Work Placement Business Control

0.8-1 FTE | Utrecht | Hybrid | Finance | € 600 | Higher Professional Education

Your progress starts at Berenschot

Do you want to do more than just process numbers during your internship, but truly contribute to better management decisions? Are you curious about how an organization steers performance, forecasting, and financial insights? Then this work placement within Business Control at Berenschot is for you.

What you will do

As a Business Control intern, you will actively participate in Berenschot's finance team. You will support the business controllers in analyzing performance, preparing reports, and identifying developments that are important for the organization.

You will be involved in, among other things:

• analyzing consultant performance based on revenue, billability, hourly rates, and availability

• checking, updating, and improving periodic reports and dashboards

• conducting ad-hoc analyses of deviations compared to budgets, forecasts, and objectives

• identifying trends and developments in commercial and financial performance

• supporting the preparation of forecasts for revenue, billability, staffing, and results

• analyzing the order portfolio, sales pipeline, and expected capacity needs

• investigating causes of deviating performance and translating them into concrete insights

• supporting management reports and periodic performance discussions

• improving and, where possible, automating existing reports and analyses.

During your internship, you will have ample opportunity to contribute ideas, conduct independent analyses, and gain insight into how financial steering works within a professional consultancy organization.

Where you will be placed

Berenschot is an independent and autonomous Dutch organizational consultancy firm in Utrecht, where we, with over 500 driven colleagues, work on sustainable solutions for our clients' challenges. We contribute to progress in organizations and society with our advice and solutions. Our organization has a flat structure without partners, giving you influence over the projects you undertake.

These are your direct colleagues

Within the Finance team, you will work closely with the business controllers who support the various consultancy groups. You will have a dedicated internship supervisor and will be actively guided in your development. At the same time, you will be given the space to take initiative and work independently on assignments.

What you bring

• you are enrolled at an educational institution during your internship

• you are pursuing a higher professional education (HBO) in the direction of Finance & Control, Financial Business Management, or a comparable financial study

• you are looking for a work placement for approximately four days a week

• you have an affinity with financial analyses, reports, and business operations

• you work accurately and enjoy analyzing data

• you are curious and dare to ask critical questions

• you have experience with or interest in Excel, Power BI, and data analysis

• you communicate clearly and enjoy working collaboratively.

What we offer you

At Berenschot, we offer a unique work environment without shareholders or partners, which gives us the freedom to innovate and commit to societal themes. We have an informal culture, short communication lines, and ample opportunities for personal and professional growth.

In addition, we offer:

• personal guidance from an experienced business controller

• ample opportunity for self-development and gaining practical experience

• insight into forecasting, management information, and financial steering

• a behind-the-scenes look at a leading consultancy firm

• an informal and collegial working atmosphere

• an internship allowance of € 600 gross per month (based on a full-time internship)

• a laptop.

Internship Plus Program

In addition to your internship, you can participate in Berenschot's Internship Plus Program: a training program of approximately 3.5 months offering training in consultancy knowledge, skills, and personal development. This requires an average of one half-day per two weeks. You can read more about the program via this link: Everything about our Internship Plus Program | Berenschot

Apply immediately

Does this internship appeal to you? Don't wait any longer and apply! Contact Oumnia Makrani via WhatsApp (06 13 33 87 70) or by email () for information about the procedure. Oumnia is available on Fridays. Do you have an urgent question? Then email .

Do you have substantive questions about this vacancy? Colleague Sander van Vliet will gladly answer all your questions. Call or WhatsApp Sander van Vliet via (06 50 25 42 25). or send an email to Don't forget to mention in your motivation for which period you are looking for an internship and how many hours per week you are available. This will allow us to assess your application as well as possible.

This is what the application process looks like

Have you applied? Then you will receive a response within one working day. Is it positive? Then we will gladly invite you for an introduction. If we are both enthusiastic after this conversation? Then there will be a conversation with fellow consultants and your future manager. That is the moment to ask your final questions. If it becomes clear from this that you are a true Berenschotter? Then we will quickly proceed to a concrete offer. After this, you are a true Berenschotter, and we are happy to welcome you to our team.