Financial Controller RE&C

As a Financial Controller REC, you play a key role in establishing robust financial processes and providing clear insights into Ahold Delhaize’s financial figures. Do you combine financial work experience with a continuous drive to improve and automate processes? If so, read on!

About Ahold Delhaize 
We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups. Together with our seventeen strong local retail brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we share a passion for delivering great food, value and innovations. By bringing ideas to the table and acting on them, you help create a healthier tomorrow. Together, we make better choices accessible for millions of people every day.

Your new team
You will join the Financial Control Team within European Business Services (EBS), the shared services organization supporting Ahold Delhaize’s European brands. Within EBS Finance & Accounting, teams consist of highly skilled professionals who take ownership and continuously work to improve finance processes and insights.

EBS Finance aims to design, deliver and support next generation solutions for key financial process of Purchase to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C), Record to report (R2R), Financial Control, ESG Reporting and Digital. 100% timely and flawless execution and delivery is our way to provide a smooth processing of high volume of financial transactions and a great “customer” experience.   The end users - our Brands - are top of mind. Everything we do is fact based and performance based. We assess and continuously improve our services to you and your teams.

In this role you will be a part of a team of 4 controllers which are responsible for the full P&L and balance sheet of Dutch Real Estate entity (Vastgoed B.V.). As part of this responsibility, the team manages all financial processes related to fixed assets as well as the acquisition, leasing, and rental of properties, working closely with the business controllers. Your primary responsibility will be the end-to-end financial processes related to property leasing and rental, from processing rental payments to ensuring accurate financial reporting of lease-related transactions in the profit and loss statement.

Key focus areas of your role
Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

Financial Closing & Reporting

• Responsible for the monthly financial closing of the Real Estate entity
• Ensure an accurate, complete, and timely P&L and Balance Sheet
• Make financial results quickly and clearly available to the Business Controllers
• Coordinate closing tasks for the full financial control department

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the financial point of contact for Business Controllers of the units you close
• Investigate and resolve financial questions in collaboration with:
  • Business controllers
  • Corporate Accounting
  • External outsourcing partner Genpact (India)

Annual Accounts & Compliance

• Guide and coordinate the annual accounts process, liaising with Dutch external auditor during the annual financial statement process and other engagements
• Maintain strong relationships with Tax, Legal, and Internal Audit/Risk departments to ensure compliance and transparency

Process Improvement & Knowledge Sharing

• Take a proactive role in improvement new initiatives, optimizing financial processes together with Financial Consultants
• Participate in regular discussions with other Financial Controllers, both within and outside the team, to deepen process and business insight

What’s in it for you?

At Ahold Delhaize, we create a caring culture where you feel safe and supported. Being part of our family of brands comes with cross-cultural teamwork, international experience, and room to explore across brands and functions. Your curiosity drives what’s next

We value your well-being, both at work and beyond. That’s why we offer benefits like flexible work options (a full-time (40 hours per week) position in a hybrid way of working: partly from home and partly from our office in Zaandam, well-being initiatives, sabbatical leave, and family care. This way, you can add something meaningful to our recipe. We enjoy connecting in our office and encourage you to spend at least three days a week here, based on a forty-hour work week.

Plus:

• A gross annual salary between €56K to €69K including holiday pay based on full-time employment
• Attractive bonuses 
• A first-rate pension plan  
• 45 vacation days per year (25,5 vacation days + 19,5 paid-leave days)
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card 
• A laptop and smartphone  

The ingredients you bring

Everyone brings their unique flavor. We believe this role comes to life when you bring the following experience:

• At least 3-4 years of relevant experience in Financial Control, Accounting, Reporting, or Finance
• Experience within an international and matrix organization
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or a related field
• Strong analytical skills, financial reporting expertise, and experience driving process improvements
• A curious individual with a strong willingness to learn.

Aside from this, a growth mindset, curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and the ability to coordinate activities across stakeholders and teams will take you far.

Join our recipe. Apply now!

Are you keen to join our Finance team? Even if you don’t tick all the boxes, we encourage you to apply.

At Ahold Delhaize, we are open for everyone. We respect and embrace people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including all genders, LGBTQ+ communities, abilities, nationalities, generations, and cultures. We are committed to creating a caring workplace where everyone feels heard, valued, and able to thrive.