Financial Controlling & Accounting Specialist

Financial Controlling & Accounting Specialist

Location: Breda, Netherlands

Contract: Full-time, 36 hours

Team: Shared Service Center (Finance)

Ready to take a fresh step in your career?

For more than a hundred years, we have been inventing, producing and selling the most fun and delicious candies, under the famous family name Perfetti Van Melle. Of course, we don’t do this alone — we do it with more than 19,000 colleagues worldwide! Together we make sure you can enjoy well-known brands every day, such as Mentos (Gum), Fruittella, Klene, Look-O-Look, Chupa Chups, Stimorol, Bubblicious, Smint and Frisk.

Where we need you:

As part of our SSC team, you will support Perfetti Van Melle Benelux with reliable financial insights that drive business decisions. Reporting to the Manager Accounting & Financial Control, you play a key role in connecting functions such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Commercial, ensuring accurate data, compliant reporting and a strong performance rhythm.

In this dynamic environment, you help analyze monthly results, support investment assessments, and ensure a smooth and correct period-end close.

Your core responsibilities at a glance:

• Prepare, analyze and explain ad hoc, monthly, semi-annual and annual financial reports

• Identify improvement opportunities and drive process optimization with key stakeholders

• Lead and/or participate in financial and cross-functional projects

• Support internal and external audits

• Stay up to date on legislation, accounting standards and internal controlling guidelines

• Validate financial data with responsible managers and internal/external authorities

• Contribute to General Accounting & Close, Payroll, Intercompany, Overheads Accounting and External Reporting

The ideal recipe for our new Financial Controller:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance

• 4–6 years’ experience in Financial Accounting or Controlling, ideally in FMCG or an international setting

• Affinity with IT and process improvement

• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights

• Strong communication, stakeholder management and sparring skills

• A continuous improvement mindset focused on data quality and customer experience

The ingredients of Perfetti Van Melle – is this your flavor?

We are Taste Makers in Candy! As the third-largest confectionery company in the world – and the second in Europe – we’re on an exciting journey to become the best in making candy. To make that happen, we need great colleagues like you.

What makes us unique:

• Empowering – Growth opportunities and development programs tailored to you

• Fun – A warm, family-like culture… and yes, a real candy factory

• Innovation – Active engagement in health, sustainability, packaging and food safety

• Dynamic – Operations in 30+ countries and a fast-moving, ever-evolving environment

What we offer:

• Competitive fixed salary recognizing your value

• Collective bonus system tied to organizational, market/channel and individual results

• Attractive pension scheme (2/3 paid by PVM)

• Five weeks of vacation + option to buy additional leave

• Training opportunities to support your growth

• Discounted gym membership via Bedrijfsfitness Nederland

• Attractive bike plan for commuting and private use

• Collective health insurance discount

• A bi-monthly candy package and access to our internal candy store

Want a taste of more?

If this role sounds like a sweet next step and you’re ready to strengthen our Finance team, we’d love to meet you.

Apply now and help us create even more sweet moments!