Je belangrijkste taken:

• Business Partnering: Support R&D leadership and project owners with financial analysis to steer R&D investment decisions, project prioritization and resource allocation and to support related action planning and management decision-making.
• Financial Planning, Budgeting & Cost Control: Responsibility to support financial planning activities including annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, consolidation of inputs from R&D teams, variance analysis and ongoing monitoring of actual spend versus budgets to support effective cost control and performance management.
• Management Reporting & Business Reviews: Responsibility for preparation of monthly R&D financial performance reports and dashboards for key stakeholders and participation in R&D and management review meetings to explain financial results, trends, and forward-looking outlook.
• Project Review & Governance: Financial evaluation of R&D projects and business cases and participation in project review and governance forums in collaboration with R&D, procurement and legal to support investment approvals and ongoing project monitoring.
• Legal, Tax & R&D Incentives Support: Support compliance activities related to Dutch VAT and Corporate Income Tax for R&D by providing financial data and business insights. Coordinate and support R&D incentive and grant programs (WBSO, RDA, EFRO, and others), including eligibility assessments, documentation, and audit support, in collaboration with Tax and Legal teams.
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Process Ownership: Own and coordinate the end-to-end procure-to-pay process for R&D activities, ensuring alignment between R&D, procurement and finance, accuracy of spend tracking and adherence to internal procurement and finance policies.
• Intercompany Cost Allocation & Cross-Charging: Define and oversee allocation logic and cross-charging of R&D costs between group legal entities, ensuring transparency, consistency and alignment with intercompany and transfer pricing principles.
• Accounting, Close & Statutory Reporting: Managing R&D-related period-end close and quarterly/year-end reporting to ensure accurate R&D cost recognition and compliance with IFRS and Dutch GAAP; review results, explain variances, and provide business context.
• Non Raw-Material Procurement: Oversee procurement of non-raw-material goods and services for R&D operations (e.g., lab supplies, equipment, software and professional services), ensuring alignment with budgets, compliance with procurement policies, appropriate approvals, and accurate financial tracking in collaboration with R&D, procurement and finance teams.