Junior Financial Controller

Who we are

At OpenUp our mission is to make mental well-being accessible to everyone. Following a high tech & high touch approach we support companies their employees and their families with proactive and practical mental health services. Through our digital platform clients can access 1:1 check-ins online courses articles videos group sessions mindfulness practices and a team of committed mental well-being experts. As we believe that mental and physical well-being are deeply connected we have also added Lifestyle Experts to our offering focusing on nutrition exercise and sleep. We offer a truly holistic approach that helps people take ownership of their health. Were proud to work with forward-thinking organizations and are committed to raising the bar on accessible care.

OpenUp was ranked in the Top 3 on LinkedIns Top Startups list for& 2025 and is continuously growing. We are expanding our international teams and we are searching for like-minded talent. We are already serving 1500 companies (e.g. Rituals Deloitte Decathlon KPMG and McDonalds) through which 500K employees have access to our product.

About the role

Due to our strong growth and big ambitions were strengthening our finance team with a Junior Financial Controller. Youll help keep our day-to-day finance operations running smoothly and support the team in building a finance function that scales. You will be part of a close-knit finance team of five people with massive learning potential for an early-career finance professional and with direct exposure to CFO.

What makes this role exciting: OpenUps finance team is in the middle of actively reshaping its work flows using AI automation. It is streamlining processes and cutting out manual work. You will be part of this ongoing effort to shape smarter processes and raise the quality of reporting and controls. You are expected to have an open mind and have the opportunity to acquire your own AI automation skills along the way. Less admin more impact. This will teach you finance as well as AI skills.

What youll do

You will help keep our finance engine running smoothly and make it smarter every month. Expect a mix of operations month-end support and improving how we work:

• AP: Own the our account payable invoice flow (automated in Moss): process invoices check coding/VAT keep approvals moving and help colleagues get set up
• AR: Help us get paid: follow up on outstanding invoices and keep debtor lists moving
• Support month-end close: post month-end entries and help us close accurately and on time
• Help prepare our monthly management report: provide monthly insights to OpenUps management team and investors and learn how finance supports decisions on growth and profitability
• Keep things clean and reconciled: perform bank reconciliations follow up on differences and support balance sheet reconciliations. Truly understand our finances.
• Act as business partner to the rest of OpenUp: respond to incoming requests via the Finance mailbox and use your finance knowledge to help other teams
• Be a thought partner to the outside world: Solve customer requests and respond to requests from banks tax authorities etc.
• Prepare audit deliverables: help collect evidence prep schedules and keep documentation organised and audit-ready
• Always in the background - Improve our way of working: monitor whats already AI-automated help cut manual steps using new AI agents and repair when something breaks
  
  

About you

OpenUp loves people - we hope you do too. You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and can adapt quickly when priorities shift. You like collaborating you communicate clearly and you can handle details without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Youll likely recognise yourself in this:

• You have a Bachelors or Masters degree (or are close to completion) in Accounting & Control Finance Business Administration or similar
• 13 years of relevant experience (junior finance role or trainee/internship)
• Youre comfortable with operational accounting tasks (AP/AR reconciliations supporting month-end)
• Youre structured accurate and proactive you spot issues and fix them
• Youre confident working with systems and spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets)
• Experience with Exact Online and AP software (we use Moss) is a plus
• Youre fluent in English (if you are fluent in Dutch as well that is a plus)

What you can expect

Joining OpenUp means being part of a fast-growing company thats doing something meaningful. Youll work with a diverse and international team. We like to have fun together with a lot of team building activities like our weekly borrels and after work sport classes the yearly ski-trip and our Padel tournament. Which makes our work fun challenging and dynamic. Apart from this we offer:

• 1500 annual personal development budget
• ClassPass: OpenUp contributes towards your classpass membership
• Monthly home internet/phone contribution (50EUR)
• Daily healthy and vegetarian lunch at our office.
• Regular office yoga meditation classes or breathing exercises
• Flexible work model (hybrid and options for remote work).
• Monthly drinks and company wide summer fest and other fun activities.
• 27.5 vacation days per year.
• Free and unlimited access for you and your family to all our products including our psychologists.
  
  

Next steps

Excited about this role at OpenUp Send us your application through our website and well be in touch soon.

At OpenUp everyone is welcome to apply - regardless of color age gender nationality or any other label. We embrace what makes you unique and believe that a diverse team is crucial to success. If you are ready to OpenUp join us!