Financial Controller | Start at ASML

Nationally, we are a community of over 250 finance professionals. In the Brabant-Limburg region, our community consists of 45 interim finance professionals, consultants, and commercial staff. We operate from multiple offices in the Netherlands, with locations in Eindhoven for Brabant and Maastricht for Limburg. We look forward to meeting you here!

The selection process consists of the following steps:

• Initial telephone introduction
• Personal interview with the Talent Acquisition Specialist
• Second interview focused on the interim role as a Financial Controller or directly with ASML
• Is there a match? Welcome! We look forward to your start!

At Yacht, we offer you the opportunity to broaden your horizons as a Financial Controller with a range of companies, from multinationals such as Sabic, ASML, and Boels, to local SMEs! If you want to apply and expand your finance expertise across various organizations, then Yacht is the right place for you!

Currently, we are looking for a Financial Controller for ASML. Based in Eindhoven Netherlands.

We are looking for a professional who naturally thrives on standardizing, simplifying, and automating processes to keep End-to-End (E2E) business operations fully in control.

Your Mission

At ASML, we continuously ensure that our people, processes, and information systems support our ambitious growth and business goals—especially now, in a pivotal era marked by automation, digitalization, robotics, data mining, and AI, all of which are crucial to ASML’s future success.

In line with these advancements, ASML has launched its transformation to ASML Business Services (ABS), designed to deliver world-class transactional and operational support organized around E2E processes. In Finance, we’ve structured these E2E cycles into Record to Report, Invoice to Pay, Market to Cash, and Employee Financial Services.

To achieve our vision, we seek a skilled Financial Controller to join our Finance Operations team, focusing on System and UF Sales accounting and associated processes. In this role, you will bring hands-on expertise and a pragmatic approach, ensuring accurate accounting, driving continuous process improvements, and supporting our transition to a new ERP system.

This is a dynamic role in an internationally oriented environment. You’ll be instrumental in our team’s transformation, delivering a world-class, end-to-end Record-to-Report process that maintains external compliance and enhances management accounting for more effective decision-making.

Position in the Organization

The Financial Controller - Finance Operations Sales Accounting is part of Finance Operations Europe within ASML Business Services. Financial Operations is responsible for the ASML wide E2E accounting processes, supporting the business and providing management reporting as well as ensuring external compliance. They interact with various departments and layers in and outside of finance.

Team Responsibility

In collaboration with the team, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring appropriate accounting (US GAAP, IFRS & local statutory).
• Ensure proper and timely execution of sales related accounting for ASML products (systems and options). Maintain and control related balance sheets.
• Supporting the accounting and reporting related to complex contracts.
• Monitor the execution, progress and balance positions related to volume price agreements using SAP, Spotfire, Mendix and SAPRAR tooling.
• Perform period end close activities.
• Proactively seek for continuous improvements in the execution of activities, improving efficiency and quality.
• Driving compliance and performing internal (SOx) control activities.
• Develop and demonstrate strong understanding of the sales processes, reflected in the reports, analysis and commentaries provided.
• Being the key user for certain processes and systems.

We are looking for an ambitious and talented Financial with the following:

• You have 5+ years relevant experience in finance, preferably in a financial control or auditing environment;
• A Master’s degree in Finance, Controlling, Economics or Accounting;
• Experience in working in an international, multinational environment. Having an audit experience in one of big 4 audit firms is a plus;
• Experience with executing SOx controls;
• Knowledge and experience with US GAAP and IFRS;
• Expert user in Microsoft Excel and experience in SAP;
• Experience in process mapping and process redesign.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of Dutch is not required but useful in communication 

• Proactive / hands-on attitude;
• Committed and flexible (go the extra mile);
• Professional and ambitious (growth opportunities);
• Accurate and compliance-minded;
• Strives for continuous improvement.

Working as a Financial Controller at this assignment at ASML and Yacht is a career accelerator! We offer you:

• A contract for 32, 36, 38, or 40 hours per week
• Salary range of €4000 - €5200 depending on work experience
• 25 vacation days
• 8.33% holiday allowance
• Pension from day one
• Expense reimbursement for home working
• Travel allowance and, depending on your assignment, an (electric) lease car
• Referral bonus for bringing in new colleagues

To accelerate your career, we offer the following:

• The opportunity to gain experience as an interim Finance Controller with renowned companies
• Coaching on both professional and personal development (one or more personal meetings each quarter)
• A large network of leading companies and a broad knowledge network of professionals, your future colleagues
• The possibility to follow innovative training programs, such as Yacht’s Future Finance Change Program
• Access to specialized platforms that keep you up-to-date and help you develop into a future-proof finance professional