Project & Financial Controller

MVRDV is looking for a Project & Financial Controller to join our Finance & Operations team in Rotterdam.

You are the financial right hand to our Head of Finance, and the day-to-day sparring partner for Project Managers. You help Project Managers understand and manage the financial performance of their projects, from start-up to closing. You also help Finance keep month-end reporting, forecasting and financial processes reliable. in short, you keep our projects financially healthy and our numbers predictable.

MVRDV is a globally recognized architecture and urbanism practice, headquartered in Rotterdam, with offices in Shanghai, Paris, Berlin and New York. Founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, MVRDV designs innovative, socially responsible and sustainable architecture that shapes the future. As a colleague at MVRDV, you join an energetic, international team of over 250 professionals from more than 40 nationalities.

Responsibilities:

Project control

• Partner with Project Managers to build and review project budgets, fee calculations and forecasts

• Monitor financial project performance: revenue, costs, margin, WIP and cash flow; flagging risks and opportunities early.

• Run variance and scenario analyses, and translate the numbers into practical advice on profitability, invoicing and cash

• Support Project Managers through project start-up, monthly reviews and project closing

• Safeguard correct project set-up, coding structures and cost allocation

• Review timesheet registrations and project allocations for accuracy and consistency

• Signal inefficiencies in project execution and contribute to margin improvement

Financial control

• Support the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process with accruals, reconciliations and analyses

• Contribute to company-wide budgeting and forecasting

• Help prepare management reports and KPI dashboards

• Support audit preparation and compliance activities

• Help improve financial processes, reporting quality and automation initiatives

Business partnering

• Connect project-level results to overall financial performance

• Align project budgets with staffing and capacity planning

• Translate financial data into clear, actionable recommendations for non-financial colleagues

• Support management with financial analyses and business cases

Who we are looking for:

• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Economics

• Around 5 to 7 years of experience across project control, financial control or business control

• Experience in a project-based, ideally international organisation is a strong plus, think architecture, engineering or consultancy

• A solid understanding of financial reporting and project accounting

• Advanced Excel skills, and experience with ERP and BI or reporting tools

• Fluent English, a good command of Dutch is preferred

• Analytical and structured, with strong attention to detail

• Comfortable challenging numbers and assumptions

• Able to make financial information understandable for non-financial colleagues

• Proactive, hands-on and improvement-driven

This is what we offer you:

Beyond the opportunity to work within a global and award-winning company, here are a few benefits we offer:

• An exciting, inspiring and international working environment

• A competitive salary within scale 7 of our CLA, based on your skills and experience

• Yearly possibilities for personal development

• You’ll have unlimited access to Open Up – an online mental wellbeing platform

• 30 days of leave budget based on a full-time employment of 40 working hours per week.

• A great office location in Rotterdam

We'd love for you to join us!

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they feel they meet 100% of the qualifications. Do you recognize yourself in this statement? MVRDV encourages you to reconsider and apply. You do not need to tick all the boxes to join our team, we care more about your motivation and potential. We look forward to your application.

Please note: We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not submit unsolicited candidates or profiles for this vacancy. We are managing the recruitment process internally and will not accept any agency terms or fees related to unsolicited referrals.