Senior Business Controller

at  Optiver

Are you a finance professional with a flexible mind and talent for organizing and structuring financial planning? Do you have a track record partnering with the business to make better decisions? Would you like to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment? If so, you might be our new Senior Business Controller, joining the Finance team!

WHO WE ARE:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 50+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.
Our Amsterdam office is where it all began.
Over 35 years ago, Optiver’s business started with a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s European Stock Exchange. Since our 1986 founding, Optiver’s Amsterdam office has grown into one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe. Our culture reflects the Dutch capital city’s progressive, innovative and inclusive nature. With its unique spirit, Amsterdam is the ideal hub for our teams to trade a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

The Finance team provides reliable and timely management information that lays the foundation to drive business decisions at Optiver. The team consists of fourteen finance professionals who are responsible for accounting, controlling, and reporting. Although our team members have dedicated focus areas, we work together to achieve our goals, supporting each other on a daily basis.
As strong believers in continuous development, both for the organisation and individuals, our goal is to improve team dynamics, ultimately creating a self-sufficient team providing its own natural successors for all positions. This offers a learning and growth experience, enhancing technical capabilities and soft skills for all team members.

In this role you will:

• Drive improvement in design for more effective, efficient, and transparent FP&A processes;
• Serve as a Finance Business Partner;
• Provide analysis and actionable insights to senior stakeholders which contribute to our growth ambition;
• Develop financial budgets and forecasts through facilitating cross-functional collaboration;
• Design financial models to inform executive decision-making regarding operational and capital expenditure;
• Support the development of automated reporting solutions;
• Contribute a financial perspective to business projects and initiatives;
• Exercise control over management and financial reporting;
• Act as a key resource for business leadership regarding financial planning and ad hoc deliverables.