Senior Financial Controller

About the company

MVRDV is looking for a Senior Financial Controller to strengthen our Finance & Operations team in Rotterdam.

MVRDV is a globally recognized firm for architecture and urbanism, with headquarters in Rotterdam and offices in Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, and New York. Founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries, MVRDV designs innovative, socially responsible, and sustainable architecture that shapes the future. As a colleague at MVRDV, you will be part of an energetic, international team of more than 250 professionals from more than 40 nationalities.

Your tasks

You are the financial right hand of our Head of Finance and the daily sparring partner for Project Managers, Directors, and colleagues within Finance. You play an important role in both project control and financial control, ensuring that financial information is reliable, timely, and useful for the organization.

You support Project Managers in monitoring and improving project results, while simultaneously contributing to high-quality financial reporting, a reliable year-end closing, and a successful audit. With your analytical eye, financial expertise, and hands-on mentality, you will make a significant contribution to the further professionalization of our financial organization.

Project Control

• Collaborating with Project Managers in preparing and reviewing project budgets, fee calculations, and forecasts.
• Monitoring financial project performance, including revenue, costs, margin, WIP, and cashflow, and identifying risks and opportunities in a timely manner.
• Performing variance and scenario analyses and translating the results into practical advice regarding profitability, invoicing, and cashflow.
• Supporting Project Managers during project startup, monthly reviews, and project closure.
• Ensuring correct project setup, coding structures, and cost allocations.
• Checking timesheets and project allocations for accuracy and consistency.
• Identifying inefficiencies in project execution and contributing to margin improvement.

Financial Control

• Responsible for the coordination and quality control of financial reporting and the annual accounts, including relevant specifications, balance sheet files, and reconciliations.
• Responsible for managing the annual audit and collaborating with external accountants, ensuring an efficient and successful completion of the audit process.
• Monitoring the completeness and accuracy of financial processes, internal control measures, and financial data to support a reliable year-end closing.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement within financial processes and contributing to the further professionalization of the financial organization.
• Supporting monthly, quarterly, and year-end closings and ensuring reliable financial reports.

Business Control & Business Partnering

• Contributing to company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
• Assisting in the preparation of management reports, KPI dashboards, and financial analyses.
• Linking project results to the total financial performance of the organization.
• Aligning project budgets with staffing and capacity planning.
• Translating financial data into clear, actionable advice for non-financial colleagues.
• Supporting management with business cases, scenario analyses, and decision-making.

Requirements

• A completed HBO or WO degree in Finance, Business Economics, Accountancy, or similar.
• At least 7 years of relevant work experience within financial control, business control, accountancy, or a similar financial role.
• Demonstrable experience with year-end closings, financial reporting, and annual accounts.
• Experience with audits and collaborating with external accountants.
• Experience within a project-driven organization, preferably in architecture, engineering, consultancy, or a similar environment.
• A strong understanding of financial reporting, project accounting, and internal control.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP and BI tools.
• Fluent English; Dutch is a plus.
• Analytical, structured, and quality-oriented.
• Able to make financial issues understandable for non-financial stakeholders.
• Proactive, independent, and focused on improvement.

What we offer

What do we offer? At MVRDV, you get the chance to make an impact within an international, creative, and entrepreneurial firm. You will work closely with Project Managers, Directors, and a Finance team of 5 colleagues, playing an important role in the further professionalization of our organization.

We offer you

• A challenging and varied position with a lot of responsibility and room for initiative.
• An international working environment with colleagues and projects all over the world.
• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development.
• A market-competitive salary in accordance with the Architectenbureaus collective labor agreement (cao), matching your knowledge and experience.
• 30 vacation days, hybrid working, and an inspiring workplace in Rotterdam.
• Unlimited access to OpenUp, discounts with Urban Sports, a healthy lunch provided, an NS Business Card, and a laptop.

How to apply

Ready to help build a financially strong future for MVRDV? We look forward to your application.