Team Leader, Finance and Administration

The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem is seeking a Finance and Administrative Team Leader for 32–36 hours per week | Application deadline: July 4, 2022

The Frans Hals Museum is Haarlem’s art museum. Housed in two stunning historic locations in the heart of Haarlem, the museum presents the largest collection of works by Frans Hals, as well as a fascinating mix of old, modern, and contemporary art. Our exhibitions, programs, and activities are designed to encourage both existing and new audiences to see things differently and to reveal more. The Frans Hals Museum is, therefore, a museum with an international reputation, local roots, and a national presence.

We are looking for a

Finance and Administrative Team Leader
32–36 hours per week

The Finance and Administrative Team Leader manages three administrative and secretarial staff members, advises the organization on financial matters, ensures the team’s commitment to customer service, and reports directly to the Executive Director.

What will you be doing?

• You will manage three administrative and secretarial staff members who are service-oriented and responsible for a number of the museum’s financial and administrative processes.
• You will be responsible for financial administration (through our external service provider, OZCAR) and other administrative and support processes in the areas of finance and administration.
• You monitor, identify, and execute the planning and control cycle, and you assess potential risks and developments.
• You will assist the business director in making strategic and operational decisions by preparing budgets and reports.
• You will advise and work closely with the management team and project leaders, and you will establish the parameters for budget determination, assist in the preparation of budgets, (project) estimates, and forecasts.
• You provide advice on optimizing and streamlining business processes

Who are you?

• You have a bachelor’s degree in finance or business administration, or at least 5 years of demonstrable experience in this field, and at least 3 years of experience leading a team
• You are a proactive go-getter with a service-oriented attitude
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and extensive knowledge of financial and administrative systems and Excel
• You do this with a lot of energy and a commitment to customer service, both internally and externally

We offer

• An independent and challenging role at a beautiful museum with great colleagues
• Salary between €3,525.00 and €4,738.00 gross for full-time employment (salary level as of July 1, 2022, under the museum collective bargaining agreement)
• A one-year temporary contract with the possibility of a permanent position

Interested?

Are you interested? If so, please respond by July 4 by emailing your resume and your answers to the questions below (up to 250 words per question), with the subject line “22-010 Finance and Secretariat Team Leader,” to vacatures@franshalsmuseum.nl. It is not necessary to include a cover letter. This allows us to evaluate all applicants in the same way and as objectively as possible.

1. Why are you applying for this position? And why the Frans Hals Museum?
2. Briefly describe your approach to optimizing and streamlining business processes, preferably with a few examples.
3. What leadership style do you prefer? Can you describe an example that illustrates this preference and what the outcome was?
4. When was the last time you set up or carried out a budget monitoring process? What risks were prevented, and what developments did this lead to?
5. Can you give an example of a strategic decision that was made based on a budget, report, or administrative process you developed?

For more information about the position, please contact Paul Stork at P.Stork@franshalsmuseum.nl. The first round of interviews will take place online in the form of 30-minute speed interviews during the week of July 11, 2022. The second round of interviews will take place on-site during the week of August 8, 2022.

The Frans Hals Museum aims to encourage people to see things differently and, in doing so, to reveal more. We believe that a variety of perspectives contributes to social awareness, creativity, and originality. That is why we actively seek to include a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds among our staff. We strive to ensure that our workforce reflects the residents of Haarlem.