ARE YOU A PROJECT CONTROLLER WHO WANTS TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD? WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE NATURAL WEALTH OF THE SEA AND COAST? ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD OF FINANCIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT? CAN COLLEAGUES TURN TO YOU FOR SUPPORT FROM QUOTATION TO FINAL SETTLEMENT? COME WORK AS A PROJECT CONTROLLER AT WAGENINGEN MARINE RESEARCH (WMR) IN IJMUIDEN/DEN HELDER!

In this challenging role as project controller, you will be responsible for the financial management of various projects. You support (complex) projects from the acquisition phase to the financial closeout. You are the financial expert who makes an important contribution to assessing budgets. You are the sharp eye that monitors the progress and forecasts of projects against the project budget and subsidy conditions, identifying risks and keeping a close watch on them.
In addition to your financial expertise, you are also a reliable sparring partner for project leaders and department heads. You ensure proper and complete project files. You work independently and also closely with our colleagues from F&C and the Acquisition Support Team.
WMR has an annual turnover of approximately €30 million. Thanks to your professional knowledge, you make a valuable contribution to the further professionalization of our Finance & Control department.
In short, you ensure that all projects run smoothly from a financial perspective.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer you, depending on your experience, a market-based salary of up to €4,734 for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the Wageningen Research CLA (scale 9).
Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes. The mission of Wageningen University & Research is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.
We pursue this mission through a synergistic approach between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation (applied research). Our research focuses on questions within the domains of food, living environment, and society. With approximately 30 locations, 7,700 staff members, 2,500 PhD candidates, and over 13,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is among the world’s leading knowledge institutions in its domain. The integral approach to challenges and the collaboration across various disciplines form the core of the unique Wageningen approach.
Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

You will be a good addition to our team if you:

• have a higher professional education (HBO+) level of working and thinking in business economics, accountancy, or a similar financial study;
• preferably have a few years of relevant work experience within a (project) organization;
• are strong analytically, work carefully, structured, and result-oriented;
• are willing to develop yourself;
• use your communication skills to build a bridge between project leaders and F&C;
• have good command of both spoken and written Dutch and English;
• want to work both independently and in a team.

LOCATION: IJMUIDEN OR DEN HELDER

You will also recognize the following skills in yourself: you like to take initiative, you are flexible, honest, accurate, and always looking for opportunities to further develop yourself.
In our international working environment, communication is increasingly conducted in English. The required language level is B2. More information about this level can be found in the document Language Level. If you do not yet have this level, we will of course support you, and you can make use of our Wageningen in’to Language center.
For more information about the position, please contact Arend Krikke, Manager Finance & Control Animal Sciences Group, tel. 0252 – 462124, or arend.krikke@wur.nl.
Questions about the procedure? Get in touch with , please contact Jeanine van ’t Veer (Recruitment WUR), tel. 0317 - 481707, or jeanine.vantveer-drost@wur.nl

Please refer the Job description for details