Business Analyst Group Controlling
At Air France–KLM, the Digital Finance & Procurement (DF&P) organization ensures the stability and reliability of our financial performance management systems. Within this environment, Essbase is one of our most critical applications, supporting forecasting, budgeting, consolidation, and reporting activities.
To safeguard this foundation, we are looking for a Business Analyst – Group Controlling who will take full functional ownership of Essbase. You will be responsible for ensuring that the application runs smoothly every day, evolves in the right direction, and continues to meet the needs of Group Controllers and financial stakeholders.
If you enjoy being the go-to expert for a core financial system and take pride in keeping complex applications stable, healthy and future-proof — this role is for you.
What will you do?
As a Business Analyst – Group Controlling, you act as the functional owner of Essbase. You ensure its continuity, you understand its logic end to end, and you lead improvements to keep the platform robust and reliable.
Your core responsibilities include:
1. Functional Ownership of Essbase
- Take responsibility for the functional stability, continuity, and performance of Essbase.
- Monitor the application proactively and resolve issues before they impact users.
- Develop a deep understanding of its logic, structure, calculations, and integrations.
- Serve as the first point of contact for all Essbase-related functional questions.
2. Managing Continuity & Daily Operations
- Safeguard the day-to-day operation of the application, including period openings, loads, and planned activities.
- Ensure data refreshes, processes, and dependencies run accurately and on time.
- Coordinate with IT and the FAMs to guarantee uptime and reliability.
3. Data Quality & Validation
- Own data accuracy within Essbase: completeness, correctness, and consistency.
- Investigate unexpected results and ensure controllers can trust the numbers.
- Implement structural fixes that reduce recurring data issues.
4. Change & Enhancement Management
- Implement functional changes such as new dimensions, updated calculations, or structural improvements.
- Translate business requirements into clear specifications.
- Test changes thoroughly to maintain application integrity.
- Ensure that enhancements strengthen continuity, not jeopardize it.
5. Incident & Problem Management
- Analyze issues in depth, identify root causes, and lead the resolution end-to-end.
- Collaborate with IT support teams when needed, but remain accountable for the functional outcome.
- Document preventive measures and help avoid recurring incidents.
6. Business Partnering
- Guide Group Controllers in how Essbase supports their planning and reporting processes.
- Challenge requirements when needed to protect system stability.
- Communicate clearly about timelines, impacts, and best practices.
7. Documentation & Knowledge Stewardship
- Maintain high-quality documentation of Essbase structures, logic, and functional processes.
- Build and structure knowledge so the application remains manageable and transparent.
Where do you land?
You will join the Essbase & EPM team within the Controlling domain of DF&P.The team includes Business Analysts and Functional Application Managers who collaborate closely to ensure both continuity and development of our financial systems.
You can work from: KLM Headquarters in Amstelveen, or (Mainly) Building 102 in Schiphol-Oost
Your profile
You are someone who naturally takes ownership of the systems you work with and feels responsible for keeping them healthy. You enjoy overseeing all moving parts of a complex application and take satisfaction in ensuring controllers always have stable, trusted data.
You have:
- A Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Finance, IT, or similar.
- 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis, EPM systems, multidimensional databases, or functional ownership roles.
- Experience with Essbase or another OLAP/EPM platform (OneStream, TM1, HFM, BPC).
- Understanding of financial planning, controlling, budgeting, or consolidation processes.
- A structured, meticulous, and proactive approach to managing application continuity.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to connect data, logic, and business meaning.
- Clear communication skills in English (Dutch is a plus).
- A drive to keep improving systems while ensuring they remain stable and predictable.
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More benefits
If your position allows this: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean)
2% development budget to be spent freely
Plenty of room for personal development and great career opportunities
Substantial discount on airline tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months)
What do we offer
- A gross salary between €3.750,05 en €5.357,21 per month;
- Plenty of scope for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
- An excellent pension scheme and 8% holiday allowance;
- A year-end bonus of 8.33%;
- A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
- 25 leave days and 5 extra days off;
- 7 extra days off if you work irregular shifts;
- Substantial discount on airfare (when you have been employed for at least 6 months);
- A sustainable transport policy, which allows you, among other things, to use all public transport for your commute within the Netherlands, free of charge;
- If your job allows it: working from home and up to 8 weeks working from abroad (EU and Caribbean);
- 2% development budget;
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If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, contact our recruiter Shehenaaz or hiring manager J.P.!This job has the following ID number: 20794