Financial Advisor for Projects

This is your job

As a financial advisor for projects, you will work with your colleagues to provide sound financial advice for various projects within the Spatial Planning Department. You will be responsible for ensuring that the financial information for the projects and programs you are involved in— such as mobility, energy, and healthy living environments— is up-to-date and relevant. In this substantive role, you are able to translate financial analysis into clear advice. You are closely involved in the projects and know all the ins and outs, enabling you to link funding to project content and provide advice. In addition, you will contribute to the preparation of Planning & Control deliverables. As a senior, your duties and responsibilities will involve a higher degree of complexity, and you will assume a coaching and coordinating role for your colleagues.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that information is up-to-date, reliable, and relevant so that the city’s projects and initiatives can be effectively managed
• Advising project and program managers, including on the preparation and monitoring of budgets.
• Identifying risks and providing advice on risk management measures, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Establishing connections and collaborating with other organizational units
• Serve as a sounding board for team members and the manager with final responsibility
• Contributing ideas and working toward the continuous improvement of processes, procedures, and reports

This is your workspace

The City of Utrecht welcomes everyone. We see talent as the foundation and diversity as the driving force behind achieving better results together. We’re curious to learn more about you. There’s a spot for you on the Finance team of the “Operations” guild, which is actively engaged in financial consulting, data-driven management, and decision-making processes. Operations is one of the seven guilds within the Space division, where employees are grouped based on their expertise.

“Learn more about our organization here (link to About Us – Working at the City of Utrecht (werkenbijutrecht.nl))

This is your input

Utrecht needs your skills. Put your talent to work and grow alongside the city’s ambitions. Together, we’ll make it happen. For this position, you’ll need:

• You have a college or university level of work and thinking in the field of finance or economics,
• You have approximately 3 to 6 years of recent and relevant work experience in a similar role
• You are a critical thinker and can translate opportunities, interests, and risks into well-founded, independent recommendations, while at the same time managing resistance and conflicting interests
• You have a forward-looking perspective and maintain a clear overview of the vast and diverse range of information involved in the tasks
• You'll have no trouble finding your way around a large organization
• Knowledge of the BBV Decree and experience in (regional) government are a plus, but don’t let that deter you if you have a different professional background.

Here's what we offer you

We want you to enjoy coming to work. That enjoyment comes from great colleagues, a pleasant work environment, a job that’s interesting in its own right with plenty of opportunities for growth and challenging responsibilities. At the same time, this should be accompanied by a competitive salary. Below you’ll find our offer:

• A 36-hour workweek with a gross monthly salary ranging from €3,701 to €6,103 based on 36 hours (pay grade 11 or 12). The final pay grade will be determined based on knowledge and experience
• An Individual Choice Budget (ICB). The ICB allows you to tailor your employment conditions to your own circumstances. For example, you could use it to purchase additional leave hours. The amount of the Individual Choice Budget (ICB) is 17.05% of your salary
• Flexibility in choosing where to work (working from home) and working hours
• Of course, we’ll make sure you have a good workspace at home, too. This includes a laptop, desk, and office chair.
• The option to work 32 hours or 4 shifts of 9 hours each is negotiable
• Excellent opportunities for career growth and development
• For an overview of all other terms and conditions of employment, such as travel expense reimbursement, please click here

An agreement in principle has been reached for a collective bargaining agreement salary increase of €240 plus 2%; this has not yet been factored into the salaries listed.

This is good to know

Are you interested in working as a Financial Advisor for the thematic projects at Ruimte on behalf of the City of Utrecht? Apply now! The application deadline is April 27, so make sure we receive your application by then. Of course, the sooner the better.

If you have any questions about the job opening, please contact Anne Ruth, Guild Manager, at 06-28826529. If you have any questions about the organization or the application process, please contact Bart Broeders at 06-18642811.

If you come in for an interview, we will use a list of standard questions. We ask all candidates the same questions. This allows us to compare the results more fairly and ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity.

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