GL Controller
GL Controller
(Fulltime 38 hours per week)
A finance role at Europe’s fastest growing retailer offers challenges you won’t find in any other international company. Because at a growth-pace of over 300 store openings a year in fourteen countries, we need to define and implement best practices to future-proof our Finance function. As GL Controller at Action, you will take the lead in creating a shared service and the efficiencies needed to stay in control, meeting key deadlines and deliverables. Are you interested in contributing to meaningful improvements in financial risk management and strengthening organisational decision‑making?
This is your daily action
As a General Ledger Controller, you support key parts of our financial reporting. You make sure all processes around the month-end close run smoothly: from posting corrections and accruals to checking payroll entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts.
You also help monitor the quality and completeness of internal reports and provide data for tax filings. You work accurately and on time, following IFRS guidelines and our internal accounting manual.
You collaborate with colleagues from local entities, business controllers, and the tax team. You assist in audit preparation by keeping documentation in order and responding to requests quickly and correctly.
In addition, you take part in Finance projects to improve processes and help test and implement system changes so everything works as expected.
What your day looks like
You start with a team meeting to review the progress of the month-end close. Next, you have a call with the finance manager in Slovakia about the analysis of the payroll bookings. Then you work with Technology to test a new SAP feature that should improve the reconciliation process. After lunch, you finish some reconciliations and check the documentation for the upcoming audit.
Meet your team
Welcome to Finance: the figures club. And we have great figures at Action. We open more than 300 new stores every year and new distribution centres spread across Europe on a regular basis. Turnover growth? In recent years, it’s been 20% a year on average. So it’s no surprise that our team is bursting with energy. In total, we work with about 90 specialists on various topics. From financial administration to reporting and from treasury to business control. We ensure that all figures are in order and well recorded, and that our systems and processes work more and more efficiently. We do this for all the countries where Action operates. We also challenge the business owners to broaden their field of vision. Hard growth triggers us to constantly reflect together, build new structures, improve and positively influence the operating result. So if there is anywhere you can develop as a financial professional, it’s at Action Finance!
Curious about your new team members? The other GL controllers also can’t wait to work with you!
This is you
You thrive on implementing efficient and effective working methods with the least possible complexity. Focusing on continuous process improvement, you do not hesitate to question current methods. To convince the internal stakeholders of your approach and achieve resounding results, you harness your communication and stakeholder management skills. Meeting time-sensitive deadlines, you work accurately, have a keen eye for detail and take ownership of your area of responsibility in our fast-paced organisation.
In addition:
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Pre: Multiple years of experience within Finance functions
- You like working independently with a lot different stakeholders
- Team player within GL Control
- Analytical thinking
- Mindset to help the finance function grow
- In-depth knowledge of the wider finance function
- Pre: experience with SAP S4
- A good command of written and spoken English, as you’ll be working with international colleagues at our headquarters in Zwaagdijk in the province of North Holland
What We Offer
Surprisingly more! From our bustling home base in the Netherlands, you’ll have an impact on the whole of Europe. The counter now stands at more than 3,000 stores in 14 countries and millions of smiles from our customers. And we have big growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different job, an interesting innovation project, new skills: as a professional you can develop without limits. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost consciousness and respect.
Did you know that you can also count on us for:
- A competitive benefit package including an annual bonus
- 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
- A temporary contract with the intention of offering you a permanent contract in the long term
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
- 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action
- A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses allowance. Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam. Are you travelling by public transport? We’ve arranged transport for you from Hoorn station.
How We Contribute To Society
If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you join us. For example, we are working hard behind the scenes to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,000 children worldwide who are growing up in an SOS Children’s Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 161 nationalities? That we already source 70% of our wood products and 86% of our cotton sustainably? And that only energy-efficient LED lighting is used in more than half of our stores? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.
Interested?
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who recognises themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!
What happens next:
- Response to your application within 7 days (and usually earlier)
- First meeting with the manager and a colleague
- Online assessment to get to know you better
- Second interview with your HR Business Partner, among others
- Welcome to Action…