Are you a driven, decisive and convincing financial specialist with a feeling for business and (business) processes? And do you have experience with development paths and project-driven organizations? Then become our new Finance Director!

What you'll be doing:

As Finance Director, you're responsible for both financial and strategic aspects of the business. You will prepare reports, financial statements, and overviews that support both strategic and operational decision-making. From a financial perspective, you contribute to the development and implementation of the company’s strategy. In this rol, you are ultimately responsible for managing (financial) risks, in the short and long-term. 

In addition, you oversee controlling activities (planning, budgeting, and reporting), and you are responsible for all financial communications and information flows to internal and external stakeholders. As Finance Director you will lead the internal control team and the financial administration team and play a key role in legal and fiscal matters.

What makes this role interesting?

• You build up a sustainable financial organization through conducting of systematic training & coaching of finance team members.
• Denso Japan is the sole shareholder of Certhon. Denso has more entities focused on greenhouse horticulture. The reporting obligations towards Denso are internally assigned to a dedicated finance specialist (expat), which you as Financial Director manage.
• You will be an active member of the 5-person executive leadership team (General, Commercial, Technical, Operations, and Finance). This team is responsible for the daily management and strategic direction of the company.

Innovative vision

In the coming years, together with our Japanese partner and shareholder Denso, we aim to further develop Certhon. Our ambition is to become the world’s leading company driving innovation in the horticultural greenhouse sector. As Finance Director, you will play a key role in shaping both the strategic plans and the organizational capability to execute them. In addition to focusing on Certhon, you will also collaborate with Denso worldwide and jointly deliver strategic projects.

Our strategy is ambitious and development-driven. We aim to build something meaningful— efficiently and deliberately. Operationally strong and financially sound. That means running scenario analyses, forecasting, investment planning, maintaining a focus on profitable activities, and managing risks. As Finance Director you will make an important contribution to this!

Who are you?

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related field;
• You have at least 10 years of relevant work experience, preferably within a project-driven, commercial (international) environment;
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset, combined with a strong command of numbers and the ability to remain calm under pressure. You understand the difference between speed and haste;
• You are accurate, stress restitant, structured and result-oriented;
• You have excellent proficiency in both Dutch and English, both written and spoken;
• You are analytical, solution-focused, proactive, and flexible - you are able to help our company and managers in phases towards professionalisation in the financial field;
• Availability for a (more than) full-time role, with full presence at our office in Poeldijk or willingness to travel to clients and strategic partners.

What we offer:

• A leading, inspiring, and impactful role within an international, entrepreneurial project organization;
• An professional, innovative, and ambitious work environment that’s felt throughout the company;
• A salary between €8.000 – €9.500 gross per month based on 38 hours;
• An onboarding program that dives straight into the action with activities like “ff tuinen,” where you visit growers and suppliers, enjoy a guided tour of Certhon, and even tackle a horticultural escape room! You’ll learn everything about what we do and how we work, alongside a fun group of colleagues;
• From paddle tennis and boxing to cooking workshops, ice bath challenges, or even sleep workshops, there’s a vitality activity every month. Our annual FitWeek is another highlight, focused on (mental) health and sports.

Curious about the other perks of working at Certhon? Check out our benefits page!

Grow as one. 

Help build the future of food production

At Certhon, we combine technology, innovation, and a strong passion to shape the future of food production: 'Growing anything, anywhere. For everyone.' Together with our team of over 150 colleagues, we develop solutions that deliver fresh, locally grown products anywhere in the world. From state-of-the-art indoor farms and high-tech greenhouses in unexpected locations to fully autonomous harvesting robots, our high-tech innovations address today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Through creativity and technology, we make food production smarter, more sustainable, and more efficient. Do you want to work on groundbreaking projects that make an impact? Join Certhon and grow with us in a world full of possibilities!

Got Excited?

Apply now! Emmy Broch from Empower Recruitment is the contact person for this vacancy. You can direct your application to Emmy and she will be happy to answer all your questions about this vacancy! Do you have any questions? Contact Emmy via +31 6 22740829 or send a mail to emmy@empower-recruitment.nl