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Director Finance Market NL

Sonova AG

Rotterdam
Full-time
10+ years experience
Hybrid

Work Arrangement

Office Days per Week: 3 days

Key Skills

Financial management
Performance management
Strategic planning
Financial reporting
Governance
Controlling
Business partnering
Change management
Stakeholder management
People leadership
M&A
Budgeting
Forecasting
Process optimization
Data analysis

Job Description

For our Finance team, located in the Netherlands, we are looking for a Finance Director for 40 hours per week.

 

About us
Sonova Group, with its headquarters based in Stäfa, Switzerland, is an international, leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions. We reach our customers through multiple channels, and this diversity allows them to benefit from our wide range of solutions such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, wireless communication products, digital solutions, and professional audiological care, in a way that best suits their individual needs. The brands Phonak, Unitron, Advanced Bionics, Sennheiser and Schoonenberg are all part of the Sonova Group.

 

We envision a world where everyone enjoys the delight of hearing and therefore lives a life without limitations.

 

The Finance Director leads the Finance team for all business channels in the Netherlands and acts as lead business partner to the Dutch Market Leaders, identifying growth drivers and supporting their execution in the context of market dynamics and competitive environment, while driving cross-channel efficiency, harmonization, and cost synergies.

 

The Finance Director builds a high-performing Finance organization and combines strong business partnership with independent financial authority, ensuring both effective day-to-day financial management and the ongoing evolution of the Finance function.

 

Tasks and responsibilities

 

Market Finance Leadership

  • Lead the Finance function across the Dutch market, ensuring one aligned structure, voice, and financial narrative
  • Act as the key Finance partner to Cluster, Region, Group, and local leadership
  • Ensure strong governance, controls, and adherence to Group policies

 

Finance Operating Model, Efficiency & Synergies

  • Drive efficiency, synergies, and simplification across channels
  • Implement the Finance Target Operating Model and optimize processes, systems, and ways of working
  • Lead automation, shared services, outsourcing, and other transformation initiatives

 

Strategic Business Partnering & Performance

  • Partner with senior business leaders to drive performance and value creation
  • Provide financial insights to support strategic and commercial decision-making
  • Drive transparency, forecasting, performance management, and cross-channel alignment

 

Governance, Compliance & Control

  • Oversee statutory reporting, compliance, internal controls, audit, and risk management
  • Ensure high-quality financial data, KPIs, systems, and performance measurement
  • Coordinate effectively with Group functions and shared services

 

Planning, Forecasting & Reporting

  • Lead target setting, budgeting, forecasting, CAPEX planning, and performance reporting
  • Ensure consistent, accurate, and timely financial information and analysis

 

Business Development & M&A

  • Provide Finance leadership for M&A, acquisitions, greenfield initiatives, and other strategic investments
  • Translate business strategy into robust financial plans and execution

 

Finance Organization & Talent

  • Build and lead a high-performing, unified Finance organization
  • Define the organization, capabilities, and talent agenda for the market
  • Foster collaboration, accountability, engagement, and a performance-driven culture

 

Your profile  

  • 10+ years of senior Finance leadership experience, ideally as a Market CFO or Finance Director
  • Strong expertise in financial management, performance management, reporting, governance, and controlling
  • Proven experience leading complex, multi-entity or multi-channel Finance organizations in matrix environments
  • Track record in Finance transformation, operating model design, standardization, simplification, and efficiency improvement
  • Strong strategic and analytical mindset, with the ability to translate insights into action and drive execution
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, align across functions, and navigate complex stakeholder environments
  • Strong people leadership skills, with experience building high-performing teams and fostering accountability and collaboration
  • High integrity, strong ownership, and a pragmatic, results-oriented approach
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end Finance processes, Finance Target Operating Models, systems, and data environments
  • Fluent in English and Dutch

 

What we offer

  • A salary in line with market standards and that matches your knowledge and experience
  • A wide range of training and development opportunities
  • A culture of innovation
  • An attractive package of employee benefits
  • 25 vacation days, plus the option to earn 4 additional days per year
  • A hybrid working model, with 60% of your time spent in the office and 40% working remotely

 

For more information about our brands, hearing solutions, and services, please visit: www.sonova.nl

Core Responsibilities

The Finance Director leads the finance function for all business channels in the Netherlands and acts as a strategic business partner to market leaders. They are responsible for driving financial performance, ensuring governance and compliance, and leading organizational transformation initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must have 10+ years of senior finance leadership experience, ideally as a Market CFO or Finance Director. Proficiency in English and Dutch is required, along with a proven track record in managing complex, multi-entity finance organizations.

Benefits

  • Training and development opportunities
  • Culture of innovation
  • Employee benefits package
  • 25 vacation days
  • Option to earn 4 additional vacation days

About Sonova AG

Industry: Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Around 25% of the world’s population is living with hearing loss. At Sonova, we envision a world where everyone enjoys the delight of hearing and lives a life without limitations. From personal audio devices and wireless communication systems to audiological care services, hearing aids, and cochlear implants. Our product brands – Phonak, Unitron, Sennheiser (under license), and Advanced Bionics – create compelling new products to offer the optimal solution for an ever growing consumer base through our globally diversified sales and distribution channels, including our well established global audiological care business. With a presence in over 100 countries and more than 19,000 employees, we leverage our global infrastructure and local roots. We aim for an inclusive work environment and culture that fosters a good balance of family and work-life for everyone. Our workforce is made up of 110 nationalities across 4 generations. In 2006, Sonova founded the non-profit Hear the World Foundation, which seeks to give children living with hearing loss access to audiological care in low- to middle-income countries.

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