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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Financial Manager. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.

Current market data
Medior salary
€ 6.250
gross per month
Job opportunities
1
Average
100%
hybrid / remote
Typical experience
3-5 years
Finance

Financial Manager in short

Financial Manager is a function within Finance, part of the branch Accounting and tax advisory. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.

Domain
Finance
Branch
Accounting and tax advisory
Open job opportunities
1
Measured skills
6 · Measured for this function
Typical experience
3-5 years
Salary source
National benchmark, 36 observations

Salary & employment conditions

Junior · entry level € 5.232
Medior · a few years of experience € 6.250
Senior · experienced / specialist € 7.295

gross per month · National benchmark, 36 observations

Employment conditions

Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.

Bonusregeling
17% of job opportunities
Telefoon van de zaak
17% of job opportunities
Laptop van de zaak
33% of job opportunities
Auto van de zaak
17% of job opportunities
Opleidingsbudget
33% of job opportunities
Thuiswerken
17% of job opportunities

Day-to-day work

Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.

Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.

Skills

Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.

Financiële rapportage (P&L, cashflow) 90
Forecasting & budgettering 88
Financial control & AO/IC 85
Cashflow- & werkkapitaalmanagement 80
ERP-systemen (AFAS/SAP/Exact) 78
Stakeholdermanagement & business partnering 75

Next functions

The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.

30%
Finance Director
after 3-5 years
20%
CFO
after 5-8 years
15%
Head of Finance
after 2-4 years

Frequently asked questions about Financial Manager

What does a Financial Manager earn?

A Financial Manager earns between € 5.232 and € 7.295 gross per month in our market data, with € 6.250 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.

Can you become a Financial Manager without experience?

Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 5.232 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Financiële rapportage (P&L, cashflow), Forecasting & budgettering, Financial control & AO/IC at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.

Which skills do you need as a Financial Manager?

Employers hiring a Financial Manager ask most often for Financiële rapportage (P&L, cashflow), Forecasting & budgettering, Financial control & AO/IC. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.

Which education fits a Financial Manager?

Employers mention HBO Bedrijfseconomie / Finance & Control, WO Bedrijfseconomie / Accountancy most often in their Financial Manager job opportunities, and 55% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.

What is the next step after Financial Manager?

Professionals in our data move on from Financial Manager to Finance Director, CFO. That step usually takes 3-5 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 17%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.

Is there much demand for a Financial Manager?

There is 1 open job opportunity for this role right now, which we label as average. It sits in Varsseveld, and 100% of the openings allows hybrid or remote work. That number shifts per season, so set an alert to keep following it.

Financial Manager professionals speak

Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.

“Via KaaS vonden we binnen twee weken de perfecte kandidaat. De matching scheelt ons enorm veel tijd.”
Sanne de Vries HR Manager · JohnCanDoe B.V.

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