Numio · Finance & Data
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Financial Controller salary & hiring benchmark
Controllers remain the tightest finance segment in the Netherlands. Candidates typically hold two or more offers, so speed beats process polish.
- Base salary
- €60K – €85K
- On-target earnings
- No variable
- Demand
- Very high
- Time to hire
- 34 days
- Briefing to signed offer
The band, in detail
What a Financial Controller earns in the Netherlands
25th percentile
€60K
Lower quartile of offers
Median
€70K
Where most offers land
75th percentile
€85K
Top quartile of offers
Year on year
+5% vs 2025
Median base movement
Band by seniority
- Assistant Controller€45K – €58K
- Financial Controller€62K – €85K
- Senior / Group Controller€88K – €110K
Base excl. bonus. Interim rates run €70 – €100 per hour.
- Region
- Amsterdam / Randstad +8% vs national median · rest of the Netherlands −6% vs national median
- Variable pay
- 5–12% bonus; interim rates €70 – €100 per hour
- Secondary benefits
- 8% holiday allowance, study budget for RA/RC, hybrid 2–3 days
- What moves the offer
- A clean close you shortened, plus IFRS consolidation in a multi-entity setup.
What strong candidates bring
The skills that decide shortlists for this role right now — in the order hiring managers weight them.
- 01Month-end close and consolidation
- 02IFRS / Dutch GAAP reporting
- 03Audit coordination and internal control
- 04ERP & reporting stack (Exact, AFAS, NetSuite, Power BI)
- 05Dutch + English
Profile
- Seniority
- Mid – Senior
- Experience
- 4 – 8 years
- Market
- Netherlands / Annual gross base
- Benchmarked by
- Numio
Methodology
Frontrunners Group label networks + public NL market data · Q1–Q3 2026 · 800+ companies, Netherlands. Annual gross base salary, full-time, excluding 8% holiday allowance, bonus, commission and equity. Indicative — not a quote for a specific role.
Updated September 2026
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