What you’ll be responsible for

• Supervise the accounting team in their day to day activities and proactively look for potential process improvements and ways to automate day to day operations; 
• Act as the primary go-to person for the business in terms of support, clarification and assisting with questions; 
• Initiate and manage the month, quarter, and year-end financial activities including the consolidation and drawing up of the financial statements as well as the monthly management reporting; 
• Review and draw balance sheet reconciliations and deliver summary reconciliation reports to the VP of Finance;
• Perform monthly and ad-hoc analyses for budget to actual differences. Provide sound explanations, and support the business with their budget analyses. 
• Collaborate with the People and Culture team to ensure that all deductions and payroll activities are compliant with payroll laws; 
• Liaise with external firms such as auditors and tax authorities for the annual audit and tax filings in the various jurisdictions;
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining up to date work processes and control documentation.

What we’re looking for

• A minimum of 5 years of post-qualified experience in financial accounting, consolidations, and reporting within a dynamic business environment. Ideally your scope experience and ambition reach beyond financial control;
• Qualified RA/RC/ACA/CPA or comparable, trained at one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms before transitioning to industry (mandatory);
• Currently residing in the Netherlands with knowledge of local Dutch legislation, tax rulings and subsidies (e.g. WBSO);
• Full English working proficiency combined with basic Dutch proficiency at a minimum (mandatory);
• Proven technical knowledge and tech savviness – you like to work with tooling in order to make our processes and work more efficient;
• The ability to drive key accounting cycles processes;
• Management experience alongside evidence of successfully implementing business and process changes;
• A self-starting professional with lots of initiative, energy and personal motivation,  happy to take on responsibilities, while taking pride in your work;
• Confident oral presentation and communication skills enabling you to to influence, persuade, negotiate, motivate, and agree commitments with colleagues in a high-pressure environment;
• Approachable and able to coach and assist colleagues with varying backgrounds with problems related to accounting;
• A flexible, well organized and structured way of working; the ability to work in a dynamic environment with ever changing goals;
• The ability to prioritize and make sound decisions for the team; 
• Confident working remotely; not afraid to ask questions in order to ensure both goals and processes are clear.
Please note: We have a  strong preference for candidates with some of their experience gained in start up / scaleup environments.

What’s in it for you?

• You will have the opportunity to accelerate our rapidly growing organization;
• We’re a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately;
• Personal learning budget;
• Pension plan with company contributions;
• Agile working environment with flexible working hours and location; 
• No annual leave allowance; take time off whenever you need;
• We embrace diversity and foster inclusion. This means we have a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination;
• GeoPhy is a family and pet friendly company;
• Get involved in board games, books, and lego!