Director Finance Intelligence

Director Finance Intelligence

Location: The Hague (hybrid working possible)
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Salary indication: €9,000 – €11,000 gross per month (full-time)
Education level: University degree (WO)
Experience: Minimum of 8 years relevant experience

Lead Finance Intelligence at PostNL by shaping data, AI, and robust data governance to deliver high-quality management information and enable strategic decision-making within Finance.

Why join PostNL as Director Finance Intelligence

Visible impact: You will create a future-ready Finance data landscape and accelerate our datadriven transformation. 
Challenge: You act as a strategic partner to the CFO and Finance Leadership Team and lead complex programmes in data and change. 
Great atmosphere: You work with colleagues who embrace opportunities and help each other move forward. 
Responsibility: You have the freedom to shape vision and strategy and turn innovative ideas into reality. 
Strategic impact: You actively co-create and translate the Finance Strategy together with the CFO and Finance Leadership Team, and ensure it is embedded in data, insights and decisionmaking across Finance.

Your role

The Director Finance Intelligence is responsible for developing, maintaining, and challenging trusted insights that enable value-based decision-making and support Finance in steering the business toward its strategic goals. This includes promoting analytics and AI within Finance, ensuring a high-quality and consistent Finance data and reporting landscape, and aligning with other PostNL data domains. You act as domain lead for Finance data within PostNL’s data mesh, taking ownership of Finance data products and ensuring quality, standardization and alignment with other data domains across the organization. The goal is to make Finance data future-ready for AI and advanced analytics while actively connecting with business units to identify new data and process opportunities for efficiency and control.

In addition, the Director manages medium- to long-term projects and programs in change and data. These initiatives are complex and strategic, requiring careful planning and execution beyond standard organizational processes.

Finally, the Director oversees specific programs to execute, maintain, and safeguard the Finance strategy, including monitoring the strategy dashboard and orchestrating monthly Finance stand-ups. Beyond monitoring, you actively drive the Finance Strategy forward by stimulating forward-looking insights, challenging assumptions and keeping Finance focused on future value creation and transformation.

Your colleagues

You are a key member in the Finance Leadership Team and collaborate directly with the CFO and other Finance Directors. Together, you create a strong financial foundation and a data-driven organization. You lead a team of experts and work closely with business units PostNL-wide.

What we’ll deliver

We offer you a challenging role with significant responsibility and room for growth. Of course, we provide excellent employment conditions:

• A total annual package of €120K–€135K, including holiday allowance
• Variable bonus scheme
• A solid pension scheme through our pension fund
• Lease car or travel allowance
• 28 vacation days
• Hybrid working: partly from home and partly from the office in The Hague
• Laptop and phone
• An inspiring work environment where your ideas matter

What you bring to the job

You are an experienced leader with a vision for Finance and data. You can translate strategy into action and guide teams through change. Additionally, you have:
•    University-level education (WO)
•    At least 8 years of experience in Finance and/or IT, data, and change management
•    Knowledge of program and project management
•    Strong communication and influencing skills Strong communication and influencing skills, with proven stakeholder management capabilities
•    Experience with data governance, AI, and analytics

Final letters...

Do you have questions about this position? Please contact the recruiter, Rutger Vos, at +31 6 1353 9681.
We believe in equal opportunities and use an assessment to evaluate your competencies and skills.