Deloitte is the leading professional services firm in the Netherlands, operating at scale across Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy Risk & Transactions Advisory and Technology & Transformation. In a phase where the organization is increasingly focused on data driven decision making, cost discipline, and strengthening its internal steering capabilities, Finance plays a more central and forward-looking role than ever. Within this context, the Finance Business Partner – Enabling Area position operates at the core of that transition: a role that goes beyond reporting, operating directly alongside senior stakeholders to shape decisions, drive cost efficiency, and bring clarity to complex financial structures across the Netherlands and EMEA.

At Deloitte, it is often assumed that you only advise external clients. This is not the case. In the role of Finance Business Partner – Enabling Area, you act as a strategic advisor within the internal support organization (e.g., HR, IT, Procurement, and Real Estate). You engage daily with internal stakeholders, including the Functional Leaders. You challenge them, influence decision making, and contribute to value creation and efficiency through strong cost control across the Netherlands and EMEA. Bringing clarity to the Finance structure, strengthening cost control, and contributing to its future design are core aspects of the role.

You will develop an in-depth understanding of Deloitte’s support organization, its underlying cost drivers, and cost allocation methodologies across both the Netherlands and EMEA. To generate real insight from complex data, you will drive further standardization and increasingly leverage GenAI. You monitor, analyze, and report on cost performance, including monthly variance analyses (actual vs. budget vs. forecast) for the support functions. In addition, you lead cost controlling activities such as budgeting, forecasting, and driver-based planning based on key cost drivers like FTE, external hiring, IT contracts, and real estate costs. You continuously update forecasts and present your analyses to functional leaders and the Financial Control team.

Together with the Functional Leaders, you develop business cases and standardized KPI frameworks for the support functions. Through your leadership skills, you inspire and motivate others, encourage open communication, and build strong, sustainable working relationships.
As a Finance Business Partner, you report to Nico Rensing and are part of his growing team of 13 colleagues. Given your close collaboration with the Functional Leaders, the Financial Control team, senior management and the executive board to shape cost efficient decisions and improvements, you need to be confident, resilient and able to challenge stakeholders convincingly based on solid data. You will work in a hybrid setup, across various offices and from home, with regular presence in Rotterdam.
 

As Finance Business Partner you bring a solid financial foundation combined with the confidence to operate in a complex, stakeholder heavy environment. You are not someone who simply reports on the numbers, you understand the story behind them and use that to challenge, influence, and drive change. 

You are comfortable operating at senior levels within the organization and know how to hold your ground in discussions with MT and board level stakeholders. At the same time, you take ownership: you don’t wait for direction but proactively identify opportunities to improve structures, processes, and outcomes.

“At Deloitte, Finance is no longer a reporting function, it is a strategic driver of decision making and business performance. As a Finance Business Partner, you operate alongside senior stakeholders and combine strategic exposure with real influence on how the business evolves.”

• Master or Post-Master degree in Accounting or Finance
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant experience in Finance or cost controlling, with around 7 years of total experience (e.g., Group Financial Control or Financial Control in an international matrix environment)
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to engage, challenge, and influence senior stakeholders with well-founded arguments
• Proactive and change oriented mindset; focused on improving the organization rather than maintaining the status quo
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; Dutch is highly preferable.
• Experience with ERP systems and advanced analytics/financial planning tools
• Proven ability of working in a complex and dynamic organization with tight deadlines, and having international exposure

Deloitte Netherlands is part of one of the world’s largest professional services networks, providing services across Audit & Assurance Technology & Transformation, Strategy Risk & Transaction Advisory, Tax and Legal. Globally, Deloitte supports multinational corporations, private equity firms, governments, financial institutions and fast-growing scale-ups with complex challenges related to finance, technology, strategy, regulation, digital transformation and operational improvement. The organisation operates through a global network of member firms and is known for combining deep functional expertise with strong industry knowledge across sectors such as financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, energy, technology, manufacturing and the public sector.

In the Netherlands, Deloitte has developed into one of the leading professional services firms in the market, with approximately 7,000 professionals spread across 15 offices nationwide. The Dutch practice advises a broad client base ranging from mid-sized entrepreneurial businesses and family-owned companies to listed corporates, PE-backed organisations and large international groups. In addition to its traditional audit and accounting activities, Deloitte Netherlands plays a prominent role in large-scale business transformations, finance and ERP implementations, M&A transactions, data and AI initiatives, sustainability reporting and complex regulatory projects. The organisation increasingly operates at the intersection of finance, technology and strategy, helping clients professionalise operations, improve performance steering and navigate increasingly complex business environments.

The Dutch business is characterised by a highly international and project-driven environment, where multidisciplinary collaboration plays a central role. Teams often work closely across service lines and industries to support clients on both strategic and operational topics. With strong growth in areas such as digital transformation, ESG, cyber, analytics and value creation, Deloitte continues to position itself as a key adviser to organisations undergoing change, professionalisation and international expansion. In financial year 2024/2025, Deloitte Netherlands generated revenues of approximately €1.41 billion, underlining its strong position within the Dutch professional services market.