Group Controller

Key responsibilities:

Close and reporting

• Own the monthly close for all four entities and deliver it within 10 working days, with a documented close checklist.
• Produce monthly management accounts per entity (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and a consolidated group view, including a clear NL vs. HQ split.
• Prepare the monthly investor pack inputs: revenue by country and dealer, gross margin, burn rate, runway, cash position, EBITDA.
• Explain variances: budget vs. actual, month vs. month, with the drivers behind them.

Revenue and settlement control

• Own revenue recognition: platform data, Stripe and the ledger must agree before anything is booked.
• Review dealer settlements and venue/partner commission statements before they go out, and fix root causes when sources disagree.
• Define and maintain the policies behind settlements (e.g. treatment of refunds, non-return fees, adjustments).

Cash and planning

• Maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast and the monthly liquidity plan per entity.
• Update the annual budget and rolling forecast together with the finance lead.
• Monitor payments due and working capital (AR/AP ageing) and flag risks early.

Intercompany and tax

• Own the intercompany framework: payroll cost allocation, management fees, licence/royalty fees, product mark-up, loans and current accounts, reconciled and agreed every month.
• Maintain the schedules needed for transfer-pricing documentation.
• Review NL VAT returns and ICP listings, reverse-charge and intra-Community treatment before filing.
• Coordinate the NL year-end (jaarrekening, VPB) with the external accountant and the HK audit and profits tax with the auditor and company secretary.
• Escalate any VAT or cross-entity question to the external accountant for sign-off; you prepare and review, they confirm.

Bookkeeping (hands-on, decreasing over time)

• Process invoices, bank, Stripe and Airwallex reconciliations, payroll journals and accruals while no separate bookkeeper is in place.
• Write the SOPs that allow this work to be handed to a bookkeeper later, and review that work once it is.

Controls, systems and fixed assets

• Set up and maintain internal controls: approval flows, segregation of duties, reconciliation sign-offs, audit trail.
• Lead the finance side of the Exact Online to Odoo migration: chart of accounts, VAT codes, entity setup, bank feeds, reporting.
• Own the fixed-asset register for the station and power bank fleet and its depreciation.
• Automate recurring work wherever the volume justifies it.

Must have:

• A bachelor's degree or other higher education in accounting, finance or a related field.
• 7+ years in accounting and finance, of which at least 3 in a controller or senior accountant role.
• Experience owning the close and management reporting for a multi-entity group with intercompany flows and consolidation.
• Solid working knowledge of EU VAT mechanics (returns, reverse charge, intra-Community supplies).
• Strong financial modelling in Excel/Google Sheets: cash flow forecasts, budgets, variance analysis.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; able to read Dutch invoices and statements (translation tools are fine).
• Willing and able to do hands-on bookkeeping alongside the controlling work.

Nice to have

• A professional accounting qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CMA).
• Hands-on Dutch VAT, ICP and Dutch GAAP / IFRS experience.
• Experience with Hong Kong entities (audit cycle, profits tax, company secretary).
• Transfer-pricing documentation and royalty/licence flows.
• Odoo or Exact Online, ideally a migration between systems.
• Payment-platform reconciliation (Stripe, Adyen, Airwallex) at high transaction volume.
• Experience serving European clients remotely as an independent freelancer, ideally startups or scale-ups.

How you work

• You own the numbers and flag problems early, with a proposed fix.
• You build processes and controls that scale, and document them so they can be checked, repeated and automated.
• You know where your expertise ends and when to bring in the accountant.

Tools: Exact Online (moving to Odoo), Stripe, Airwallex, ABN AMRO, Revolut, Nmbrs, Google Workspace, Slack, ----------

Hours: Full-time (40 hrs/week)
Contract: Independent contractor (no agencies or BPO providers)
Location: Fully remote with CET business hours
Compensation: Hourly rate [TBD — in EUR or USD], invoiced monthly
Start date: [TBD]