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KPMG Netherlands

Audits accounts and advises organizations

Business Development Advisor

Full-TimePosted on 10/19/2026
€3.2k - €5.2k/mo
Mid
Bachelor's
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Hybrid
Sales & Account ManagementSales Operations

About the job

Requirements
  • You have a completed higher professional or university-level education, for example in commercial economics, business administration, communications, or marketing.
  • You have relevant work experience in business development, marketing, account management, project management, or a comparable commercial support role.
  • You work independently, take ownership, set your own priorities, and advance commercial initiatives successfully.
  • You take a proactive and entrepreneurial approach, identify opportunities, take initiative, and anticipate next steps.
  • You are skilled at organizing, coordinating, and monitoring progress, and turn plans into concrete results through a structured and decisive approach.
  • You communicate effectively, are comfortable in a visible role, approach colleagues, partners, and stakeholders easily, and take the lead when needed.
  • You can positively and constructively engage colleagues, follow up on agreements, and help others achieve commercial goals.
  • You have excellent spoken and written Dutch and English skills and can express yourself confidently in an international environment.
  • You are detail-oriented and understand the importance of reliable commercial data; you keep CRM systems current and complete and can switch between administrative work, project coordination, and commercial support.
  • You have experience with Microsoft Office applications.
Responsibilities
  • Support the execution of the commercial strategy with the regional sales partner and business development manager, translating plans into concrete actions and results.
  • Support partners and account teams with relationship management, account management, and commercial activities, providing structure, monitoring progress, and following up so commercial opportunities are used effectively.
  • Monitor the progress of commercial initiatives, identify growth opportunities, and ensure actions are taken and followed up on time.
  • Connect the business, Markets, and other internal stakeholders, encourage collaboration, and help turn commercial ambitions into impact.
  • Maintain accurate, up-to-date commercial data in CRM systems and make insights available to support and monitor commercial decision-making.
  • Use KPMG content, campaigns, and events strategically to strengthen relationships, stimulate commercial discussions, and increase KPMG's visibility in the market.
  • Translate national plans into practical, impactful regional actions.
  • Take ownership of work, set priorities independently, and proactively determine and pursue next steps for initiatives.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Salesforce or a comparable CRM system is preferred.

About the company

KPMG Netherlands audits financial statements and advises businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations on how they operate and change. Its assurance work examines financial and other reported information, while its advisory teams work on strategy, transactions, risk, technology and sustainability. Clients buy professional services that combine specialist analysis with support for decisions, systems and organizational change. The Dutch audit and advisory practice works with local and international clients and draws on the broader KPMG network's expertise. Its Dutch roots date to an Amsterdam accounting practice opened in 1917, and it is headquartered in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Amstelveen, Netherlands

Founded

1917

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  • Bilingual communication is required: KPMG Netherlands' business-development adviser opening demands excellent Dutch and English, spoken and written.

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  • Partners own the practice: all KPMG Netherlands shares sit with a cooperative of equity partners' practice companies.
  • Offices mix work modes: KPMG Netherlands uses a clubhouse concept with areas for focused work and social interaction.
  • Staff share in results: KPMG Netherlands includes a profit-sharing scheme in its employment package.

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