Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Published Deadline Location
27 Sep 25 Oct Rotterdam

Job description

Are you a financial expert with great people skills? Are you looking for a possibility to create real impact at an international business school whose mission is being a force for positive change, With strong emphasis on sustainability goals and developing our future leaders?

Job description
The aim of the Finance Manager is to oversee all financial operations whilst also improving business processes within the Finance Department in a manner which furthers the goals of the unit. This is done through the analysis and improvement of current processes, implementation of financial technological tools, and team leadership that supports the realisation of strategic and tactical goals of RSM BV. The Finance Manager works closely together with Business Controllers, Degree Programs, Executive Education, General Operations teams and other stakeholders within and outside RSM (students, auditors, EUR central, and companies). This person is the highest positioned Finance person in RSM B.V.

The Finance Manager reports to the Cluster Lead and Director General Operations, is responsible for the Financial operations, manages the Finance Team and advises Directors and Managers in RSM BV on financial and/or fiscal activities and implications.

Your daily activities and responsibilities include:

Managerial tasks
  • Leading team meeting, supporting the team in the projects - invoicing, invoice format, back-up of the team (e.g. revenue reporting, etc)/questions of the team, business controlling support.
  • Coordinating the work on process descriptions, process improvement, and process descriptions.
  • Setting the strategy for the finance team and determine right action and priorities to achieve organisation goals.

Controlling tasks
  • Controlling ICP reporting
  • Controlling the BTW report
  • Checking the bookings of Finance Officers
  • Discussing the report of month-end-closing and making sure that monthly figures are correct and complete
  • Checking and authorising payments
  • Making the monthly excel from Exact and checking the bookings

Operational tasks
  • P2P errors/P2P approval flows
  • Making Income Tax report
  • Reconciliation of salary administration with Exact: salaries journals/WKR/lecturers via salaries
  • Processing recharge constructions within RSM and EUR/other BVs
  • Creating Annual report of RSM BV, including excel files and data supporting the report
  • Reports for RSM/Erasmus (for accreditations/other reports for Erasmus e.g. with year-end closing)

Other
  • Finance questions from the business - about withdrawals, etc.
  • Short Finance presentations to the business about results during organisation wide meetings
  • getting information about budgets

Specifications

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Requirements

To be successful in this position, you will need to have the following knowledge, expertise or skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting or Business Administration
  • Extensive knowledge of Accounting
  • Minimum of five years work experience in a comparable position
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and preferably Dutch.
  • Managerial skills: ability to develop, motivate and manage staff
  • Up to date knowledge of corporate income tax, VAT, and fiscal requirements of the annual account
  • A hands-on and proactive attitude
  • Good interpersonal skills to interact with people who come from diverse cultural, educational and professional backgrounds
  • Give strategic direction to the team and set priorities on achieving goals
  • Ability to translate procedures into the right actions
  • Punctuality and confidentiality sensitive
  • Strong service orientation

Conditions of employment

We offer an ambitious, international and dynamic environment, in which we compete with the top business schools in Europe. You will be part of a close, innovation-driven team on a vibrant university campus. Your ambition and personal drive will be greatly valued and we invest in personal development. We make sure you feel good about yourself, that you enjoy your work and that you grow in your profession.

You will also get:
  • A salary between € 4,500 – 5,500 gross per month on fulltime basis (ex. 8% holiday allowance), based on your education, knowledge and work experience.
  • 25 holidays and 12 ADV days.
  • Variable end of year performance bonus.
  • The flexibility with regards to work from home.
  • Travel cost reimbursement (the possibility to travel with NS business card)
  • Discount on membership of Erasmus Sport.
  • Access to online learning platform GoodHabitz and wellbeing platform OpenUp.
  • Regular fun work events and drinks.
  • Participation in our collective pension scheme: premium full paid by RSM, voluntary employee contribution is optional.

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (RSM BV) is one of Europe’s most international and innovative business schools. Its primary focus is to develop business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. RSM BV is privately funded and provides a first-class portfolio of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes with an international team of 100 staff working from the university campus in Rotterdam.

RSM BV offers an environment where the staff is encouraged to embrace change as a challenge in helping the organisation reaching its goals and those of its students. The working atmosphere at RSM BV is informal and communication lines are short. Being an independent and commercial company within the Erasmus University, the situation of RSM BV is sometimes complex and challenging. At the same time the company itself it small enough to maintain personal contacts and be able to have an overview of what’s going on throughout the organisation. The environment is culturally diverse and very international.

RSM BV is located in a pleasant and relatively small office, based at the Erasmus University campus in Rotterdam. It’s a lively environment, with students, staff and different companies and restaurants. The office is easy to reach by public transport as well as by car.

RSM BV is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities and nationalities. RSM BV values internal mobility; therefore internal candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit the RSM BV website: www.rsm.nl

Specifications

  • Finance
  • 36—40 hours per week
  • University graduate
  • 4543

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

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Location

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062PA, Rotterdam

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Application procedure

Would you first like to learn more about the position or about RSM BV? Please contact Ms Saskia Piercy, HR Advisor at RSM BV via recruitment@rsm.nl.

If you see yourself as a person who thrives by working in a innovating, stimulating, international and growing environment and you recognize yourself as a qualified candidate for this vacancy, please click on the application button on this page before 25 October 2024 and send your CV and motivation letter (in English) to Ms Saskia Piercy, HR Advisor, Rotterdam School of Management BV, Erasmus University.

Application procedure

Application procedure

Would you first like to learn more about the position or about RSM BV? Please contact Ms Saskia Piercy, HR Advisor at RSM BV via recruitment@rsm.nl.

If you see yourself as a person who thrives by working in a innovating, stimulating, international and growing environment and you recognize yourself as a qualified candidate for this vacancy, please click on the application button on this page before 25 October 2024 and send your CV and motivation letter (in English) to Ms Saskia Piercy, HR Advisor, Rotterdam School of Management BV, Erasmus University.

Make sure to apply no later than 25 Oct 2024 23:59 (Europe/Amsterdam).