Corporate Business Controller

Project overview

What will you achieve?

What do you bring?

Gemeente Den Helder is the local point of contact for the government for residents, businesses, associations, and institutions. In this role, the municipality connects practical service delivery with spatial, social, and economic development.

The work package of Gemeente Den Helder ranges from passports, notifications, permits, and municipal taxes to programs related to environmental management, housing, and mobility, and care, youth, and support for participation. To carry out these diverse tasks carefully, Gemeente Den Helder brings together subject-matter expert teams with functions for legal support, business operations, communication, and digital services.

Within Gemeente Den Helder, the executive board sets the frameworks and controls the municipal council.

• As a senior advisor, you will strengthen the corporate financial management.
• You connect information from different domains into an integrated picture and translate financial developments into choices, interventions, and administrative advice.
• This way, you help management to steer in a timely manner on results, finances, capacity, risks, and feasibility.
• You complement the connection between business control for the domains and the corporate management by the executive board.
• You do not take over tasks or powers from the corporate controller.
• You will develop a reliable and up-to-date corporate financial picture.
• You will connect developments from the domains and identify financial deviations and risks early on.
• You will distinguish between incidental and structural financial effects.
• You will link financial developments to results, capacity, and feasibility.
• You will propose concrete courses of action and support management in setting priorities and making adjustments.
• You will prepare management for discussions with the executive board and support directors in their discussions with managers.
• You will be an expert administrative discussion partner for the Finance portfolio holder and interpret financial developments in relation to administrative ambitions and financial frameworks.
• You will support the development and application of the management cycle and, if applicable, the associated tools.
• A completed HBO bachelor's degree in finance.
• At least 10 years of experience as a senior advisor in finance, business controller, and/or corporate controller at a municipality.
• A completed WO bachelor's or master's degree in finance.
• At least 15 years of experience as a senior advisor in finance, business controller, and/or corporate controller at a municipality.
• At least three years of experience as a financial advisor to an executive board.
• Experience with municipal budgets, annual accounts, and P&C processes.
• Experience with advising the Finance portfolio holder.
• The candidate has at least a completed HBO bachelor's degree in finance.
• The candidate has at least ten years of experience as a senior advisor in finance, business controller, and/or corporate controller at a municipality. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• You have a completed WO bachelor's/master's degree in finance. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• You have at least fifteen years of experience as a senior advisor in finance, business controller, and/or corporate controller at a municipality. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• You have at least three years of experience as a corporate controller/advisor to the executive board in the field of finance at a municipality. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• You have experience with the following three topics: municipal budgets, annual accounts, and P&C processes at a municipality. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• You have experience advising the Finance portfolio holder at a municipality. Clearly indicate this in the CV.
• During the interview, you will be assessed on the following aspects: * Knowledge * Experience * Rapport with the executive board * Competencies: communication skills and analytical ability.

Project details

• Start: Zo snel mogelijk
• Duration: Verlenging: Onbekend
• Location: Den Helder, NL
• Rate: 112-112 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch