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Financial Specialist Rail Replacement Transport

Hybrid in Utrecht·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 27 Oct)

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

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Salary
€2,883 a month
Work mode
Hybrid, Utrecht
Contract
Fixed-term, full-time hours
Languages
Dutch

Skills

Nice to have

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • You have relevant work or internship experience within a financial or logistical organization and experience with financial administration and processes, such as quotes, purchase orders, invoice checking, or invoicing; knowledge of the logistical chain within NSR is a plus.
  • You have knowledge of financial processes and experience with automated financial applications, such as SAP for purchasing and invoicing; relevant training or education in the field of procurement is a plus.
  • You work accurately and with integrity, have an eye for detail, check your work carefully, identify and rectify discrepancies before they have financial consequences, and are aware of the effect of your work on other organizational parts.
  • You carry out tasks independently from start to finish, monitor progress, and seek targeted coordination when necessary; additionally, you work well in a team and are flexible, proactive, stress-resistant, and constantly focused on improvements.
  • You are data-driven, analytical, and skilled in planning and numeracy, can explain financial data and discrepancies clearly, coordinate constructively with internal and external stakeholders from a service-oriented and helpful attitude, and have a good command of the Dutch language, both orally and in writing; experience or affinity with a logistical environment is a plus.

Nice to have

  • You have knowledge of statistics and statistical analysis techniques, are proficient with datasets, MS Office, and various IT tools simultaneously, and can translate abstract issues into practical solutions; extensive knowledge of Excel, experience with Power BI and SharePoint, relevant training or education in these areas, and the Donna course and BTD-planner training are a plus.

Education & certifications

  • You have at least mbo-4 working and thinking level, supported by an education and/or relevant work experience, preferably in (business) economics, business administration, logistics, transport, or a similar field.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • A salary between € 2,985 and € 5,034 gross per month (scale 58) (based on a 36-hour work week).
  • A 24-hour work week.
  • This concerns a temporary appointment of 1 year.
  • 144 hours of statutory leave (based on full-time employment) + extra leave depending on age (at least one week).
  • The possibility to exchange 3 Christian holidays for 3 non-Christian holidays.
  • 3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and an excellent pension scheme.
  • Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible with a small personal contribution.
  • Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
  • Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
  • Professional development opportunities
  • A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.
  • The possibility of working from home and flexible working hours (in consultation).

The role

That is why you want to work as a financial specialist Rail Replacement Transport at NS

Lammert Visser: "As a financial specialist RRT, you ensure that financial agreements, analyses, and processes are reliable and that we can work together to steer and improve with purpose."

This is what you will do as a financial specialist Rail Replacement Transport

When trains cannot run due to works or disruptions, NS organizes rail replacement transport. As a financial specialist, you ensure that the financial administration behind it is correct. You assess quotes, process purchase orders, check invoices, and handle invoicing and recharging to ProRail.

The basis of your role is timely, accurate, and demonstrable financial execution. From your overview, you investigate discrepancies, coordinate with involved parties, and see where processes or systems can be smarter. In this way, you help prevent amounts from not being, or not being fully, recovered.

Thanks to your accuracy and ownership, you are of invaluable importance in:

What you'll do

  • With your controls and careful recharging, you help prevent reimbursements from being left behind and ensure that NS receives what it is entitled to.
  • You will receive independent responsibility for an important financial process, with short lines to ProRail, transport partners, Control, Finance, and the Rail Replacement Transport account managers.
  • You combine financial-administrative investigation with analysis and process improvement within the unique world of rail replacement transport.
  • assessing quotes, creating purchase orders, and checking and approving invoices;
  • handling invoicing and recharging to ProRail;
  • checking and processing reimbursement lists, assignment letters, and lapsed train kilometers;
  • investigating and substantiating discrepancies between quotes, purchase orders, and invoices;
  • monitoring outstanding items and the timeliness and completeness of financial information;
  • coordinating with transport partners, ProRail, Procurement, Control, Finance, and the RRT account managers;
  • identifying practical opportunities for improvement in financial processes, controls, and systems.

You work with financial systems, including SAP Ariba and SAP Vendor Invoice Management. Additionally, you use Excel, SharePoint, and Power BI, and you will learn to work with the logistical systems used within RRT. Experience with all these systems is not required. More important is that you quickly grasp financial processes and continue to work carefully.

Curious about what your work week could look like as a Financial Specialist at NS? Your week consists of a combination of recurring financial controls and financial investigation. You assess quotes and invoices, process purchase orders, monitor outstanding actions, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders. When amounts or data deviate, you investigate what is happening and ensure correct follow-up. From that daily practice, you contribute ideas for improvements in working methods and supporting systems.

These are the employment conditions

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the dynamic world of sustainable mobility. You help keep the Netherlands accessible, for everyone. At NS, you get a lot of freedom. The possibilities to develop yourself are great. We promise you that no day is the same. And as one of the most beautiful employers in the Netherlands, we have even more to offer. For this position, including:

Hiring process

Apply directly (but certainly before November 9) via the application button. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automatic application confirmation; we will respond to your application within 2 weeks.

You can address your application to Cem Bayrak, corporate recruiter.

Any questions about the application process? Email the front office via: recruitment@ns.nl.

Would you prefer telephone contact? Then call our front office via 088-6713666.

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About the company & team

You work within the Designing Specific Days (OSD) department, part of Network Design and Development within Planning. OSD prepares special timetables and also coordinates alternative transport when no or insufficient trains can run. The location is Utrecht.

You will strengthen the current financial specialist. Together, you will ensure continuity, knowledge sharing, and reliable financial handling of rail replacement transport. You work largely independently and have regular contact with the two RRT account managers and with colleagues and chain partners both within and outside NS.

At NS, we find diversity and inclusion important. It makes working together more fun and the result often better. What your background or beliefs are does not matter: we are primarily curious about your vision on the position of financial specialist Rail Replacement Transport.

Additional information

  • A background check, including a VOG (Certificate of Conduct), is part of the application procedure. Please also consider the signing of an integrity statement and a non-disclosure agreement.
  • We believe it is important that everyone who works with us feels at home. You can see this in everything we do, and therefore also in our hiring policy. Read more here.
  • With this vacancy, we wish to recruit our new colleague ourselves. This is therefore NOT a call for acquisition. This position cannot be filled on an interim basis. For that, please see our hiring page.
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