as a sparring partner with Accounting and Information Management (they build and maintain our reports).

From your role, you will be responsible for collecting information from the Business for preparing the forecast of costs within the Holding and other Shared Services and following up on the actuals during the monthly closing. You are also the point of contact for ad hoc questions and you help ensure correct reporting to management or other stakeholders.

Finally, working with big data is becoming increasingly important, making it essential to monitor reconciliations between the various systems. Thanks to automation, the focus shifts to high-quality data analyses.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Supporting Business Controllers with month-end closings, reporting and analyzing (personnel) costs, preparing forecasts, budgets and strategic plans.
• Acting as a link between IT, Accounting and the Business, ensuring clear communication and efficient information flow.
• Management of cost centers and corporate mapping.
• Working with dashboards to improve reports (e.g. Qliksense) and provide in-depth insights based on data.
• Actively contributing to the implementation or optimization of tools (e.g. Tagetik).
• You report directly to the Director Control Benelux.

The team

You will join an enthusiastic and experienced team in which you will have plenty of room for your own input and personal development. The team consists of three Financial Controllers and four Business Controllers within the Benelux. You work closely together as a team and have daily contact. You meet once a month at the head office in Alphen aan den Rijn/Netherlands.

Who are you?

• You have a master's degree in an economic field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a comparable role (reporting, controlling, audit) within a large audit and consultancy firm. Experience within the BIG 4 is a plus.
• Strong affinity with developing dashboards and reports, including in SAP.
• Knowledge of IFRS is a plus.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Strong analytical skills; you like to delve into the figures and actively look for causes and solutions.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• You enjoy working in a team, take initiative and proactively look for future-oriented solutions.

What can you expect?

You will be part of a dynamic team in an international environment with a lot of ambition! In addition to a competitive salary package, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, Wolters Kluwer permanently invests in the growth and competencies of its employees and wants to give them every opportunity to develop themselves. Discover more advantages of Wolters Kluwer at: www.wolterskluwer.be.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.