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Financial Controller

Maxxton

Maxxton

Accounting & Finance
Middelburg, South Africa
Posted on Sep 23, 2025
About Maxxton:

Maxxton is a leading reservation and property management system designed for holiday park operators, campsite groups, and the vacation rental industry. It helps staff efficiently manage peak season activity across multiple locations while offering smart tools to boost bookings, occupancy, revenue, and guest experiences. Plus, it’s designed to scale as your accommodation portfolio grows.

With over two decades of customer feedback, Maxxton currently manages 100,000 units and handles 1.5 million reservations annually.

About the role:

Based in our headquarters in the city centre of Middelburg, our Financial Controller is asking questions at all levels. You have a sharp, analytical view and look beyond project boundaries. In doing so, you are providing an overarching perspective for further insight improvement of the business performance. You also think about how the financial processes and the provision of information can be optimally organized. Within the Finance Team, you will work closely together with our Senior Controller, Junior Controller and Financial Administrative Assistants. As a sparring partner, you are in direct contact with the management with insights, advice, and analysis and will experience the entrepreneurial spirit that comes along with it.


As a Financial Controller you enable the management team to lead the organization optimally and make adjustments where necessary. As a strong communicator, you know how to easily switch between different departments, organizational layers and timely inform and enthuse different stakeholders about your observations and possible innovations. We have a huge growth expectation and therefore many personal growth opportunities.

A business financial expert with a strong sense of responsibility

  • Looking at the figures from a business perspective and translating this into accurate and timely monthly reports for management and shareholders.
  • Co-responsible for continuous improvement of the financial processes and optimisation of work processes
  • Responsible for preparing the annual accounts and contributing to the audit
  • Providing fast and smart information for management and control purposes
  • Sparring partner and supervisor in the field of tax matters, regulations, insurances and communication about this with foreign entities within the Maxxton group (Netherlands, UK, USA, France and India)
Characteristics of our colleague in the role of Financial Controller
  • Bachelor or University degree in Business Administration or Finance
  • Availability for at least 4 days per week
  • Relevant 5+ years of work experience in a similar role at Controller-level
  • Experience in Accounting is a preference
  • Hands-on, no-nonsense mentality plus affinity with IT
  • Energetic and flexible personality who is able to deliver results quickly
  • Analytic skills combined with pragmatism
  • Experience with Exact Online and Sigma Conso is a preference
  • Fluent in Dutch and English verbally and written
  • AI-skilled or motivated to become so

Are you the one our Finance department is looking for?
Get in contact with us and who knows you might be (virtually) in our office next week to talk about your opportunities with a cup of coffee. Please send your application with CV and motivational letter per mail to career[@]maxxton.com. For further information regarding this position, please contact Ramon van Loon (HR Manager) via +31(0)118 671010.