Executive Director Accounting, Tax & ComplianceÂ
Executive Director Accounting, Tax & ComplianceÂ
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Job Description
As Executive Finance Director you are all about leading and optimizing the key accounting tax & compliance functions of the organisation. You ensure financial integrity operational excellence and strategic alignment across all finance domains. You bring high energy positivism a sense of humor and a collaborative spirit to everything you do. You are curious to make (tech) change happen and thrive in a fast-paced environment while building strong teams and scalable processes.
YOUR ACCOUNTABILITIES:
As all finance functions are centralized you will lead the following centrally organized teams at our headquarters in Amsterdam (c. 70 FTEs): Financial Control Finance Operations Tax Treasury Payroll Internal Control & Risk and Finance Development. As member of the Executive Leadership Team you report directly to the CFO and act as a strategic partner to the broader leadership team.
- Financial Control: Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for all our >30 legal entities globally audit readiness and compliance with accounting standards.
- Finance Operations: Oversee high-volume transactional processes including invoice processing and payment cycles.
- Tax: Lead global tax strategy compliance (e.g. VAT CIT Pillar 2) and risk management.
- Treasury: Manage cash flow banking relationships and financial risk exposure.
- Payroll: Ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing globally
- Internal Control & Risk: Strengthen the internal control framework and lead risk mitigation initiatives. Prepare for CSRD reporting.
- Finance Development: Champion process optimization system enhancements and drive continuous improvements.
This role is based at our Amsterdam HQ (city center). Although the role will require occasional international travel strong on-site presence is expected to build meaningful connections and lead effectively therefore living within 1 hours travel time of Amsterdam is a strong preference.
YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Retail consists of company-owned stores and franchisees that are spread across 33 2024 there were 1296 stores. The net turnover in 2024 was EUR 1524 million. We currently open a new store every other day!
Also Digital presence plays a significant role in our omnichannel approach and is of key strategic importance to offer our customers seamless experience when purchasing our products. During 2024 the growth was 17% and net turnover amounted to EUR 308 million in 2024.
Rituals products can further be found in wholesale locations around the total there are more than 4000 Rituals points of sale within our wholesale turnover increased to EUR 204 million in 2024.
Qualifications :
You are a natural leader who inspires trust and drives results. You love working with people and numbers and youre not afraid to roll up your sleeves. You are curious pragmatic humble and always looking for ways to improve. You bring clarity in complexity and energy in ambiguity. On top of this:
- Proven experience (>10 years) in senior finance leadership roles within international organizations with preference for Retail.
- Masters in economics or business administration and RA / CPA.
- Strong knowledge of financial operations tax treasury and compliance frameworks.
- Key skills include clear people management and coaching and active listening understanding stakeholder needs and motivations and adapting your influencing approach.
- Demonstrated ability to lead transformation and change in complex environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus.
GROW WITH US
Were on a journey to build a future-proof finance organisation in a high paced environment. Join us to shape the future of finance develop your leadership and make a real impact. We offer a dynamic environment great colleagues and plenty of opportunities to grow.
Interested
If you are interested in this exiting position we very much look forward to receiving your application via the website! Please note that only applications via our career website can be taken into consideration
Grow with us! The next steps are:
- Recruitment will contact you within 5-10 working days
- 4 on site Interviews follow including an optional assessment
- In the event of a positive outcome we are good to go!
Any questions about the procedure Let recruitment know via .
No acquisition please.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
