Ready to take your accounting skills to the next level and help drive our international growth? We’re looking for you!

The July is where great stories begin...

The July is a premium hospitality brand redefining the way people travel with a personal, human touch. We create beautifully designed spaces in destinations around the globe, and our team is on a mission to expand with multiple new apartment-hotels in top European cities such as London, Dublin, Lisbon and more to plan. Each property is thoughtfully crafted, reflecting the unique local stories and spirit of its surroundings. Our goal? To provide guests with a place where they can unwind, explore their surroundings, and connect with people and places, all while staying their way. At The July, people come first. From our guests to our colleagues, we take ownership and take pride in what we do. That's why we've been awarded as a Great Place to Work.

The Job

As our Finance & Accounting Lead, you play a key role in strengthening and scaling our finance operations during a period of international growth. You take ownership of core accounting processes and drive improvements across the finance function. Next to ensuring accurate and reliable financial operations, you focus on building structure, efficiency, and leveraging modern technology to scale the finance operations. You will work side-by-side with the team to identify bottlenecks, introduce smart automation tools, and elevate our overall financial operations. You lead projects, improve processes, and naturally take a coordinating role within the team. You work closely with the accounting team, stakeholders across the organisation, and external partners, reporting to the Senior Business Controller.

Responsibilities

• Accounting leadership & close management: Lead and coordinate the month-end/year-end closing processes across multiple entities, working closely with the Junior Financial Controller. Ensure accurate financial reporting and timely balance sheet reconciliations.

• Procure-to-pay ownership: Take full ownership of the end-to-end procure-to-pay cycle, ensuring efficient invoice processing, timely payments, vendor management, and compliance with internal controls.

• Treasury & tax compliance: Manage cash flow, monitor liquidity, oversee banking activities, and handle Dutch and international VAT compliance.

• Transformation & process improvement: Identify bottlenecks, lead process optimization initiatives, and drive the adoption of new technologies, systems, and ways of working to create a scalable and efficient finance function.

• Automation & AI innovation: Design and implement AI and automation solutions to eliminate manual tasks and increase overall efficiency.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Serve as the central connector between accounting, internal operations and external partners.

• Team coordination: Responsible for the day-to-day coordination and supervision of a team of 3 colleagues within the accounting team, including supporting, guiding, and mentoring team members, and taking a leading role in daily operational activities.

Do you recognize yourself in the following?

• 5–8 years of experience in accounting, finance operations or financial control

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or similar

• Experience in taking ownership of processes and leading improvement or change initiatives

• Comfortable coordinating work and guiding others in daily operations or projects

• Strong analytical skills with a structured and detail-oriented way of working

• A proactive mindset with a natural drive to improve and simplify processes

• Able to operate in a fast-moving, international environment

• Experience with Excel; Visma.net and Google Workspace are a plus

• Good command of Dutch and English, verbally and in writing

What’s in it for you?

In our flat organization, within an informal working atmosphere, your ideas are highly valued.

• Personal Growth: In our company we want to invest in your personal and professional growth by personalized training opportunities, to unleash your professional potential!

• Take well-deserved breaks with 25 days of vacation time

• The possibility to swap selected public holidays for days that reflect your own traditions or milestones.

• Me-Time/Community Day: Enjoy a dedicated day for self-care and another day of community engagement

• OpenUp: An online platform with all sorts of resources to enhance your mental well-being both at work and at home

• Boost your Health with Padel, Personal trainer sessions, Free Gym & sauna access, sport events & workshops. We've got it all covered

• Fully paid pension and long-term disability insurance

• An attractive bonus scheme yearly determined depending on how well you perform and meet your goals

• Hotel & restaurant perks: Enjoy daily closing drinks, exclusive employee rates for stays at hotels and a Friends & Family Rate

• Access to Alleo perks and discounts

• Team drinks, events & outings to (never) forget!

Wanna create a warm feeling? Want to build the future of hospitality and apartment living?

Come and tell us your story!