Financial advisor

The position

As a financial advisor, you are responsible for various operational aspects within our organization. You will be involved in budgeting, financial planning, and reporting. This means you will make forecasts, conduct analyses, prepare budgets, produce regular reports, and compile the annual financial statements. You will combine financial data with information on production and personnel. In addition, you will assist management and other executives with the Planning and Control (P&C) cycle. You provide them with clear advice and practical steps they can take.

You monitor and report on project progress, including resource utilization, and report to various stakeholders. You perform complex financial analyses and translate financial information into practical insights, communicating them clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders. You also contribute to process improvements by resolving bottlenecks and initiating, formulating, and implementing improvement proposals. In addition, you use management information systems to advise management on how to achieve their goals.

For example, what will you be working on? The National Immunization Program

From a financial perspective, you will play a role in the implementation of the National Immunization Program (RVP). In the Netherlands, municipalities are responsible for implementing the RVP. This program provides vaccinations against diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and polio at scheduled intervals. You contribute ideas on the implementation of this program from a broad perspective. In doing so, you take into account not only the costs but also the feasibility and the achievement of the desired quality objectives.

Here's what you do on an average day

• Advising and supporting the Management Team, line managers, and project leaders in the areas of finance and the P&C cycle. This includes forecasts, analyses, budgets, periodic reports, and financial statements.
• Translating financial figures into practical terms and performing complex analyses, identifying discrepancies and discussing them with subject matter experts.
• Supporting general (financial) processes, helping to resolve bottlenecks, and formulating and implementing proposals for operational improvements.
• Use information from the management information system, collaborate with others to develop new reports, and maintain the system.
• Supporting project managers with project control, including monitoring and reporting on progress and accounting for results achieved to stakeholders.

This is where you get started

We strive to be a great employer that ensures all our colleagues feel seen and valued. We embrace the differences among our colleagues; these differences lead to better results for both our organization and our city. We aim to build a workforce that reflects Amsterdam’s diverse population. So, whoever you are, you’re more than welcome here!

Youth Health Care (JGZ), a division of GGD Amsterdam, is dedicated to ensuring that children and young people in Amsterdam and Amstelland grow up safely and healthily. With a team of approximately 400 professionals, including pediatricians, nurses, and speech-language pathologists, JGZ offers accessible support through the Amsterdam Parent and Child Teams. Their focus is on parenting support, child development, and preventive healthcare, aimed at all parents and children in the city and region. The JGZ works closely with various municipal social teams and partners such as schools and mental health institutions to promote healthy development. This dynamic team has a positive work atmosphere centered on collaboration, challenges, and a healthy dose of humor. The professionals within the JGZ are driven to contribute to the health and well-being of young people in their community.

What you bring

For this financial advisor position, you must have:

• College-level work and thinking skills.
• At least 3 years of relevant financial work experience covering the entire P&C cycle.
• At least 3 years of experience in preparing and interpreting complex financial analyses. We can clearly see this reflected in your resume
• Knowledge of and experience with Excel.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, a BI tool, or experience with a similar application (such as AFAS). You have demonstrable experience working with these systems
• Demonstrable interest in and understanding of financial processes within the healthcare sector, and how financial resources are allocated and managed to provide care to clients. You must support this in your cover letter with specific examples

You should have the following skills:

• Initiative: You take the initiative on your own to identify and resolve financial issues and operational challenges.
• Results-oriented: You strive to produce accurate financial forecasts, analyses, and reports in order to support effective decision-making and the achievement of financial goals
• Collaboration: You will work with various stakeholders, such as management, team leaders, and project leaders, to jointly optimize and improve financial processes.
• Planning: You organize and structure your work related to financial planning, budgeting, and reporting to meet deadlines and monitor progress.
• Customer focus: You are able to clearly communicate financial information to both financial and non-financial colleagues, and respond to stakeholders’ needs in order to improve financial processes.

What we offer you

As a financial advisor, you will join our team for 32–36 hours per week and can expect the following terms of employment.

• A gross monthly salary ranging from €4,211 to €5,997 (pay grade 11) based on a 36-hour workweek. The exact salary will be determined based on your education, knowledge, and experience.
• A one-year employment contract, with the possibility of a permanent contract thereafter, if you do not currently have an employment contract with the City of Amsterdam, or if you have only a temporary one.
• If you already have a permanent employment contract with the City of Amsterdam, you will retain it and be transferred.
• You can work 32 or 36 hours a week with us, with the flexibility of a 4-day workweek of 9 hours a day.
• An onboarding program that allows you to work independently after 3 months.
• Opportunities for professional development and training. Our in-house training center, the Amsterdam School, offers a variety of training programs, professional development tracks, and on-the-job coaching to help you continue to challenge yourself.
• An Individual Choice Budget (ICB) equal to 17.05% of your gross salary. This is in addition to your monthly salary. This percentage is the sum of the following components:

  - 8% vacation pay,

  - 6.75% year-end bonus,

  - 1.5% life-course savings contribution,

  - 0.8% for 14.4 hours of vacation time beyond the statutory minimum. You can use this, for example, to contribute to your pension or purchase additional vacation time.

• A pension plan with ABP, the pension fund for the public sector and education.
• A travel allowance of €0.10 per kilometer for travel by car, €0.15 per kilometer for travel by bicycle, and €0.21 per kilometer for travel by public transportation. This applies to a one-way commute of up to 45 kilometers and for the number of days you work in the office.
• For days you work from home, you will receive a work-from-home allowance of €3 net per workday that you work from home.
• A monthly contribution toward health insurance.
• Hybrid work: In this role, you can work partly from home and partly in the office. We provide the necessary equipment to help you set up a safe and healthy workspace at home.
• A cell phone and/or laptop.

Want to know more about our employment terms and conditions? Check out the City of Amsterdam Personnel Regulations (PGA).

Apply for this job

• If this job opening interests you, please submit your application by August 4, 2024, using the“Apply Now”button.
• We would like to receive your cover letter, in which you explain—in no more than one A4 page—why your work experience and skills are a good fit for this position. Your cover letter will be taken into consideration during the selection process. If your resume and cover letter meet the job requirements, we will be happy to invite you for an interview.
• The selection process consists of a CV/cover letter review and (at least) one round of interviews. We have formed a three-person selection committee consisting of the manager, the finance domain owner, and a senior financial advisor.
• Each candidate will have two 45-minute interviews on the same day. The first interviews are scheduled for August 15, 2024, at our office located at Nieuwe Achtergracht 100 in Amsterdam. Any second interviews will take place on August 22, 2024.
• This job opening is being advertised internally and externally at the same time. Employees of the City of Amsterdam will be given priority in the hiring process.
• We require a recent Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) from every colleague who joins our team.

We do not appreciate unsolicited solicitation from recruitment agencies, and such actions may result in exclusion from our other recruitment initiatives. We also consider the unsolicited submission of resumes by agencies to our employees to be solicitation. We will not review these resumes.