Are you looking for a versatile administrative position in a pleasant and dynamic environment? Do you get energy from work with which you contribute to society? FarmTree offers this opportunity!
Our organisation
FarmTree is a start-up service provider specialising in supporting landscape restoration initiatives, in particular Agroforestry, through impact quantification. FarmTree's mission is to ‘make cost-benefit analysis accessible to smallholder farmers and their supporters’. The FarmTree flagship instrument is the FarmTree® Tool that forecasts economic, environmental and social impact of Agroforestryscenarios. Through this, FarmTree contributes to the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals such as no poverty, biodiversity, climate action, and gender equity.
Are you an experienced Financial Administrative Officer or do you want to learn and grow in the job, we are happy to give you that opportunity!
Submit your application by 31 March 2026
Responsibilities
- Recording invoices, payments, and receipts in the accounting system to keep financial administration up to date.
- Preparing and sending invoices to clients, including tracking outstanding payments and following up on overdue payments.
- Managing accounts payable and receivable by processing incoming invoices, reconciling payments, and checking outstanding balances.
- Matching bank statements with financial records to ensure all transactions are correctly processed and resolving any discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly and annual financial closings, such as reviewing balance sheet accounts and preparing reports.
- Preparing and submitting VAT (BTW) returns
- Assisting in the preparation of budgets and forecasts
- Assisting in payroll administration
- Support the CEO with Human Resource Management tasks
- Assisting with project reporting
Must Have
- Education at MBO or HBO in finance-related studies
- Experience in a similar role, or willing to learn. Starters are also welcome!
- Proficiency in MS Excel and a strong affinity with numbers
- Accurate, proactive, and independent work approach
- Familiar with the Dutch tax and accounting system
- Valid work permit for The Netherlands
- You are a team player, you are an enthusiastic and social colleague who can work independently, but also looks for coordination
- Both your Dutch and English is excellent, both oral and written
- Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft365
Nice to have
- Prior administrative experience of at least two years
- Familiar with Odoo
- Experience with Human Resource Management
- Cultural awareness
- Attention to details and accuracy
- Preferably living in the vicinity of Wageningen
The Position
FarmTree offers a pleasant and dynamic working environment.
You will keep track of the daily financial management of the company, including all payments, processing incoming and outgoing invoices, salary administration and quarterly VAT reporting. FarmTree uses Odoo for its financial administration as well as timesheets, project reporting, recruitment, you name it and it's possible in Odoo. You'll become our Odoo expert.
Initially you work closely with the CEO and in due time with other colleagues.
Your Qualities
You are open to new experiences and methods and you are creative. You are also goal-oriented, disciplined, orderly, systematic and accurate.
You bring a flexible work attitude, show initiative and quickly make things your own. In addition, you have good communication skills. You are able to prioritize and you get excited by financial figures. In addition, you know how to bring tasks to a successful conclusion with a proactive attitude. You have an open and collaborative attitude. You are eager to learn and dare to give and receive feedback.
What We Offer
At FarmTree you will be warmly welcomed in an enthusiastic, diverse and fast-growing international team.
Our job offer includes the following:
Contract
A one-year competitive employment contract of 16-24 hours (number of hours can be determined by mutual agreement) with the prospect of two one-year extensions followed by an open-ended contract on good performance
Team Work
Your contribution to the company will strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of all other staff. You will work in nice, informal and familiar working atmosphere. If desired you can join those who take a daily walk during lunch
Better World
The opportunity to make a world better and be at the core of the growth of a start-up that the World is desperately waiting for
Salary & Benefits
A competitive salary in line with our sector, full reimbursement of commuting expenses, scope for working from home and flexible working hours, a good and sustainable pension scheme
