Financial Accountant

At DRIFT we're looking for a Financial Accountant to join our team.

Are you passionate about accounting, meticulous with details, and driven by efficiency? Studio Drift is looking for a dedicated Financial Accountant to oversee bookkeeping process and help with optimization of our financial operations. As a Financial Accountant, you will play a crucial role in managing daily accounting tasks, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of accounting reports. Join us in making DRIFT a place where creativity and business excellence go hand in hand.

A Day in the Life of a Financial Accountant

As a Financial Accountant at DRIFT, you will be responsible for managing the financial processes and records for our three legal entities, with the main focus on our primary production company. Your role will involve meticulous bookkeeping, expert accounting advice and seamless coordination of operational processes.

You will be:

• Overseeing the Bookkeeping Process: Manage the bookkeeping for multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Providing Expert Accounting Support: Be an expert in accounting questions, advise on specific events and transaction recognition, correction, processing and preparing necessary calculations and accruals.
• Managing Invoices and Payments: Process invoices for payment and oversee payment cycles to ensure timely and accurate transactions.
• Streamlining Monthly Closures: Introduce and maintain an efficient monthly closing process using Exact, our ERP system.
• Annual Closure and Reporting: Oversee the annual closure process and assist in preparing the annual report in collaboration with external parties.
• Developing Accounting Policies and Procedures: Set up and optimize accounting policies and internal processes, including invoice approvals, expense refunds, credit card expenses and others.
• Supporting Management Reporting: Contribute to monthly management reporting, budget preparation, and financial forecasts.
• Advising on Finance-Related Matters: Provide answers to ad-hoc financial questions related to new projects and other business needs.

We would love it if you have:

• Strong Financial Management Skills:
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Keen attention to detail to ensure accuracy and efficiency in financial operations.
• Proactive Problem-Solving:
• Ability to anticipate and resolve financial issues promptly and independently.
• Efficient in managing financial systems and processes.
• High Professional Standards in Accounting:
• Organised, attentive to details, accurate, diligent, and responsive in your work.

What we're looking for:

• Master’s degree in accounting, business administration, economics, finance or similar field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as Financial Accountant, Business Administrator, Controller or similar role preferably in production, creative or art related company.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and Exact in particular.
• Good eye for improvement, proactive, deadline oriented and able to work independently.
• High personal working standard (organised, attentive to details, accurate, diligent, responsive).
• Good communicator, fluent in English with good knowledge of Dutch.
• Full time employment (40 hour workweek), primarily in the studio space.

What you can expect from us:

• Travel allowance if you live outside Amsterdam.
• Regular company days and staff social meet-ups.
• You will be part of a creative and dynamic team where your contributions matter and your voice is heard.
• You'll be working in an environment where art, creativity, and business converge, offering a unique and inspiring work atmosphere.

Apply for the job

Do you want to join our team as our new Financial Accountant? Then we'd love to hear about you!