Senior Finance Specialist - Sales Controller - ASML Netherlands B.V.

Are you both analytical and creative? Do you like the challenge of combining data and analytics into insights and drive quality decision making to address ASML’s opportunities and challenges? We invite you to read the job description below and let us know you are the person we are looking for!

As Business controller - sales you oversee the entire process for sales forecasting by all account teams globally and are able to effectively communicate with different cultures and teams within ASML finance. You are hands on and able to cope with fast-paced dynamic environment that requires insights into financial data, risks & opportunities.

In this role you will learn how ASML operates, you will get to know our products and how we transact with our customers. 

Role and responsibilities

You will work together with the systems, upgrade, service controller who are responsible for analysis & reporting of the global system sales forecasting and challenging the local sales controllers on their forecast. Your will mainly focus on the upgrade forecasting and will work together with different stakeholders in Veldhoven and worldwide.

You will be exposed to several senior management layers in the organization as well as controllers in multiple countries (Asia, Europe and the US).

Together with the team you are responsible to:

• Deliver the monthly system sales forecast on time
• Use input of country controllers to prepare the consolidated system sales forecast
• Challenge the country controllers on their forecasts
• Translate large amounts of data into insights
• Explain the business drivers supporting the sales forecast
• Adding quality and value to information by providing solid analysis
• Pro-actively identify opportunities to automate planning processes
• Provide proactive support and input to Sales/Business Line controllers

ASML is a successful Dutch high-tech enterprise that produces complex lithography systems used by chip manufacturers in the production of integrated circuits. ASML is at the cutting edge of this technology and delivers systems to all the world's leading chip manufacturers. ASML's employees are among the most creative talents in the fields of physics, mathematics, chemistry, mechanical engineering and software. Every day they collaborate in close-knit multidisciplinary teams in which members listen to and learn from one another and exchange ideas. It is the ideal environment for professional development and personal growth. ASML is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

You will be employed by YER and seconded to our client. We offer:

• Good employee benefits
• Challenging assignments
• Excellent guidance from your consultant and YER's back office
• Development opportunities, including the YER Talent Development Programme with a personal coach
• Intensive support for international candidates (including Dutch lessons, tax-return and accommodation assistance)
• Cooperative and results and relationship-driven
• Friendly atmosphere and open culture
• Community/network with other technology professionals from a variety of multinationals
• Events and master classes with interesting speakers and attractive companies

Education and experience

• Bachelor or master degree, preferably in the area of Controlling, Business Economics or Business Administration.
• You have 6-8 years relevant experience in finance or accounting
• You are an experienced user in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint) and have worked with or are comfortable with learning (new) BI Reporting tooling (e.g. Tibco Spotfire or Tableau).
• Preferably you also have experience in SAP (incl. BW, SAC, BPC and BO)
• Preferably you have experience in revenue recognition accounting guidelines (ASC 606/IFRS15).

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

Result oriented, hands on team player, with excellent analytical skills, critical thinking, proactive and communicative personality who can connect with all layers in a demanding and highly technology driven organization. 

Other important skills are:

• Strives for continuous improvement
• Hands-on and able to deal with large amounts of data
• Ability to influence without power
• Committed and flexible (go the extra mile)
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural understanding 
• Has integrity and is compliance-minded
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)