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Business Controller

Vopak Rotterdam

What is required?

  • Bachelor thinking level
  • Good level of Dutch
  • Good level of English
  • Communicative skills
  • Stakeholder focus

What will you get?

  • €3,846 - €5,000 gross p/m (ex. bonus)
  • 40+ hour workweek
  • 30 vacation days
  • No work in weekend
  • Internal training

What will you do?

  • 10% Report project progress
  • 30% Define terminal strategy
  • 40% Work on Business cases
  • 10% Manage annual budget
  • 10% Solve specific questions

This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.

Vacancy

As a  Business Controller, you will be involved in the financial control of projects. You will manage the budget of one of Vopak’s 67 terminals and you will be co-responsible for drafting periodic analyses, reports, and annual reports.

In addition, you will be co-responsible for determining the strategy to realize an optimal performance for the Terminal. Furthermore, you will be involved in drafting the three-year maintenance plan of the terminal.

Working week

Business Controller
Saskia van der Werf

Good working days are characterized by variety and I like days where I can present a business case that is well received.

On less pleasant days, I have to spend a lot of time on various consultations. This makes me feel as if I have been less productive.
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Firsthand experience

Vopak wants to put new tanks on a piece of land that is leased from the port company to create additional storage. To Vopak, it is relevant to know how many tanks should be placed on the piece of land for an optimal financial result and how much Vopak should invest to this end. This project is handed to you. What to do?

As a Business Controller, you are responsible for the financial report of the project. Together with co-workers from several departments, you work out the various financial scenarios. For the different options (examples include various products that can be stored in the tanks), you calculate the potential costs and investigate how much Vopak’s return on investment could be. For example, you examine how much profit can be realized with a 90% utilization of product A compared to an 80% utilization of product B. The return on investment ratio is an important variable in this regard. You create a comprehensive advisory report which allows Vopak to make a decision regarding the piece of land.

Growth

At Vopak, you can grow in all directions; we also look for opportunities beyond your current discipline. It depends on how you develop yourself as well as the opportunities available at that time. This could be a logical growth path.

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Working at Vopak

At Vopak, we store vital products with care. Products for everyday life. The energy that allows people to cook, heat or cool their homes and for transportation. The chemicals that enable companies to manufacture millions of useful products. The edible oils to prepare food. We take pride in improving access to cleaner energy and feedstocks for a growing world population, ensuring safe, clean and efficient storage and handling of bulk liquid products and gases at strategic locations around the world. We are excited to help shape a sustainable future by developing infrastructure solutions for new vital products, focusing on zero- and low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, CO2, long-duration energy storage and sustainable feedstocks. Although the demand for storage and logistics of sustainable energy products is changing, today we also meet the needs of today's society. At our terminals, where everything goes on 24/7, we store the vital products on which today's society is built.

We have a track record of over 400 years in navigating change and are continuously investing in innovation. On sustainability, we are ambitious and performance-driven. Our balanced sustainability roadmap reflects key topics that matter most to our stakeholders and where we can have a positive impact for people, planet and profit and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

View company profile of Vopak
  • Headquarters Rotterdam
  • Active in 23 countries
  • 18% / 82%
  • Average age 38
  • 1,100 employees in NL
  • 6,000 employees worldwide
  • 10 terminals in the Netherlands, 78 terminals worldwide

Colleagues

Photo of employee Thomas Visser
Photo of employee Sander de Jong
Photo of employee Emma Zomer

Thomas Visser - Management Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I have always been very interested in the global energy markets and how the energy transition will create new opportunities for the import and export of renewable energy and sustainable feedstocks. When you are working for Vopak you are right in the middle of it! As a Management Trainee, I got the opportunity to first work in the Operations department at one of the largest energy terminals. Afterwards I moved to the New Energy & LNG team, where I am currently working on developing low-carbon supply chains for new and existing customers.

What did you study?
Applied Earth Sciences

What do you do in your spare time?
During my free time, I am mainly busy with sports. I regularly play football, tennis and padel

Sander de Jong - Management Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
The port is the place where it happens. And Vopak is a company that can make it happen. It is a leading company with the influence, pioneering spirit and right set of values to make a difference and help accelerate the energy transition. The dynamic and multidisciplinary character of the company really appealed to me.

What did you study?
Master Hydraulic Engineering (TU Delft)

What do you do in your spare time?
Playing football, tennis and hanging out with friends

Emma Zomer - Management Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I was looking for a company with an international work environment and where I could contribute to the decarbonization of large industrial players. Within Vopak I found not only that, but also an informal constructive workplace with amazing people. I joined Vopak during my graduation internship, and felt like I could truly make a difference with my background in Sustainable Energy Technologies. Nowadays, I work on new energy related projects all over the world!

What did you study?
Master Sustainable Energy Technology, TU Delft

What do you do in your spare time?
Horseback riding, running and drawing

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