Director of Finance & Business Performance

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Finance & Business Performance based in Netherlands.

This is a senior finance leadership role focused on rebuilding and transforming the finance function of a growing multi-location food-service business.

• Lead the finance function through a hands-on transformation, establishing strong processes, controls, reporting standards, and operating rhythms.
• Take ownership of core financial operations, ensuring cash, payroll, compliance, and other critical financial responsibilities are properly controlled.
• Build accurate, timely, and actionable financial reporting that gives leadership clear visibility into business performance.
• Own annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash planning, and financial projections, continuously updating assumptions based on business performance.
• Develop profitability reporting by location, brand, channel, and product to identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze unit economics and financial drivers to help leadership understand the factors influencing profitability and sustainable growth.
• Evaluate pricing, promotions, investments, and strategic initiatives through robust financial models and business cases.
• Partner with operational and commercial leaders to translate financial insights into practical actions and measurable business improvements.
• Redesign finance team structures, systems, workflows, and internal controls to improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and accountability.
• Introduce modern finance technologies, AI tools, and automation to streamline reporting, analysis, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Establish clear financial performance metrics and ensure leadership has timely visibility into risks, opportunities, and key business trends.
• Develop finance talent and build a sustainable succession plan, including the eventual development of a successor capable of taking ownership of the function.
• Provide evidence-based financial guidance to senior executives and constructively challenge decisions when financial analysis indicates a different course of action.

• Significant senior-level finance leadership experience, ideally with experience operating at CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent level.
• Demonstrated success improving profitability, financial forecasting, cash management, reporting, and overall finance operations.
• Strong commercial understanding, including pricing strategy, unit economics, investment analysis, profitability drivers, and business-case development.
• Advanced, hands-on experience with AI, automation, modern finance technologies, and data-driven financial analysis.
• Strong accounting and financial management knowledge, with a professional finance or accounting qualification strongly preferred.
• Experience building or transforming finance functions, particularly in environments where processes and systems require significant improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to turn complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to advise and challenge senior executives using objective evidence.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-location hospitality, restaurant, retail, or food-service environment is a strong advantage.
• Client-facing advisory, consulting, or financial transformation experience is a plus.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and operate in an evolving business environment.
• A practical, hands-on approach and willingness to build systems and processes rather than simply manage existing ones.

• HMO health insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Work-from-anywhere flexibility.
• Opportunities for promotion and professional growth.
• Potential for pay raises.
• Significant autonomy and ownership over the finance function.
• Opportunity to build and transform a finance organization from the ground up.
• Potential to expand into broader strategic responsibilities as the business and portfolio evolve.