Financial Data Analyst

Are you an ambitious finance professional looking to turn financial data into actionable business insights? Join Normec Foodcare at Utrecht (The Netherlands) as a Financial Analyst and play a key role in supporting strategic and operational decision-making across our business units.

Your new role

As a Financial Analyst, you will bridge the gap between raw financial data and actionable insights. You will collect, structure, and analyse financial data, and build high-quality Power BI dashboards and reports that enable data-driven decisions at every level of the organization. You will work closely with the Finance Director, Business Controller, and Group Finance to deliver timely and accurate analytical insights.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build, maintain, and continuously improve Power BI dashboards and reports for the Normec Foodcare finance team and Group Finance

• Collect and consolidate financial data from multiple business units into clear analyses and comparison tables

• Perform financial analyses on KPIs and other operational metrics

• Prepare analytical summaries, variance analyses, and ad-hoc reports to support Group Finance requests

• Support the monthly and periodic financial reporting cycle with data extraction, validation, and visualization

• Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities in financial data and communicate findings clearly

• Collaborate with business unit controllers to ensure data quality and consistency across the organization

Our Offer

A role with significant autonomy, responsibility, and room for personal growth within a professional, ambitious, and informal environment where collaboration and innovation are prioritized.

What else can you expect from this position and Normec Foodcare:

• Fixed-term contract with a view to permanent employment

• 32–40 hours per week

• A hybrid working model: 1–2 days remote work, with the remaining days onsite

• Salary between €4.000 and €5.000 gross per month (based on 40 hours/week), depending on experience and knowledge

• 25 vacation days for full-time employees plus 8% holiday allowance

• A good pension scheme

• Continuous development programs to grow your talents

• Access to our Online Academy with over 800 courses available free of charge based on your interests

• Access to the bike plan

• Collective health insurance with VGZ

• Active staff association organizing activities throughout the year

Your Profile

You are an ambitious and curious early-career finance professional, eager to develop your analytical and reporting skills while contributing to business decisions. You are available to work 32–40 hours per week and meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or a related field

• Preferably a few years of work experience in a Private Equity (PE) environment (internships and graduate projects count)

• Strong Power BI skills: able to independently build data models, create interactive reports, and design meaningful visualizations

• Proficient in Excel (Power Query, pivot tables, advanced formulas)

• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Good communication skills; able to translate numbers into clear stories for non-financial stakeholders

• Comfortable working in a dynamic, multi-entity environment

• Fluent in English; Dutch is a strong plus

Nice to have:

• Experience with DAX and Power Query M language

• Familiarity with ERP systems or financial consolidation tools

• Basic understanding of SQL or other data querying languages

• Affinity with the food industry

Your New Workplace

Normec is a trusted leader in the Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Compliance (TICC) industry. Our expertise spans critical areas such as water, air, and soil quality, fire and food safety, ensuring the highest standards of quality and security across diverse industries. 

Normec Foodcare, one of the business lines of Normec, offers comprehensive solutions in quality and food safety for the food industry. We take care of complete projects in the field of process control, laboratory research, taste tests, QA automation, flexible use of quality managers, training and education, risk management and label control. Every day, more than 1500 experts work on versatile and challenging projects. With extensive experience across various sectors, we ensure security and compliance for our clients while prioritizing integrity and sustainability. 

About Normec

Normec Foodcare is part of Normec, a trusted leader in the Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Compliance (TICC) industry. Our expertise spans critical areas such as water, air, and soil quality, fire and food safety, ensuring the highest standards of quality and security across diverse industries. Established in 2016, Normec is an ambitious, independent, and rapidly growing organisation.

We offer our team members the opportunity to contribute to our mission while developing their careers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, creating impactful solutions for clients and a sustainable tomorrow. The essence of Normec’s culture, characterized as informal, open, dynamic, and ambitiously entrepreneurial, is rooted in our foundational GROWTH principles. These are embedded in The Normec Fit program, which ensures that not only our company grows, but also everyone who is part of it.

Interested? Let’s Talk!

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving your application. Your information will be handled confidentially, and you will receive a response within five working days. For questions about this vacancy, you can contact Jill Bettonvil, recruiter at Normec Foodcare, at +31614889190.

Procedure:

1. Initial phone screening and discussion of the vacancy

2. In-person interview at Normec

3. Reference check (with your approval) / assessment

4. Second interview at Normec

5. Discuss employment terms

6. Congratulations – you’ve found your new challenge!

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