Lead Financial Control & Tax

🌊 WHO ARE WE?

We're a smart hydration company rebuilding an industry that still runs on sugar

water and single-use packaging.

Filtered water, functional flavors, zero bottles. Still, sparkling, cold, and

hot. All poured from one tap. We create hydration people want to reach for,

starting with the workplace where we help teams thrive.

As an AI-native company, we build at speed. In 2025, Aquablu ranked 2nd in the

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 (Netherlands) and 30th in the Sifted 250 (Europe),

both rankings of the fastest-growing companies by revenue growth. In 2026 we

were named a winner of Maya's Culture 100 Europe Awards as one of the best

workplaces to thrive in.

Growing that fast and thriving comes down to our people. Our team is our biggest

asset and one that we’re proud of. We’re committed to maintaining our vibrant

culture as we continue to grow.

ABOUT THE JOB

You're the accounting authority at Aquablu: the integrity of our financial

statements, the completeness of our audit file, and every tax obligation the

company has.

You report directly into the Finance Manager. You’re end responsible to set the

close calendar, build the control environment from scratch, and take Aquablu

through its first statutory audit.

How this looks like in practice

• Audit readiness. Statutory financial statements under Dutch GAAP (RJ), an

audit file that's ready year-round rather than at year-end, the external

audit led end to end, and documented policies for provisions, leases, revenue

recognition and capitalisation.

• Close. Review and sign off journals, reconciliations and period-close output.

Own the close calendar and prepare the management accounts package for the

CFO.

• Tax. Vpb, BTW and WBSO. Transfer pricing documentation, filing deadlines, and

the tax position register including deferred tax.

• Controls and compliance. Design the internal control framework, keep the ERP

audit file export clean, and own KVK filings, statutory records and the chart

of accounts.

• Investor and lender reporting. Support the CFO on due diligence, investor and

covenant reporting. Every number in a board or bank pack reconciles to the

ledger.

• Control at scale. Turn manual control work into evidenced checks that surface

only exceptions, build AI workflows for close review, billing audit and

control testing.

• Team. Manage our financial controllers and set the direction for them. You

review their output, set the technical standard they work to, grow their

judgment, and act as the escalation point for every technical accounting

question in the company.

ABOUT YOU

• Qualified accountant (RA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent), or practice-trained to

that level, with hands-on experience preparing statutory financial statements

under Dutch GAAP (RJ)

• You've taken a company through a statutory audit — from the auditor's chair

or the company's

• Real technical judgment on revenue recognition, leases, provisions and

capitalisation, and you can write the policy memo that defends your call

• Comfortable across Dutch tax: Vpb, BTW, WBSO, and enough transfer pricing to

know when to bring in an adviser

• You've built a control environment, not just operated one you inherited

• Self-directed. You set your own calendar, chase your own deadlines, and

nobody needs to check your work for you to know it holds up

• Genuinely interested in AI as a tool — you'd rather automate a reconciliation

than repeat it

• Fluent in English, and Dutch at a level where you can handle tax authority

and auditor correspondence yourself

• Bonus: hardware-as-a-service, subscription or metered-billing experience, and

Exact Online

This is a 40-hour on-site role in Amsterdam (Houthavens).

WHY AQUABLU?

You will be part of a young, fun and ambitious team which aims to change the way

people consume water!

💰 €63k – €80k yearly salary (incl. holiday allowance)

🌴 26 paid holiday days

📈 Equity through our Aquablu for All plan — everyone shares in what we're

building

🌱 Healthy (heavily discounted) lunches

💪 Urban Sports Club membership

🚀 Access to the Corporate Benefits platform for endless savings

🚆 Travel compensation >10km

👴 A pension plan by Zwitserleven.

💧 Endless amount of our very own flavoured water !

💙 Check out out our Youtube

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTWxRpAierwX0bBAhwTDkg] to get a feeling for

the culture at Aquablu!