Senior Manager Finance & Control

The organisation

Millions of employees use Epassi’s digital and mobile solutions to seamlessly redeem employee benefits across an unrivalled merchant network. The app, Epassi, has over sixteen million users, who can access perks from wellbeing to meals and from transportation to healthcare. Acquiring Exercite, with the brands Hansefit, Fitbase, Workit, and Bedrijfsfitness Nederland, was a logical step for Epassi Group to strengthen its strategic focus on wellness and wellbeing.

Bedrijfsfitness Nederland connects employers, employees, and sports locations. The brand’s goal is to get all working Dutch people exercising and to keep the working population of the Netherlands healthy, by providing almost four thousand affiliated employers with affordable and versatile fitness options for their employees. Joining Epassi Group has allowed the company to expand its activities into other countries. Over 1,200,000 employees have access to thousands of sports facilities and lessons, from yoga and CrossFit to swimming pools, with an attractive tax discount and possibly an additional financial incentive from the employer. In this way, the partners get more customers, employees’ threshold to exercising is lowered, and employers keep their people healthy. Bedrijfsfitness Nederland receives a percentage of the subscription or tuition fees that the partners earn. A win-win!

Epassi has grown its top line more than tenfold in the last five years and stands out from other companies by its consistently strong growth combined with high profitability. At Epassi Group, all brands benefit from synergies and shared resources – like a central HR department and a partially centralized Finance function. The commercial teams operate decentrally and are focused on the respective countries. The Senior Manager Finance & Control leads the local Finance team, while working closely with the central Finance department and the local business.

The position

Epassi Group is the world’s leading mobile payment provider for employment benefits. In 2024, Epassi Group strategically acquired Exercite, a German-Dutch company focused on sports benefits for employees, including the brand Bedrijfsfitness Nederland. The data-driven Senior Manager Finance & Control for Bedrijfsfitness Nederland plays a crucial, strategic role, by challenging the business and driving performance.

The Senior Manager Finance & Control will build a data-driven, future-proof, and growthminded strategic finance practice at Epassi Netherlands. This team is focused on finance operations and administration; the Senior Manager Finance & Control will focus primarily on business control and strategic finance. They report to the Regional Finance Director within Epassi Group. This person understands the power of finance insights in steering business performance – and knows how to wield this power. They are skilled at identifying key cost and revenue drivers and use these insights to drive results. They are also confident to challenge the business on commercial decisions based on solid financial information. Among other responsibilities, they will prepare budgets and forecasts, oversee core finance operations such as monthly closings and financial reporting, and drive business performance through the development and monitoring of solid KPIs.

“Business planning & analysis, working closely with the commercial team, identifying & following-up on KPIs, but also things like overseeing the upcoming ERP migration – the Senior Manager Finance & Control has a versatile role of high importance to the organization.” – Regina Duzanskaja, CFO Epassi Group

For this, the Senior Manager Finance & Control will need to develop a vision not only as to howfinance can be of strategic value to and serve the business, but also what data are crucial, what models need to be built, and which approach is best in connecting different data pockets within the organization. A few projects to unlock insights or migrate data have already started; for these and other efforts, the Senior Manager Finance & Control will play a leading role in overseeing effectiveness.

The Senior Manager Finance & Control is a key finance figure both locally – leading the finance team and working closely with the commercial teams – and centrally – connecting with the central finance department and peers in other countries and companies under the Epassi Group umbrella, to collect and share knowledge and best practices.

Candidate profile

This is a challenging role for a finance professional with at least six years of experience in a combination of strategic finance and business control functions. The Senior Manager Finance & Control is a key finance figure both locally – leading the finance team and working closely with the commercial teams – and centrally – connecting with the central finance department and peers in other countries and companies under the Epassi Group umbrella, to collect and share knowledge and best practices.

The right candidate is data-driven and likes to quantify insights, while also being a strong stakeholder manager. Their topical knowledge and expertise and their insightful input will help anchor them as a key figure within a growing and successful organization. This is a unique position at the forefront of building a European champion in the employment benefit space, at a company with a dynamic and entrepreneurial culture, strong camaraderie and little hierarchy. This is a challenging role for a finance professional with at least six years of experience in a combination of strategic finance and business control functions.

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