About MVRDV
MVRDV is a globally recognized architecture and urbanism firm, headquartered in Rotterdam with offices in Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, and New York. Founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries, MVRDV designs innovative, socially responsible, and sustainable architecture that shapes the future. As a colleague at MVRDV, you'll be part of an energetic, international team of more than 250 professionals from over 40 nationalities.
MVRDV is looking for a Senior Financial Controller to strengthen our Finance & Operations team in Rotterdam.
You are the financial right hand of our Head of Finance and the daily sparring partner for Project Managers, Directors, and colleagues within Finance. You play an important role in both project control and financial control, ensuring that financial information is reliable, timely, and usable for the organization.
You support Project Managers in monitoring and improving project results, while also contributing to high-quality financial reporting, a reliable year-end closing, and a successful audit. With your analytical eye, financial expertise, and hands-on mentality, you make an important contribution to the further professionalization of our financial organization.
Responsibilities
Project Control
•Collaborate with Project Managers on preparing and reviewing project budgets, fee calculations, and forecasts.
•Monitor financial project performance, including revenue, costs, margin, WIP, and cash flow, and identify risks and opportunities in a timely manner.
•Perform variance and scenario analyses and translate results into practical advice on profitability, invoicing, and cash flow.
•Support Project Managers during project start-up, monthly reviews, and project closure.
•Ensure correct project setup, coding structures, and cost allocations.
•Check time registrations and project allocations for accuracy and consistency.
•Identify inefficiencies in project execution and contribute to margin improvement.
Financial Control
•Responsible for coordinating and ensuring the quality of financial reporting and the annual financial statements, including relevant specifications, balance sheet files, and reconciliations.
•Responsible for leading the annual audit and collaborating with external auditors, ensuring an efficient and successful completion of the audit process.
•Monitor the completeness and accuracy of financial processes, internal controls, and financial data to support a reliable year-end closing.
•Identify opportunities for improvement within financial processes and contribute to the further professionalization of the financial organization.
•Support monthly, quarterly, and annual closings and ensure reliable financial reports.
Business Control & Business Partnering
•Contribute to company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
•Help prepare management reports, KPI dashboards, and financial analyses.
•Connect project results to the organization's overall financial performance.
•Align project budgets with staffing and capacity planning.
•Translate financial data into clear, usable advice for non-financial colleagues.
•Support management with business cases, scenario analyses, and decision-making.
What are we looking for?
•A completed bachelor's or master's degree in Finance, Business Economics, Accountancy, or similar.
•At least 7 years of relevant work experience in financial control, business control, accountancy, or a similar financial role.
•Demonstrable experience with year-end closings, financial reporting, and annual financial statements.
•Experience with audits and collaboration with external auditors.
•Experience within a project-driven organization, preferably in architecture, engineering, consultancy, or a similar environment.
•A strong understanding of financial reporting, project accounting, and internal control.
•Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP and BI tools.
•Fluent English; Dutch is a plus.
•Analytical, structured, and quality-oriented.
•Able to make financial matters understandable to non-financial stakeholders.
•Proactive, independent, and improvement-oriented.
What do we offer?
At MVRDV, you get the chance to make an impact within an international, creative, and entrepreneurial firm. You work closely with Project Managers, Directors, and a Finance team of 5 colleagues, and you play an important role in the further professionalization of our organization.
We offer you:
•A challenging and varied role with a lot of responsibility and room for initiative.
•An international working environment with colleagues and projects all over the world.
•Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development.
•A market-conform salary in line with the cao Architectenbureaus (Architecture Firms collective labor agreement), fitting your knowledge and experience.
•30 vacation days, hybrid working, and an inspiring workplace in Rotterdam.
•Unlimited access to OpenUp, discount with Urban Sports, a healthy lunch served, an NS Business Card, and a laptop.
