Finance Projects Specialist

At Picnic were revolutionizing how people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable apponly service. We do almost everything inhouse developing cuttingedge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to snowball without missing a beat. If you are passionate about building the Finance team of the future were offering you the opportunity to join the diverse team at our Amsterdam office and make a real difference in our scaleup environment.

In a nutshell

Were looking for a dynamic Finance Projects Specialist to join our small dedicated team of allround specialists. Your mission: improve our Finance & FinTech organization day by day. Were all about optimizing processes building systems to support our expansion and partnering with business teams to enhance control and insights. In this role youll be at the forefront of our annual Finance roadmap driving parts of key projects that make a real impact.

What youll do

• • Own your projects: Take charge of your initiatives within the Finance projects & innovation roadmap.
  • Design build present and implement changes to our Finance organization (such as: implementing internal controls applying new accounting standards building financial reports and performing adhoc analysis on financial trends & accounting topics)
  • Data analysis: Understand data models to identify trends and root causes in our financial reporting.
  • Periodic reporting: Participate in activities related to periodic financial reporting.
  • Collaborate across teams: Build strong relationships with various business teams across Picnic.
  • Align with finance team: Coordinate with the finance team on projects and improvements.
  • Handson approach: Show a handson mentality in daily finance operations.
  • Support adhoc requests: Be a team player and assist with adhoc requests as needed.

Examples of projects could include building controls on our Emballage flows from suppliers customers hubs fulfilment centers to collection points further designing and establishing balance sheet & periodical controls redesigning our inventory & receipts process or designing continued internal control mechanisms on our financial reporting processes. The Finance roadmap is ambitious so creativity & perseverance are essential to succeed in this role.

About you

• 3 to 7 years of experience in a Finance role preferably within Financial or IT Audits Accounting Internal Controls Vendor Due Dilligence or as a BI specialist.
• You now work either in Big4 as a Senior Associate/Senior Consultant/Junior Manager or have a job in a Financeteam as (Assistant) Financial Controller/Finance Manager Internal Control Specialist BISpecialist or Accounting Specialist
• You have a strong interest in ERP systems Controls and/or Accounting process
• You have a minimum University degree (preferably in Finance / Business Administration)
• You enjoy diving into Finance processes and using Picnics digital tools to drive efficiency
• You have a natural pragmatic mindset without compromising on quality structure or efficiency
• You have strong systems affinity are eager to learn and always strive for improvements
• ERPsystem knowledge is a plus
• Fluency in English both verbal and written Dutch French or German is a plus
• Willingness to work from the office in Amsterdam at least 3 days a week

Picnic Perks

Every expert was once a beginner!

• Youll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow including Lunch & Learn sessions and tailored soft skills training. We also offer free professional weekly language courses.

Make a difference

• Youll work in an awesome scaleup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact.
• Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean youll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

Teamwork makes the dream work

• With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries youll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with from board game evenings to afterwork drinks to our company ski trip and more!

You are what you eat

• Youll get freshly prepared healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian vegan and halal options). Coffee snob Dont worry our amazing Picnic barista has you covered.

Stay healthy

• Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists along with workshops and materials.
• There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with from tennis to yoga to climbing!

Attractive package

• We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self as well as 25 vacation days per year so you can recharge your batteries

Commitment to equal opportunities

Picnic is an equal opportunity employerthis means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age gender identity or expression sexual orientation ethnicity skin color civil status religious beliefs physical or mental disability or any other factors protected by law.

At Picnic we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.