Group Finance Business Partner

Are you an ambitious Finance Business Partner or FP&A Manager with strong interpersonal skills and a hands-on, entrepreneurial and pragmatic mindset? Do you want to work for a rapid growing international company and be a strategic partner to the Group Finance Director, CFO and International Leadership team? Then keep reading.

Our client, a rapidly growing international company headquartered in Amsterdam, is looking for a Group Finance Business Partner.

Description

The position

Driven by the rapid international growth, the company is further strengthening its Group Finance organisation. A key part of this journey is building a best-in-class business partnering function at Group level. To support this ambition, we are looking for an ambitious Group Finance Business Partner – a strategic sparring partner to the Group Finance Director, and a trusted advisor to the Executive Board.

In this role you operate at the heart of the organisation: you maintain a clear overview of the company’s overall performance, deliver accurate forecasts, and provide the analysis and insights that steer key strategic decisions. You combine a strong analytical mindset with a hands-on attitude and enjoy working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Management & Business Partnering

• Act as the right hand of the Group Finance Director and a strategic partner to the CFO and Executive Board, translating financial data into actionable insights.
• Maintain a clear overview of group-wide performance and proactively highlight trends, risks and opportunities.
• Drive forward-looking analysis that supports decision-making on growth initiatives, M&A, operational improvements and strategic priorities.
• Partner with business unit leaders across Europe, challenging and supporting them with meaningful financial insights and performance analyses.

Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning

• Own and coordinate the forecasting and budgeting processes across the group, ensuring timely, accurate and insightful output.
• Consolidate input from business units into group-level forecasts, budgets and multi-year plans, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Translate strategic initiatives into financial impact and monitor execution against plan.

Reporting & Insights

• Oversee the quality, speed and relevance of management reporting, ensuring the Executive Board receives actionable information.
• Prepare and present performance updates and forecast analyses for monthly board meetings and Supervisory Board reporting.
• Continuously improve data quality, tools, dashboards and KPI reporting, linking them directly to strategic priorities and future performance.

This is a highly visible role with direct exposure to the CFO, the Executive Board and the international leadership team. It offers a unique opportunity to help shape the Group Finance function in a dynamic, fast-growing, private equity-backed environment – and to play a key role in the next phase of the group’s growth story.

Profile

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• Master’s degree in Business Economics, Business Administration or similar. A post-qualification such as CMA, CIMA or RC is a strong plus.
• 8+ years of relevant experience, including extensive exposure to FP&A, business finance, or strategic finance partnering roles.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and challenge senior decision-makers and to act as a sparring partner to C-level executives.
• Experience in private-equity owned or highly entrepreneurial, growth-driven businesses is considered a strong advantage.
• Ability to operate as a trusted advisor on not only financial, but also commercial, strategic and organisational matters.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, with the ability to build impactful dashboards and present analyses effectively at senior level.

Competencies & Personality

• Strategic communicator with strong interpersonal skills, capable of navigating a complex, multi-stakeholder environment and influencing across all levels.
• Hands-on and pragmatic mindset — forward-looking, business-focused, and able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

Job Offer

The job offers a good salary plus bonus of up to 8% and other secondary benefits.

Are you interested in the role of Group Finance Business Partner? Then apply as soon as possible.

Robert Walters Netherlands is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.