Finance & Control Assistant

📍 Leeuwarden

Help build a European design brand with international growth ambitions

At Lightswing®, you’ll help ensure our financial processes run smoothly while we continue to grow rapidly across Europe. You’ll work closely with the team and our external accountant, and your work will directly contribute to better insights and further growth. 

About Lightswing®

Lightswing® is a brand by Illumade B.V., an innovative Dutch company developing smart interior products. The Lightswing® is our patented ceiling solution that allows you to flexibly reposition pendant lights, a unique design solution for modern homes. 

Our goal? A Lightswing® in every European home. We sell through 16 of our own webshops, 26 marketplaces, and major retailers such as Karwei, Gamma, and Hornbach. This year, we are expanding our product range with new indoor and outdoor products while continuing to further develop our existing range. 

What will you do?

As a Finance & Control Assistant, you help ensure a strong financial and administrative foundation for the organization. In this role, it’s not just about numbers, it’s about insight. You combine solid financial knowledge with a broad view of the business and understand how financial processes connect. You will work closely with our external accountant. 

You’ll also contribute to making processes smarter and more efficient, helping to implement improvements step by step. 

The role consists of approximately 60% financial administration & closing, 20% reporting & analysis, and 20% process automation and purchasing support. 

Your responsibilities: 

• Processing the financial administration in Exact (invoices, payments, accounts receivable and payable) 

• Supporting month-end closing and preparing financial reports 

• Assisting with VAT preparation and supporting the annual accounts process together with the accountant 

• Maintaining and keeping master data (suppliers, contracts) up to date 

• Supporting purchasing administration (orders, invoices, payments) 

• Coordinating with suppliers and internal teams on financial questions 

• Thinking along about smarter ways of working and simple process improvements 

What makes you successful in this role:

• Timely month-end closing, ensuring the administration is complete and finalized on time each month 

• Accurate and increasingly automated administration, with consistent and error-free processing of financial data 

• Insightful reports that support better and faster decision-making within the organization 

• Improved and more automated processes, by actively contributing to smarter and more efficient ways of working 

What do you bring?

✔️ At least 3 years of experience in financial administration 

✔️ Strong attention to detail and a structured way of working 

✔️ A practical, hands-on mindset 

✔️ Affinity with systems and digital processes 

✔️ Strong communication skills and a proactive attitude 

What do we offer?

• A versatile role within a fast-growing, international company 

• Short communication lines, lots of freedom, and direct impact 

• A competitive salary based on your experience 

• A contract for 32 to 40 hours per week 

• Travel allowance, holiday pay, and a personal development budget 

• A close-knit team with enthusiastic colleagues 

• Champagne, cake, and drinks to celebrate our successes together 

Excited? Apply now!

Send your resume and motivation letter to vacature@lightswing.nl or fill in the form below