Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Business Unit Controller is a key member of the Global Finance team, supporting the growth of both the GEC and GSSC’s whilst remaining in control and managing risk. Leading teams across multiple geographies, ensuring Arcadis maximises the potential of its Global centres. 

The dynamics in Arcadis are big. The company has ambitious growth plans, both organically and via acquisitions. This fast paced environment challenges the financial department to combine day-to-day business with continuous process improvement and integration of new entities. The Business unit controller will become part of a dedicated team of finance professionals supporting senior management in successfully moving Arcadis into the next growth phase.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead high performing teams across the GEC and GSSC Locations to deliver all aspects of Financial management & Control for the Global Excellence and shared service centres • Be a key member of the Global Excellence leadership team to support effective decision making and ensure the right strategic and operational choices are made. • Lead the GEC/GSSC annual budget /plan and work with the GEC Directors and GSSC Director to deliver the agreed financial targets for each business unit, with a ‘no surprise’ culture, fostering the spirit of continuous improvement. • Drive team performance - setting goals, priorities and internal cadence to ensure the wider FP&A and Group control deadlines and objectives are met. • Work with the finance pillars to ensure the GEC and GSSC is compliant from an accounting and tax perspective. • Be a key stakeholder in driving the wider Finance community strategy, including company-wide alignment on best practices. • Lead on initiatives to drive improvements in planning and forecasting accuracy. • Develop strong relationships with the Global Business Area leaders to understand their (and their clients) business needs, and encourage / attract regional colleagues to work with the GECs and GSSC • Work with GBA Finance and Operational teams to create the right commercial environment to support growth of the GEC and GSSC capability. • Support the delivery of the People & Culture plan to enable a People First culture that progresses the business towards being an employer of choice and a great place to work   • Above country Finance PiP for governance and key finance control issues across the GEC and GSSC Countries.

 The Business unit controller will lead high performing teams to drive the following responsibilities 

• Effective cost control of Enabling function costs including Technology and Workplace, supporting Enabling Function Controlling Director and Global Function heads • Responsive analysis – based on the company needs and latest strategy. • Provide a link to the Finance transformation team, supporting delivery of the finance strategy

Qualifications & Experience:

he candidate should have of a minimum of 15 years of experience ideally in an international, listed company. Preference will be given to candidates with a Certified Accounting, Controlling or MBA qualification and significant experience gained in an international setting.

 

Other required experience and competencies for this role:

• Experience of managing and developing high performing teams • Mature personality with strong and independent point of view. • Excellent communication, strong negotiating and influencing skills. • Self-starter with strong collaboration and team skills. • Enthusiastic, pro-active and result driven attitude. • IT literate with ERP, forecasting and Planning tool experience • Native language: unspecified, but fluency in English is a must.

 

For this role Arcadis values professional experience across the following priority areas:

 

• Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across orga006Eizational boundaries. • Driving innovation: Involved in generating and driving innovation, engaging with clients on new business models and revenue streams, working with alliances and ecosystems to deliver the best outcomes.   • Data and technology: Adopting data-driven decision making, leveraging data to create and demonstrate value. Tech savvy and comfortable and curious about technologies.

 

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek Arcadians with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful Arcadians will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.

 

Be curious:

• Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others, bringing clients and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation. • Have a global, strategic, and future thinking mindset. • Are digitally-savvy, entrepreneurial and innovative. • Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging and purposeful. • Incorporate a human-centric, experimentation-led and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation. • Actively engage diverse points of view and manage healthy issues-based conflict.

 

Drive success:

• Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery. • Take ownership for own responsibility, creating clarity and motivating and aligning others. • Internalize organizational goals, making them one’s own personal stretch goals. • Are outcomes focused and tackle challenges head-on. • Demonstrate commercial acumen in general, and specifically with regards to sustainable solutions. • Actively shape the future of the organization.

 

Ignite passion:

• Personally, role model own commitment to improving quality of life and putting sustainability at the core. • Apply an adaptive style to engagement that is culturally sensitive and appeals to the personal needs of others. • Bring clarity and manage anxiety in others, through clear communication and inspiring storytelling. •   • Integrate their work, helping others make the connection between their work and the bigger picture. • Maintain personal resilience and rebound from setbacks and help others to do the same. • Build trust through authenticity, demonstrating integrity and courage regarding own convictions.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.