Senior Controller

Ref#: J022961_1787903573

Type of work

Permanent

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Netherlands

Start date

November 2nd, 2026

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Tired of closing the books and ready to actually shape decisions? This Senior Controller seat sits with an established upstream oil & gas producer active on the Dutch continental shelf. You won't be buried in month-end, you'll be challenging capital spend in AFE reviews, managing the finance side of operated joint ventures, calculating decommissioning security provisions, and owning the Dutch tax obligations that come with producing on Dutch soil and in Dutch waters.

Job description

What You'll Own

Budgets & Forecasts - Coordinate, consolidate, and challenge CAPEX, OPEX, and G&A budgets. Management comes to you for the real picture.
Projects - Own AFEs from submission through review, sit in AFE review meetings, feed into long-range planning, and review decommissioning security (DSP) and project economics.
Joint Ventures - Manage JV reporting, budget updates, investment approvals, and cost recovery. Support audits and Sector Agreement Fund reporting.
Commercial - Profitability and cashflow reporting, Decommissioning Security Agreement calculations, M&A and sustainability input, reserves reporting.
Tax - Manage CIT, SPS, and Cijns - the Dutch tax obligations specific to upstream production. Own tax accounting, reconciliations, compliance filings, FAR, and ARO.
Beyond the core - Insurance submissions, ESTMA/EITI reporting, inventory reconciliation, and process improvement, with senior-level support to the wider accounting team as needed.

What You Bring

Strong background as a Senior/Asset/Project Controller - Dutch upstream oil & gas experience is the single most important qualifier
Coming from offshore, maritime, or energy infrastructure controlling instead? That's fine , you don't need ESTMA, FAR, or Cijns already, but you do need real industry exposure to decommissioning, AFE-style capital control, and asset-heavy commercial complexity
Genuinely engrained in the Dutch business and tax environment
Comfortable operating independently at a senior level - reviewing, challenging, advising, not just recording
Based in, or fully available to work from, the Netherlands

The Practical Details

Location: Friesland or Amsterdam, hybrid - occasional Friesland travel if Amsterdam-based
Hours: 40 hours/week
Compensation: competitive salary, plus 13th month, 8% holiday allowance, bonus, and pension
Team: Team of 5, reporting to a Finance Team Lead for the country