Manager Business Control
Turn financial insight into impact, and help business control move from explaining results to driving them.
Your role
As Manager Business Control, you raise the bar on business control at BDR Thermea Group, from explaining financial results to actively driving them. You lead the Markets (Commercial) business control area yourself as business partner to our CCO, while growing into oversight of the full group business control team.
You also drive the professionalisation of local business control, in line with our future Finance target operating model. This is a hybrid role based in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, with 2-3 office days per week and occasional travel to local markets.
Your team
You report to the Group Accounting & Control Director and manage the ommercial business control team of 2 FTE, and work in close cooperation with the Operations business control team
You work closely with the Management Board, Managing Directors, Finance Directors and Business Area Directors, and connect directly with local business controllers across our markets.
What you'll do
- Lead the Markets (Commercial) business control area as business partner to the CCO
- Lead the global business control team, moving from explaining to driving results
- Improve local business control through our future Finance target operating model
- Deliver insights and surface improvement opportunities across the full business
- Act as a trusted advisor to the Management Board, Managing Directors and Finance Directors
- Contribute to the group planning and control cycle: budgeting, forecasting and month-end closing
What you bring
- 10+ years as a senior business controller, including people management, at a large (1,500+ employees), preferably international corporate
- Master's degree in Finance or Economics
- Strong business acumen: you connect financials to what actually drives operational performance
- Proven business partnering skills with senior operational and commercial stakeholders
- Sharp analytical and strategic thinking
- Ability to turn complex financial insight into a clear, compelling story for different audiences
- Strong affinity with data analytics and ERP systems
Nice to have
- RA/RC (post-master controllers) qualification
- Affinity with commercial dynamics, sales and pricing strategy
- Experience improving a finance or business control operating model
Why join us?
- Build a long-term career with a permanent contract and competitive rewards
- Enjoy 36 holiday days and the flexibility of hybrid working
- Secure your future with a strong pension package and attractive employee discounts
- Take on one of the most business critical roles in Group Finance, at a company at the heart of the energy transition
At BDR Thermea Group, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are critical to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace where every potential future employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Please check out our DE&I policy on our website to find out more.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience as a senior business controller
- People management experience
- Experience in a large organization with 1,500+ employees
- Experience in an international corporate environment
- Master's degree in Finance or Economics
- Strong business acumen connecting financial results to operational performance
- Business partnering experience with senior operational and commercial stakeholders
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking
- Ability to communicate complex financial insights clearly to different audiences
- Affinity with data analytics and ERP systems
- RA/RC or post-master controller qualification
- Affinity with commercial dynamics, sales, and pricing strategy
- Experience improving a finance or business control operating model
What We Do
We make the energy transition a reality. Our brands – trusted by installers and end-users in more than 100 countries in all European markets, Turkey and China – include Baxi, De Dietrich, Remeha, Brötje, Chappée and Baymak. We manufacture close to our customers in 14 different locations in nine countries. Our customers can choose from different technologies that allow them to reduce their carbon footprint while enjoying comfort in their homes. Our goal is to help bring the energy transition closer. Our connected and integrated technologies enable the global shift towards fully sustainable energy carriers, such as heat pumps, hybrid and hydrogen boilers, and we work to reduce carbon emissions from our operations, suppliers, and products.
