Business Controller

Vopak helps the world flow forward. We store the energy of today and tomorrow. But behind our impressive terminals and tanks, it is our people who make the difference. To strengthen our leading position in the energy transition and global trade, we are looking for your talent. As Business Controller (Joint Ventures), you will play a key role in realizing our ambitions while building both the future of Vopak and your own.

We are looking for a person who is strong in Financial Control and optimizing processes with a first step in business control. In this dynamic role, you’ll oversee the financial control activities, being the key point of contact for our financial shared services organization, driving key financial & business improvement initiatives and ensuring strong financial health across Business Unit Netherlands (BU NL). You’ll be the financial brain to the Senior Business Controller, Manager Finance & Business Control and the Management Team of Business Unit Netherlands. If you're ready to make an impact and guide financial success, this is the opportunity for you!

Why you’ll love working with us

• A salary ranging from a minimum of  €60.000 and €80.000 based on knowledge and experience.

• 30 vacation days, with the option to purchase 10 additional days.

• An excellent pension scheme with only a 4% personal contribution to our own Vopak  https://pensioenfonds.vopak.com/.

• We cover 50% of your health insurance premium.

• Net internet allowance of 40 euros per month on a full-time basis.

• Great atmosphere! Plenty of freedom, room for initiative, and colleagues with a good sense of humor.

Your Mission

As the Business Controller, you will be a key player in ensuring accurate financial reporting, leading the month-end close process, and providing financial insights to support business decisions. You will oversee day-to-day finance operations and ensure compliance with statutory regulations and internal policies.  

You are going to be a member of the Finance & Business Control team of BU NL, consisting of a team of Business Controllers. As a Business Controller you act as a business partner to the organization. You will contribute to finance activities for the BU NL joint ventures, including governance, reporting and advising on financial matters.

What will you be doing?

• Financial Reporting & Closing: Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness; 

• Drive continuous improvements in financial processes and administrative organization;

• Monitor compliance with financial reporting standards, lead the preparation of the statutory annual accounts and monthly VAT declarations. Act as a key point of contact for the financial shared services organization; 

• Audit management: work with external auditors to ensure a smooth and efficient audit; 

• Risk Management: Oversee internal controls, ensure compliance with policies, and coordinate risk management activities. Driving the identification of key (finance) business risks and opportunities and translating these into business process improvement and/or value creation initiatives as needed; 

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with various stakeholders to align financial goals with business objectives. 

Does this sound like you?

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, complemented by relevant professional experience in the field.

• You enjoy the end-to-end reporting process—from ensuring accurate month-end closes to shaping annual accounts. While experience with VAT or Joint Venture accounting is a plus, your ability to master complex financial structures is what we value most.

• You have a talent for organizing data and comparing financial scenarios to provide clear, actionable information for management.

• You are a collaborative problem-solver with a natural curiosity for data analytics and a drive to continuously improve workflows.

• You are comfortable and effective communicating with colleagues in both Dutch and English, both written and spoken. 

Don’t meet all our criteria? No problem! If this role energizes you and our culture feels like a good fit, we warmly invite you to apply anyway.

Is this your next step? We’d love to meet you!

Together, we help the world flow forward. Apply directly via our website.

At Vopak we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong. To support this, we host several active Employee Resource Groups, including our International, Pride, Women’s and Young Professionals networks.