Korte omschrijving Value Creation for a Global Project Organization

Role As Manager Business Control at Van Oord Dredging & Infra (DRI), you are a true finance business partner for DRI Operations (global dredging and infrastructure projects in execution) and activities in a specific part of the world (e.g., Europe or South America). You see ahead to future possibilities and translate them into strategies. To achieve the desired results, you coach and drive a team of Business Controllers and a variable number of Project Controllers. You will be part of the relevant Management Teams (Operations and region), where you both facilitate and challenge from a business economic perspective. In the Management Team of DRI Finance & Control, you are a valued team member, contributing ideas on creating a future-proof finance function and further automation. You report to the Financial Director of DRI.

Key responsibilities:

Acting as a Finance Business Partner in the Management Teams of DRI Operations and the region, ensuring value creation in the business

Facilitating data-driven decision-making through automation and focusing on reliable and accessible data & KPIs

Advising on projects, contracts, joint ventures, and acquisitions

Responsible for the entire Planning & Control cycle and ensuring a uniform way of working

Managing risk & compliance

Overseeing balance sheet management, investments, and M&A

Coaching & developing the team

Serving as a director for several joint ventures

Contributing to the development of a well-structured finance function

Profile You are an ambitious finance professional who truly wants to understand the business and its drivers. You achieve this using your interpersonal skills and well-developed analytical and strategic abilities. You are a quick thinker who doesn't get stuck in concepts and who delivers tangible results. You are resilient, aware of your limitations, and able to effectively handle changing circumstances and uncertainty.

You have:

A completed master degree in a financial/economic discipline, preferably supplemented with CFA or EMFC

At least 10 years of relevant experience (including in a management/leadership team)

Experience in an international operating organization

Flexibility in leadership style and the ability to put things into perspective

You are:

A 'global citizen,' you recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organisation

Fluent in multiple languages; in addition to English, you speak Spanish or Portuguese. If you speak Dutch as well, that’s great advantage.

Entrepreneurial: you foresee opportunities, anticipate, and initiate actions to capitalize on opportunities or mitigate risks

Flexible in the broadest sense, without losing sight of your own agenda

Our client: Koninklijke Van Oord Royal Van Oord has over 155 years of experience as an international marine contractor. Marine ingenuity is their signature and the spark that lights the spirit of all their professionals. The company is known for prestigious projects like Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. But Van Oord does more; from two Business Units, with over 5000 employees, they are active in Dredging, Offshore Wind, Offshore, and infrastructure projects. In 2023, revenue was nearly 3 billion euros. The headquarters are located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

DRI is responsible for just over half of the revenue and is active in 35 countries with 146 projects. About 60 colleagues (20 in Rotterdam) work in the finance function of the business unit, divided into the teams Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Control (3 teams, one of which is the current vacancy), and Consolidation & Reporting. The base teams are supplemented with project controllers from the Project Control pools, depending on the number of ongoing projects in the area.

Van Oord is a project organization with a matrix structure. Services in accounting, treasury, and tax are provided to the organization by the central Finance & Control department.

Offer At DRI, there is a fantastic challenge for an ambitious financial professional who aspires to a top financial role in a large organization in a few years. In this role, you can utilize all your previously acquired knowledge and further develop your leadership qualities.

Remuneration:

gross annual salary up to max 150K (including holiday allowance)

Bonus

company car

32 vacation days

excellent secundairy benefits

An online assessment and pre employment screening will be part of the selection procedure

Vroom Hekkema, headhunters in finance, exclusively handles the recruitment & selection for this position. For detailed information about this vacancy and the selection procedure, please contact Christy Hekkema (06 – 54768760) or Janneke Vroom (06-20956377) or email us at: hallo@vroomhekkema.nl

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