September 19, 2025

Vacancy: Financial Controller (intermediate) (24 hours)

Do you enjoy using your talent and experience to make a social impact? And do you enjoy the challenge of safeguarding all financial processes and preparing accurate reports? Then you might be our new Financial Controller!
The Dutch Youth Fund for Sport & Culture is looking for a Financial Controller with several years of experience (24 hours a week) to join the Finance & Operations team. The Youth Fund helps children and young people from families with limited financial resources play football, dance, kickboxing, and make music by paying their membership fees and tuition. Are you an enthusiastic professional with a heart in the right place? Then read on!

Your challenge:

As a Financial Controller, you'll work in a team of professionals. You'll collaborate closely with your fellow Senior Controller, Senior Financial Controller, two Financial Administrators, and colleagues in the invoice team, who handle accounts payable. With this team, you'll manage the financial administration for the 24 provincial and municipal youth funds across the country, plus the national office. Your responsibilities will include:

• preparing periodic financial statements for municipal subsidy providers and business partners;
• control and connection of the financial administrations of the youth funds;
• compiling and organizing reports and carrying out analyses for the youth funds and the national office;
• preparation of the local annual accounts and the combined annual accounts;
• projects to improve administrative processes such as the introduction of Power BI for financial reporting and analysis; and
• advising on structural improvements to the finance team, local youth funds and the management team.

We ask:

• HBO+ work and thinking level in the financial/administrative direction;
• sound knowledge of Excel for creating various reports and analyses;
• good knowledge of accounting systems, with experience with AFAS being an advantage;
• experience with municipal subsidies and/or a subsidy register and/or knowledge of RJ650 is an advantage;
• experience with Power BI is a plus;
• you pay attention to quality, you can plan and organize well and you are honest, flexible and a team player;
• you see the necessity and importance of sports and culture for the development of children and young people.

We offer:

• a challenging job at a committed and informal non-profit organization where quick decisions are made;
• nice colleagues who will welcome you with open arms;
• a salary in accordance with the collective labor agreement for sports on a full-time basis between €3,799 and €5,571 gross per month (scale 10, 38 hours is full-time);
• a one-year contract based on 24 hours per week, which will be extended if performance is good;
• hybrid working where you work in the office at least half of the time;
• Free lunch at the office every day, good coffee and fun (team) outings.

Excited?

We would like to receive via sollicitatie.nederland@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl Please include your application with a recent CV and a motivation letter explaining why you would like to become our new colleague.
We make a selection and invite candidates for an initial interview.We will agree on the starting date in mutual consultation.
Want to know more? Sjoerd Gallmann is happy to tell you more about this position. He can be reached at 0612064425 or via sjoerd.gallmann@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl.

We believe a diverse and inclusive organization is important. Working in diverse teams makes us more effective, innovative, and enjoyable. Everyone who wants to use their talents to achieve our goals is given the opportunity to do so, regardless of gender, age, background, or orientation.

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