Strategic Business Controller

Strategic Business Controller

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Function: Finance

Strategic Business Controller & Business Control Manager Function: Finance EMEA Export & GDF Department: Business Controlling Location : Amsterdam Reports to: Manager Finance EMEA Export & GDF Closing date : 18th of September

About the role

As Strategic Business Controller, you are a key business partner to the OpCo Management Team, helping shape strategy, drive performance, and create long-term value.

You will lead the planning and performance management cycle, providing insights that support strategic decision-making across the business. Through a combination of financial expertise, commercial understanding, and stakeholder influence, you will challenge performance, identify opportunities, and ensure the business remains focused on delivering its strategic ambitions.

Leading a team of Business Controllers, you will play a critical role in strengthening business control capabilities, embedding financial discipline, and enabling fact-based decision-making across the organization.

What you will do

Strategic Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted advisor to the OpCo Management Team, translating business performance into strategic insights and recommendations.
• Support the development and execution of the OpCo strategy through robust performance management and governance.
• Provide decision support through business cases, investment evaluations, and scenario modelling.

Planning & Performance Management

• Lead the annual planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes across the business.
• Facilitate target setting and resource allocation discussions to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
• Monitor performance, identify risks and opportunities, and challenge assumptions to improve business results.
• Deliver clear and actionable management reporting and performance insights.

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