How will you help to ensure our Vets in Netherlands and Belgium can continue to deliver the best health care to for pets?

Anicura strives for delivering the best veterinary care. Our motto is “Shaping the future of veterinary care together”. The Financial Shared service Center (FSSC) for the Netherlands and Belgium is there to be an excellent business partner for the Clinics to achieve that goal.

Your (and our) biggest challenge

We need excellent financial data to ensure we know how we do financially. The FSSC is there to deliver reliable and correct financial reporting, and to ensure that we are in control. You as financial controller, play a big role in this. On the other hand, you are expected to tell the story behind the numbers and use them to improve processes together with the team. Your interest in (and preferably) your experience with the usage of BI tools and implementing automation for recurring financial processes allow you to spend more time on the story telling and explaining the numbers.

Your role and responsibilities

You are responsible for the financial control of clinics within the cluster. You work with other financial controllers within the R2R team for timely and reliable group reporting. You are responsible for the reconciliation of balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. You assist with supporting documentation and process explanations during the annual external audit. As part of the SSC team, you participate in improvement projects, for example automating processes and enhancing BI tools used or improving internal control at the clinics. We do expect you to pro-actively come up with ideas for these improvements, discuss it with the head SSC and rest of team and if all agree, take control, and make it happen.

Why are you the one that can make this happen

• You are a strong analytical person, focused and experienced to see and tell the story behind the numbers.
• You are a team player who can also manage on your own. Your team will make sure you get a good start, and you can always rely on any team member, but we will let you find out things on your own as well.
• Your analytical skills help you to understand processes and your creativity and IT savviness make that you can come up with a plan to get the improvement done.
• You want to maintain control but are also pragmatic enough to switch when priorities change and to deal with the cultural differences that come with an international environment.
• You communicate proactively and inform stakeholders, and you involve them in decision-making when necessary.
• You have a bachelors’ or masters’ degree in accounting or controlling.

Your colleagues and workplace

Our local head office is based in Amsterdam. Finance shares the office with other teams such as IT, Marketing and HR and with the pets that we bring into the office. Working remotely however is perfectly fine, and as a finance team we try to be in the office twice a week.

The SSC Finance consists of the Head of the SSC, and three sub-teams, Financial Operations, Accounting & Payroll and Tax & Audit.

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum qualification HBO Accountancy
• Experience with Dutch GAAP and local Taxes (CIT and BTW) is an advantage
• 1-3 years of relevant working experience in Accounting or Controlling
• Key competencies: Building effective teams, Drives Engagement, Manages Ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently
• Critical thinking and a proactive approach
• Fluent in Dutch is an advantage
• Fluent in English

What can you expect from AniCura?

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to shape the future of veterinary care, together.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible working hours, an international and digital work environment.
• The opportunity to cuddle our beloved 4-legged friends in our offices.

Interested?

We look forward to talking to you! Please apply by submitting your CV through clicking the apply button below and feel free to contact Kristy Nicholls: kristy.nicholls@anicura.nl.