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About the Company Alicat Scientific designs and manufactures precision mass flow and pressure instruments used in research, industry and process control. Alicat Europe is the European organisation: approximately twenty people based in the Netherlands, covering application engineering, sales, service and operations, supplying and servicing customers across the EU, the UK and Switzerland. Manufacturing and engineering sit at the US head office. Over the coming years Europe will prepare for manufacturing, setting up its own supply chain and assembly. Alicat is part of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 group of operating companies in safety, health and environmental technology; Group reporting and internal control requirements follow from that. About the Role Finance Manager Europe. Standalone role · Europe Leadership Team · Duiven, the Netherlands. Alicat Scientific Europe is recruiting a Finance Manager to take full ownership of the European finance function: control, reporting, audit, tax oversight and financial planning. The role is standalone, reports to the General Manager Europe with a functional line to Group Finance, and holds a seat on the Europe Leadership Team. It is a hands-on position in a lean organisation operating within an international reporting structure. The current Finance Manager transfers to a Global Financial Controller role at Alicat’s US head office on 1 April 2027. We are looking for a strong successor. Alicat Scientific Europe is growing, and the finance function needs to grow with it: technical depth, reliable reporting, and planning that supports the next stage of the business. Preferred start date: 1 February 2027 (or sooner), allowing for a two-month or more handover with the current Finance Manager. Responsibilities You own Finance in full: month-end close and prepare working papers balance sheet integrity & P&L variance analysis Dutch GAAP and IFRS treatments Group reporting in Tagetik external audit VAT and corporate tax oversight treasury internal control under the Group ICC and APC frameworks On the planning side: budgets forecasts variance analysis scenario modelling the three-year European P&L plan, including the investment cases behind the build-up of European supply chain and assembly and the planned growth in headcount There are no direct reports at present; a Finance Assistant is foreseen in the near future. In an organisation of this size the role carries the reconciliation as well as the plan. The role also owns People operations: personnel records contracts and amendments payroll and pension interfaces leave administration 30% ruling applications benefits the HR compliance calendar It coordinates live recruitment processes and holds them to their agreed criteria and timelines. It does not carry people development and culture, which sit with the General Manager; sourcing and employer branding, which sit with Marketing; or Dutch employment-law judgement, dismissal and long-term absence, which sit with external counsel and the arbodienst. Recognising when a matter requires specialist advice, and escalating it promptly, is part of the role. Responsibilities - The first twelve months Handover complete and documented: finance calendar, Group reporting, personnel records, adviser relationships. Close, reconciliations and Group reporting accurate, timely and well controlled, with accounting and audit matters handled independently. A three-year European P&L plan linked to strategy and supported by monthly reporting against it. Finance reporting that sets out what is driving performance and what management should consider doing, rather than describing variance. Qualifications A recognised professional accounting qualification (RA, RC, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). Required Skills An established professional who has carried real responsibility and forms an independent view of it. You can say “not yet” or “show me the business case” to senior management and support that position with evidence. You solve problems at the appropriate level rather than turning them into projects, and you do not regard a reconciliation or an interview schedule as beneath your seniority. At least ten years of progressive finance experience, with substantial responsibility for financial control, reporting and audit. Strong working knowledge of Dutch GAAP and IFRS, including the ability to engage auditors and Group Finance independently. Experience in an international, multi-entity or Group-reporting environment. Fluent business English. Working proficiency in Dutch is strongly preferred: statutory reporting, payroll, auditors and external advisers operate in Dutch. Comfortable operating as a standalone professional in a lean organisation. Preferred Skills Practice-trained experience and a background in manufacturing or technical distribution are preferred. If you meet most of these requirements rather than all of them, we would still welcome your application. Pay range and compensation package What the role offers: Full ownership of a European finance function, with the mandate that goes with it. A seat on the Europe Leadership Team and direct working contact with Group Finance and the US head office. The financial groundwork for Europe’s move towards its own supply chain and assembly. A handover period with the outgoing role holder rather than a cold start. A salary between €7,715 to €8,487 gross per month on a 40-hour week, plus 8% holiday allowance, bonus, pension and mobility benefit. Based in Duiven, the Netherlands. About the Role - Process The hiring manager is Ferdi Faas, General Manager Europe. The process runs as follows: an introduction with the General Manager; a finance deep-dive with the current Finance Manager and the CFO; a meeting with the Europe Leadership Team; and a final conversation with the CEO. It also includes an intelligence test and a background check. Questions before applying are welcome

Core Responsibilities

Own the European finance function, including month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, audit, tax oversight, treasury, internal controls, and financial planning. Manage people operations and recruitment coordination, and develop a three-year European P&L plan supporting the planned supply chain, assembly, and headcount growth.

Requirements

Requires a recognised professional accounting qualification and at least ten years of progressive finance experience, including substantial responsibility for financial control, reporting, and audit. Candidates should have strong Dutch GAAP and IFRS knowledge, international or group-reporting experience, fluent business English, and the ability to work independently; working Dutch is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• 8% Holiday Allowance
• Bonus
• Pension
• Mobility Benefit