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EDSN Business Controller

Business Controller

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Function

Business Controller

Location

Amersfoort

Hours per week

32 hours per week

Duration

September 1, 2026 - November 30, 2026

Application number

SRQ178139

Segment

Financial

Closing date

date-icon10.08.2026 clock-icon10:08
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Role description and task arrangements

Senior Business Controller | EDSN
32 hours | Amersfoort / Hybrid | Energy Market | Finance | Start date: September 1 | Assignment duration: 3 months
Applications accepted until Monday, Aug. 10 at 10:00 a.m. | Interviews on Thursday, Aug. 13 | Secondment only!


As a Senior Business Controller at EDSN, you’ll help shape strategic decisions that contribute to a future-proof energy market.

In your role as Senior Business Controller, you’ll make an indispensable contribution to EDSN’s continued growth and professional development. You’ll serve as a strong business partner to the executive board and management and will be closely involved in the decision-making process. With your financial insights, incisive analyses, and strategic advice, you’ll help the organization grow in a controlled and predictable manner.

Here's How You Can Work as a Business Controller with Energy and Enthusiasm

You’ll bridge the gaps between strategy, operations, and finance, translate complex issues into concrete guidance, and support decision-making with the right insights. In addition, you’ll take a leading role within the Business Control team. You’ll drive continuous improvement, help colleagues grow in their roles as business partners, and actively contribute to the further development of the field and the energy transition.

As a Senior Business Controller, this is what energizes you

  • You advise the board and management on strategic and financial issues

  • You translate complex developments into clear analyses and concrete management information

  • You will work on budgets, forecasts, business cases, and management reports

  • You link financial insights to organizational development and strategic decisions

  • You serve as a critical sounding board for a wide range of stakeholders

  • You help colleagues grow in their role as business partners

  • You will contribute to the continued professional development of Finance & Control


This is what you bring

  • A level of work and thinking equivalent to a bachelor's or master's degree in finance, economics, or business administration.

  • At least 5–7+ years of relevant experience as a Business Controller, Business Partner (preferred), or in a similar advisory role.

  • Experience with strategic consulting and stakeholder management within complex organizations.

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to distill complex issues down to their essence.

  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting, business cases, and management information.

  • An interest in IT, digitalization, and data-driven management (preferred)

  • The drive to take ownership, drive change, and get colleagues on board with improvements.

 

Meet your team

You’ll be joining a professional and ambitious Finance & Control team. Together, you’ll work on providing reliable management information, ensuring financial transparency, and further professionalizing Finance & Control within EDSN. Sharing knowledge, collaborating, and supporting one another are central to our approach. Your experience not only helps the organization move forward but also contributes to the team’s development. Together, you’ll support the executive board and management in making the right decisions for EDSN’s future.

Are you the Senior Business Controller who wants to work with energy and enthusiasm?
 

About EDSN
Energie Data Services Nederland (EDSN) is a growing company that is taking rapid steps to professionalize its organization. From startup to scale up. EDSN develops a reliable and innovative ICT infrastructure for all regional and national grid operators. We specialize in collecting usage data and making it accessible, which other market parties can then use to develop new services. With these data services, we give the energy transition and thus also the sustainability of the Netherlands a shot in the arm.

 

Company data

Company data

EDSN

Role description and task arrangements

Senior Business Controller | EDSN
32 hours | Amersfoort / Hybrid | Energy Market | Finance | Start date: September 1 | Assignment duration: 3 months
Applications accepted until Monday, Aug. 10 at 10:00 a.m. | Interviews on Thursday, Aug. 13 | Secondment only!


As a Senior Business Controller at EDSN, you’ll help shape strategic decisions that contribute to a future-proof energy market.

In your role as Senior Business Controller, you’ll make an indispensable contribution to EDSN’s continued growth and professional development. You’ll serve as a strong business partner to the executive board and management and will be closely involved in the decision-making process. With your financial insights, incisive analyses, and strategic advice, you’ll help the organization grow in a controlled and predictable manner.

Here's How You Can Work as a Business Controller with Energy and Enthusiasm

You’ll bridge the gaps between strategy, operations, and finance, translate complex issues into concrete guidance, and support decision-making with the right insights. In addition, you’ll take a leading role within the Business Control team. You’ll drive continuous improvement, help colleagues grow in their roles as business partners, and actively contribute to the further development of the field and the energy transition.

As a Senior Business Controller, this is what energizes you

  • You advise the board and management on strategic and financial issues

  • You translate complex developments into clear analyses and concrete management information

  • You will work on budgets, forecasts, business cases, and management reports

  • You link financial insights to organizational development and strategic decisions

  • You serve as a critical sounding board for a wide range of stakeholders

  • You help colleagues grow in their role as business partners

  • You will contribute to the continued professional development of Finance & Control


This is what you bring

  • A level of work and thinking equivalent to a bachelor's or master's degree in finance, economics, or business administration.

  • At least 5–7+ years of relevant experience as a Business Controller, Business Partner (preferred), or in a similar advisory role.

  • Experience with strategic consulting and stakeholder management within complex organizations.

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to distill complex issues down to their essence.

  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting, business cases, and management information.

  • An interest in IT, digitalization, and data-driven management (preferred)

  • The drive to take ownership, drive change, and get colleagues on board with improvements.

 

Meet your team

You’ll be joining a professional and ambitious Finance & Control team. Together, you’ll work on providing reliable management information, ensuring financial transparency, and further professionalizing Finance & Control within EDSN. Sharing knowledge, collaborating, and supporting one another are central to our approach. Your experience not only helps the organization move forward but also contributes to the team’s development. Together, you’ll support the executive board and management in making the right decisions for EDSN’s future.

Are you the Senior Business Controller who wants to work with energy and enthusiasm?
 

About EDSN
Energie Data Services Nederland (EDSN) is a growing company that is taking rapid steps to professionalize its organization. From startup to scale up. EDSN develops a reliable and innovative ICT infrastructure for all regional and national grid operators. We specialize in collecting usage data and making it accessible, which other market parties can then use to develop new services. With these data services, we give the energy transition and thus also the sustainability of the Netherlands a shot in the arm.

 

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