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Key facts
Job Title
Director FP&A
Role type
Contract
Start date
ASAP
Remote friendly
No
Location
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Salary
Negotiable €
Director Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Amsterdam
Hours: Full-time (40 hours)
Contract: Independent Contractor, 6 months
Languages: English
Hours: Full-time (40 hours)
Contract: Independent Contractor, 6 months
Languages: English
About the Role
As Director Financial Planning & Analysis, you will play a critical role in shaping strategic decision-making across several high-impact business units, including future growth businesses.
You will lead teams of FP&A leaders, Financial Analysts and Business Controllers while acting as a trusted finance partner to senior executives. Your insights will directly influence investment decisions, resource allocation and long-term business strategy.
This role sits at the intersection of finance, strategy and operational excellence, providing the decision-making information needed to drive both day-to-day performance and long-term growth.
What You'll Do
- Lead financial planning activities across multiple business units and subsidiaries.
- Own annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-range planning processes.
- Consolidate departmental targets and financial plans into an integrated business plan.
- Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models, forecasts and scenario analyses.
- Partner with senior leadership teams to support strategic decision-making.
- Assess cost efficiency, resource allocation and return on investment initiatives.
- Analyse historical performance versus budgets and forecasts, identifying key drivers and opportunities.
- Improve visibility and transparency of key financial and operational metrics.
- Strengthen data governance and reporting integrity across critical business KPIs.
- Evaluate market, product and distribution channel performance to optimise net contribution.
- Collaborate with finance leadership on company-wide planning and forecasting cycles.
- Lead, coach and develop managers, Business Controllers and FP&A professionals across multiple teams.
What You Bring
- 10+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Commercial Finance or Business Finance.
- Proven experience leading large finance teams through managers.
- Strong track record partnering with Director, VP and executive-level stakeholders.
- Advanced expertise in financial modelling, forecasting and scenario planning.
- Ability to convert complex data into actionable business recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience operating in a fast-paced, data-driven international environment.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience within technology, travel, marketplace, SaaS or e-commerce environments.
- Exposure to acquisitions, integrations or new business ventures.
- Finance transformation, automation or AI-enabled analytics experience.
- Advanced business intelligence and performance management expertise.
- Experience supporting multiple global business units.
Benefits & Perks
- Significant exposure to senior executive leadership.
- Opportunity to influence high-value investment and strategic decisions.
- Leadership responsibility across multiple finance teams.
- International and collaborative working environment.
- Hybrid working flexibility.
- Ongoing leadership development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation, bonus and benefits package.
Interested?
If you're an experienced finance leader who thrives on translating complex financial and operational data into strategic business decisions, and you enjoy leading high-performing teams in a dynamic international environment, we'd love to hear from you.
For more information, please contact Nick Keizer via n.keizer(a)jpgray.nl.
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