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In the Netherlands, finance and accounting teams are evolving rapidly as businesses look to strengthen their digital capabilities, improve financial insight, and boost long-term resilience. This creates strong momentum for professionals with specialized skills – especially those who can drive automation, manage complex data and support strategic growth.

Opportunities are particularly promising in roles tied to digital transformation, reporting and regulatory change. As demand rises and talent becomes harder to find, professionals with the right expertise are well-placed to accelerate their careers. For employers, the key to staying ahead lies in offering competitive, transparent packages that reflect both market conditions and future skills needs.

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The salaries below default to national averages. Select a job category to find figures for a specific job. Starting compensation — pay for someone new to a role — can vary significantly based on a candidate’s skills, experience and certifications, as well as other factors including industry, company size and revenue, and demand for the role. To reflect this variability, we report our salary data in three levels: low, mid and high.

Accounting

Controlling

Credit Management

Financial Management

Financial/Business Analysis

Internal Audit

Student jobs

Job title

25th percentile

50th percentile

75th percentile

AR/AP Accountant

38733

45112

52223

Accounting Clerk

41485

47853

55656

Assistant Controller

50672

60890

68668

Bookkeeper/Administrator

58541

65300

70349

AP/AR Team Lead

59386

67296

75205

Financial Accountant

63527

75754

90157

Accounting Manager

77190

86541

97092

25th percentile

The candidate is new to the role or has limited experience and is building necessary skills.

50th percentile

The candidate has moderate experience in the role, meets most requirements or has equivalent transferrable skills, and may also have relevant certifications.

75th percentile

The candidate has extensive experience and advanced skills for the role, and may also have specialized certifications.

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Demand builds for future-focused finance talent

38% of Dutch businesses plan to expand their finance and accounting teams. Hiring efforts are concentrated in core functions like controlling, payroll and FP&A, with growing emphasis on skills that support digitization, regulatory readiness and data-driven decision-making.

Controlling

Accounting

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)

Risk and compliance

Data analytics

Tax knowledge

Generative AI solutions use

Budgeting intelligence tools

Specialized skills drive salary uplift

In the Netherlands, 69% of finance and accounting hiring managers say they’re willing to offer higher salaries during negotiations when candidates bring highly specialized expertise. As finance teams evolve, demand is rising for talent with advanced analytical, regulatory and tech-enabled skills that support smarter, faster financial decision-making.

Data analytics

Financial analysis

Regulatory filings

Financial modelling

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)

Financial modelling

Generative AI for reporting

AI-enhanced financial tools and automation

In the Dutch finance and accounting sector, flexibility remains the norm – but it’s not non-negotiable. For many professionals, a return to full-time office work is possible if it comes with a clear financial incentive. Employers looking to shift workplace models will need to back the ask with offers that reflect the changing expectations of today’s workforce.

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of finance and accounting professionals say they’d be willing to work in the office full-time if offered a higher salary of finance and accounting professionals say they’d be willing to work in the office full-time if offered a higher salary

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of those say they’d want a salary increase of up to 10% to work in the office full-time of those say they’d want a salary increase of up to 10% to work in the office full-time

Top industries and emerging flexible and permanent jobs

Logistics

Business services

Manufacturing

Food and food processing

Energy

Accounting clerk

AP/AR accountant

Assistant controller

Credit controller

Student job

Accountant

Financial controller

Accounting clerk

Business controller

Finance manager

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The salary benchmarks listed in the Salary Guide from Robert Half are the result of a rigorous, multistep process to ensure our projections accurately reflect the marketplace. They are based on actual compensation for professionals Robert Half has matched with employers across the country.

Non-salary data referenced in the Salary Guide is based on an online survey developed by Robert Half and conducted by an independent research firm. During June and July 2025 Robert Half commissioned research amongst 1000 respondents using an online data collection methodology. The respondents represent 250 hiring managers and 750 employees in finance and accounting, IT and technology, administrative, HR and customer support, from small (1-99 employees), midsize (100-999 employees) and large (1,000 or more employees) private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across the Netherlands.