Project Finance Accountant

Did you recently graduate or are you about to graduate and do you want to kick-start your career in Finance? In this role you will be right in the middle of our organization in a dynamic position, working together with colleagues from various backgrounds and expertise on topics that contribute to our mission ‘Enhance Society Together’.

What you do as a Project Finance Accountant:

• Invoicing and automation: drive the invoicing process and limit the working capital positions for projects within your portfolio, continuously striving for process improvements to simplify and automate the invoicing process.
• Business control for Basic projects (contract amounts up to 100k EUR): assist with project budgeting, forecasting, reviewing contract documentation & work in progress balances by using Project Alert Dashboard and financial reports
• Act as a Finance Business partner: maintain a close working relationship with Project Managers on basic projects: take a proactive role in approaching and supporting Project Managers on project control & accounting topics.
• Reporting: learn how to use ERP systems (Agresso Business World), reporting tools for financial project performance (PowerBI) and our exclusive Project Health Check management system. You will have the possibility to follow PowerBI training sessions and possibility to improve current management reports or build your own!
• Policies, procedures & compliance: Ensure the quality of our project administration, perform internal control and compliance checks (contract documentation and invoicing)
• Financial control & (international) accounting: learn the basics on invoicing, taxation, international projects, dealing with foreign currencies, intercompany invoicing etc.

Where you will work:

• You will preferably be based in Amersfoort, Rotterdam or Nijmegen. You are flexible to work occasionally from different offices (for team meetings etc).

Royal HaskoningDHV is a worldwide engineering, project management and consultancy firm, with 6.000 colleagues spread over 140 countries. Within Finance at Royal HaskoningDHV, we have more than 200 Finance professionals active in different countries, divided over business- and financial control departments. We are a self-learning team and continuously optimize our operations to supply the best financial support to our stakeholders and ensure compliance.

What you bring:

You are a recent graduate or about to graduate from your Bachelor or Associate degree in Finance & Control, Accounting or related field.
You are ambitious, take initiative, ownership and have a result driven mindset and are enthusiastic to grow and learn more. Additionally, you:

• Have work experience from 0-2 years in case of Bachelor/ associate level
• Are digitally savvy (you quickly pick up new systems and processes).
• Have a basic knowledge of related disciplines (Invoicing, automation and ERP/accounting systems)
• Have native verbal & written communication skills in Dutch; English is a plus
• Are client focused, communicate clearly and build & maintain relationships with Project managers and other stakeholders.

What we offer you:

We offer you a stimulating environment where we put people first and where you are empowered to craft your own career path while working with and learning from the smartest people in our field. We prioritise our well-being by offering flexibility, support and a strong sense of community, all to ensure work and personal life go hand in hand. To make this concrete, we offer you:

• A competitive primary salary.
• Annual profit sharing, where one-third of our profit is distributed among employees and the opportunity to purchase company shares. 
• Pension accrual through our own pension fund with an employer contribution of 18.3%. 
• 2.15% personal budget that you can tailor to your preference - cash it out monthly or turn it into extra vacation time for those well-deserved breaks.
• 28 vacation days per year based on a 40-hour workweek and the option to buy 16.5 additional days.
• Many opportunities to develop yourself, such as our learning weeks, various development programs and access to a range of online courses on LinkedIn Learning.
• A conveniently located workplace at our office in locations and travel expense reimbursement or an NS-Business Card including a 40% discount on private travel. 

The full overview of our employee benefits in the Netherlands can be found here. 

Are you our new colleague?

Then apply now, this may be the start of a great financial career. Please apply with you CV and motivation letter via de application button. If you have any questions regarding this position, feel free to send them to recruiter Max Kapteijn via [email protected].

Acquisition by third parties is not appreciated.