The opportunity:
At Objective Platform, as we continue to experience substantial growth, we are seeking a dynamic Business Controller to elevate our internal and external finance operations. This role is integral to both our day-to-day financial activities and our long-term strategic planning.
You will collaborate closely with our external administration office and various internal teams, including sales, operations and product teams, ensuring seamless financial operations and strategic alignment.
About Objective Platform:
Objective Platform is Europe’s leading MMM SaaS platform, enabling companies to track and optimise their omnichannel media investments. By harnessing the full potential of available data sources, our marketing measurement models offer a holistic view across digital and traditional media without sacrificing granular information. As a result, advertisers gain strategic and tactical insights to support budget allocation across time periods, campaigns, and channels, leading to sales uplifts of up to 20%. Objective Platform also helps advertisers build resilience against data restrictions attributable to cookie and privacy regulations. With Objective Platform, customers like Deutsche Telekom Group, Vattenfall, and PostNL take full control of their media investments.
Our culture and values:
Our culture can be described as a social start-up, with the financial benefits of a scale-up. Open and transparent, we are a developing team and organisation who are open for feedback and are true team players. With EQ & IQ in balance, we put our egos aside, work hard and proactively help each other out. We’re passionate about working together to reach our set targets & KPIs, and we’re proud of the fact that we house more than 15 nationalities.
Our company values, which can be seen as our behavioural compass, support us in our daily interaction and decision making with our peers and customers. We are: #Innovative #Data Driven #Transparent #Ambitious #Collaborative
The role in a nutshell:
Responsibilities:
As a key member of our finance team, you will:
- Prepare month-end close reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Act as the main point of contact for external payroll and bookkeeping services.
- Lead the invoicing process, maintaining efficiency and accuracy.
- Oversee the processing of payments and expenses.
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our finance processes.
- Maintain, analyse, and optimise our KPI framework.
- Create and maintain reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop business cases for new product launches and other strategic initiatives.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in audit, financial control, business control, or a financial analyst role, preferably in an international environment.
- Experience with a Big 4 accounting firm is a plus.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, economics, business administration, or a related field.
- Strong skills in business analytics, with the ability to turn data into actionable insights.
- Excellent relationship-building skills across all levels of the company.
- Affinity with numbers and an interest in continuous process improvement.
- Proactive mindset with excellent prioritisation and deadline management skills.
- Fluent in English and knowledgeable of Dutch finance aspects/regulation.
What We Offer
- A competitive salary based on experience
- 25 holiday days per year plus Celebration Leave
- A generous personal development budget and training opportunities
- Health and wellness benefits, including discounted subscriptions to OneFit
- A positive, encouraging work environment with an open, flat culture
- An international, diverse team with 15+ nationalities
- Daily healthy lunch at the office for a small monthly contribution
- Regular social activities and an annual team trip
- The chance to make a significant impact in a fast-growing company
Why us?
- We are a young Amsterdam-based tech company with smart, educated people who have a passion for their field of expertise.
- We are output-driven, which creates freedom and responsibility.
- An opportunity to implement our cutting-edge solution used by industry-leading clients to optimise large marketing investments.
- A place within a team of young experts that learn from each other.
- The chance to work at a fast-growing company with a unique mix of local and international clients.
What we offer (Objective Perks):
- A competitive salary based on your experience and a commission based on sales performance.
- 25 holiday days per year (based on a full-time contract) as well as a day of Celebration Leave, which can be used to celebrate events not covered by the Dutch public holidays.
- A great pension plan with NN.
- A generous annual personal development budget and a training budget.
- A mobility allowance (if you live more than 10km away from the office).
- A health and wellness benefit in the form of company discounted subscriptions to OneFit.
- A positive, encouraging work environment with an open/flat culture.
- A team of smart, young, motivated and ambitious colleagues to work alongside you.
- An international environment, diverse with 15+ nationalities.
- A daily healthy lunch at the office for a small monthly contribution.
- A flexible approach to working facilitated through hybrid working.
- Regular social activities and an annual weekend trip (in the past we have gone skiing, sailing and surfing).
Ready to shape the future of data-driven marketing? Apply now and be part of our journey to bring objectivity to the marketing world!
We only accept applications that are sent through LinkedIn.
