About Action

Action is the fastest growing non-food discount in Europe.

We started our business with a small store in Holland in 1993 and today our company has grown into an international retail organization with more than 2,500 stores in 12 countries and almost 80,000 people of 136 nationalities and these numbers are growing every day.

Working for Action means having a solid and financially reliable employer, with a concrete and motivating approach.

Financial Controller

Financial Control warrants the reliability of Action’s internal financial information and Action’s compliance with external reporting requirements in the countries of operations.

The Financial Controller is responsible for internal and external group reporting. The overall role of this position is to support the continued rapid (international) growth of Action in a manner that safeguards the financial integrity of our reporting and manages the key risk elements of the company’s growth.

Areas of responsibility

Internal and external group reporting

• Manages and coordinates the preparation and development of on time, accurate and complete periodic (and quarterly) management reporting (Action Financials), bank reporting, shareholder reporting
• Maintains and communicates reporting calendar
• Consolidates business (control) input for reporting to make sure the right management information and reporting is available
  
  

Financial control

• Performs (quarterly) balance sheet reviews
• Reports on observations from balance sheet reviews to the finance management team
• Monitors and provides guidance on the use of leading ledger vs non-leading ledger
• Maintains chart of accounts and reviews proposed creation of new accounts
• Supports the preparation of forecasts, budgets and strategic plans (mainly in relation to: interest, depreciation, tax, hedges, cci)
• Sets up processes and controls for new initiatives and new countries together with other Financial Services departments, project management teams, tax and country representatives
  
  

(Group) audit

• Manages and coordinates the audit (overall project management)
• Collaborates and organizes with external auditors and internal stakeholders (internal audit)
• Involves and provides guidance to Financial Services, country and controlling departments relating to expectations for prepared-by-client delivery
• Shares knowledge and better practices through workshop and feedback
• Manages and coordinates special purpose audits
  
  

(Technical) accounting

• Maintains accounting manual
• Prepares technical topic position papers
• Analyzes impact of new developments in IFRS
• Provides guidance to Financial Services and controlling on application of accounting manual
• Develops and accounts for complex accounting topics (IFRS 16, Hedge/derivatives)
  
  

Period end closing

• Manages and coordinates period end closing timeline together with team leads Financial Services
• Manages and coordinate consolidation of entities in HFM
• Manages and coordinate group Balance sheet and Cash flow statement
• Prepares / reviews group reconciliations (i.e. exceptional, cash, equity, LTI)
  
  

Compliance (tax, local law, reporting)

• Manages and coordinates group tax fillings with group tax team
• Monitors transfer pricing execution
• Monitors and prepare for developments such as ESG reporting requirements
• Ensures on time group reporting to statistical agencies (DNB, CBS)
• Manages local tax and accounting advisors
  
  

Internal controls

• Reviews the processes and strengthen internal controls and make recommendations for improvement in close collaboration with the Risk Management department
• Ensures on time execution of control self-assessments by business partners
• Ensures on time follow up on actions regarding Internal Audit report by business partners
  
  

Projects

• Defines, plans, manages, and executes assigned finance-related projects, within the project management guidelines
• Participates in local and/or international (improvement) projects to implement new (financial) systems, procedures and processes
• Drives ESG data and reporting projects throughout the organization
  
  

Requirements

• University Masters degree economics/ business or Bachelors degree finance/business
• Relevant work experience in financial environment
• An informing role in relation to an operational financial reporting
• Project management: project participation, can execute own task
• Understanding of business area
• Operational level
• Being pro-active
• Works independently within framework, tasks are well defined
• Needs coaching and support
• Works closely together with colleagues in Financial Services and countries giving insights to business owners and controllers