Finance Manager

What will you be doing?

The Finance Manager works closely with the management of the other departments within Finance and Control. The manager reports directly to the Director of Finance and Control. The management team consists of the Director of Finance and Control, the management teams for Finance, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Control, and Business Control, as well as staff advisors. The Finance Manager works closely with this team to ensure that financial administration is carried out efficiently and that financial processes within the company are properly managed.

You will lead a skilled team. Your mission is to manage and further develop the processes within the Financial Administration department. Your responsibilities are central: invoicing and collections, cash management, and ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of the records and various financial reports. You are responsible for developing and implementing tactical policies, managing the financial administration, and proactively supporting management in financial operations. In an inspiring and coaching manner, you will implement the policy and drive change processes. You will ensure the implementation of HR policy and coordinate and liaise with other departments within the organization. You identify internal and external developments in a timely manner, translate financial and economic laws and regulations into guidelines and procedures for the organization, and advise strategic/tactical management on these matters. In addition, you lead working groups and projects, maintain various internal and external contacts, and prepare the annual financial statements.

The procurement function has recently been integrated into Finance and Control and is managed hierarchically by the finance manager. As a manager, you are responsible for procurement policy; together with the procurement team, you formulate procurement objectives derived from the organization’s strategic goals and align procurement and organizational policies so that procurement adds value to the organization. We operate within five specific procurement sectors, each with its own characteristics and features: medical products and services, real estate-related, IT, and other facilities-related, with a focus on staffing.

We offer you:

• We are offering you a contract for 36 hours per week. Initially, you will receive a one-year contract, with the possibility of renewal;
• Standard terms of employment under the GGZ Collective Bargaining Agreement and a salary in FWG scale 65;
• Arkin offers attractive employee benefits, such as an excellent public transportation reimbursement plan for commuting, group plans such as health insurance, and a bicycle purchase plan;
• The position is based at Arkin’s headquarters in Amsterdam-Noord, near the NDSM ferry.
• Arkin is committed to investing in your professional development. 11 areas of expertise, 1 career path. We offer a wide range of training opportunities.
• You’ll get access to Nrgize: a platform offering all kinds of (partly free) sports activities, from boxing clinics and boot camps to windsurfing. You’ll also get unlimited access to Good Habitz’s online workout programs.

What do you bring to the table?

You are determined and flexible enough to respond quickly to changing priorities. 

We would also love to receive your application if:

• You have completed a financial degree program at the associate’s degree level or higher, for example in Business Economics or Accounting. This may be supplemented by a management program;
• You have experience with process optimization in administrative roles;
• You have experience in a financial role, preferably in the healthcare sector;
• You have 3 to 5 years of experience managing professionals;
• You have experience working in an environment with complex financial flows;
• You have experience with project-based work;
• and you have a strong capacity for empathy.

Careers

Arkin is a financially sound mental health and addiction care organization operating in the Amsterdam metropolitan area as well as in the Utrecht and Amersfoort regions. Our professionals are trained to provide clients with the best possible care and to support them in their recovery. Arkin treats more than 40,000 clients with a staff of over 4,200 colleagues, making Arkin one of the largest mental health care institutions in the Netherlands and an expert in metropolitan psychiatry and addiction care. With 11 specialties, we have our own expertise in psychiatry and/or addiction care. We collaborate closely to provide the appropriate care for our clients.

Arkin’s Finance and Control department consists of over 180 employees and includes the following divisions: Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Control, Business Control, Business Intelligence, Internal Audit, Healthcare Sales, Procurement, and Financial Administration. Finance and Control handles the contracting of Arkin’s healthcare services under all available funding schemes, including the Health Insurance Act (ZVW), the Justice Act, the Long-Term Care Act (WLZ), the Social Support Act (WMO), and the Youth Act, and manages the registration, billing, and collection for healthcare activities. Through Healthcare Control and Business Control, business processes are measured, monitored, and analyzed. Healthcare professionals and managers are also supported in managing these business processes.

The financial administration department consists of approximately 17 employees working in general ledger, accounts payable, cash management, invoicing, and accounts receivable. Financial administration works closely with healthcare administration regarding the process from registration through to collection. The procurement team, consisting of 2 senior procurement specialists and 1 management assistant, is responsible for procurement policy and the procurement objectives derived from the organization’s strategic goals.

Want to learn more about this job opening?

For more information, please contact Petra Du Pont, Recruiter, at Petra.Du.Pont@Arkin.nl or by phone at 06-15961923. We look forward to receiving your application!

You can apply as long as the job posting is online. Once we have welcomed a new colleague, the job posting will be closed. 

This position is open to both internal and external applicants. In the event of equal qualifications, internal candidates will be given priority.  

We prefer to find new colleagues ourselves; we feel that’s a more personal approach. Therefore, unsolicited sales calls are not appreciated.