Do you want to play a key role in supporting a global consultancy agency and ensuring smooth financial operations across regions? Do you enjoy working at the heart of finance processes, collaborating with different stakeholders and making sure the details are done right?
For over 45 years, we’ve been trusted partners to the world’s largest CPG, technology, and healthcare companies. We specialize in understanding decision-making in innovation, brand communications, and pricing & revenue management. Our approach combines methodological rigor, marketing expertise, and deep client understanding to build lasting strategic partnerships.
With 11 offices across the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, we collaborate closely with clients to navigate the right strategies. Ranked #3 in GRIT’s most innovative research agencies, we continuously enhance our solutions. Above all, we foster a culture where smart, genuine people support each other, pursue their dreams, and thrive together.
Job description
You’ll join a global finance team of 10 colleagues across multiple locations. The team is currently in an exciting automation phase, driven by the rollout and ongoing development of a new accounting system. This creates opportunities to improve workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance the quality of finance operations.
You play a key role in financial operations, combining hands-on transaction work with a strong focus on the bigger picture. You guide Finance Assistants in their day-to-day activities, bringing structure, clarity, and clear prioritization. In close collaboration with senior Finance team members and other stakeholders, you ensure operational execution is aligned with broader business needs.
You keep things moving by identifying bottlenecks, improving processes, and ensuring smooth, accurate, and efficient end-to-end operations.
What you’ll do:
- Guide and oversee the smooth and accurate execution of financial processes across accounts payable, accounts receivable, and invoicing for Europe and Singapore.
- Review and process vendor invoices, expenses, and client invoices, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Manage incoming inquiries and requests, acting as a key point of contact for finance-related topics
- Coordinate and guide Finance Assistants
- Oversee vendor management activities, including verification and third-party interactions
- Track and follow up on client invoices and payments
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve financial and operational issues proactively
- Drive process improvements and optimize workflows across finance operations
- Safeguard the accuracy, consistency, and confidentiality of financial information
As our Finance team continues to evolve - driven by global expansion and ongoing automation initiatives - there will be increasing opportunities for development and specialization within the team.
Qualifications
We’re looking for someone who combines a hands-on mindset with the ability to oversee and improve financial processes. You are comfortable working in the day-to-day operations, but also confident in taking ownership, guiding others and connecting with different stakeholders. You are someone who enjoys working closely with others, takes ownership of your responsibilities, and is motivated to continuously improve how things are done.
Typically, you bring:
- A bachelor’s degree in finance or related subject and 2-3 years’ work experience in an administrative position
- Hands-on experience processing financial transactions within accounting systems or ERP tools
- A solid understanding of vendor and customer accounting processes, including their effect on financial accuracy and operational performance.
- The confidence to coordinate and support others, while setting clear priorities
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with different stakeholders across levels
- A proactive and critical mindset, with the ability to identify issues and drive improvements
- Comfort working in a dynamic, evolving environment with increasing levels of automation
- Fluency in English; Dutch is a plus
- You are authorized to work in the Netherlands (EU citizenship or valid work permit)
Our offer
A salary and benefits package designed to support you in your role and reward your contributions, including:
- A fixed annual salary
- Structured salary growth tied to your annual performance review. Each year, you’ll work with you Grow Perform Succeed (GPS) Manager to create a personalized development plan. At year-end, your GPS Manager evaluates your performance based on 360° feedback, and your performance score determines your salary increase – aligning growth with achievement.
- Performance based bonus
- Company pension scheme
- A hybrid working environment, based in Rotterdam.
- A flat organizational structure where everyone is treated as equal regardless of any differences
- A place where taking initiative isn’t just encouraged. It’s valued
- Harmony between work and personal life
- A combination of learning through onboarding, active training programs, and on-the-job and guidance from experienced SKIMmers
- A team that enjoys the ride – regular outings, events, and a culture that celebrates wins together
At SKIM, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. With increased diversity comes greater variety of perspectives, ideas and creativity, and we foster an environment where everyone feels welcome and comfortable to be their authentic selves. Therefore, we welcome diversity in applicants and base our hiring decisions regardless of age, race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic characteristics, marital or military status.
Additional information
Thank you for taking the time to read the description of this role, and we look forward to reading your submission if this role sounds very exciting to you! We read each application carefully and will get back to you as soon as we can.
Please note that only completed applications, consisting of a resume and cover letter, written in English, will be considered.
