Treasurer

About Rens van Rijn

My name is Rens van Rijn, and I'm a third year Economics & Law student. Three years ago, I joined EFR's Introweekend. It was a great start to student-life in Rotterdam: I got to know a lot of people, had a lot of fun and learned what it is like to actively participate in the student community.

As EFR's treasurer I focus not only on the financial and accounting side as some might think, but am also very involved in strategical decisions. Controlling expenses and ensuring they deliver the intended benefit to the organization can be quite a challenge at times!

About the Treasurer Function

Are you the one who dares to take responsibility for a turnover of hundreds of thousands of Euros? Can you stand your ground and manage risk? Do you have affinity with financial figures, a good sense of responsibility? Are you precise and capable of keeping a good overview of the whole association? Then you possess the perfect qualities to become treasurer of the EFR!
During the summer every board sets out their strategic and operational policy and goals for the forthcoming year. It is your responsibility to translate this into the year's budget. Furthermore, the year's budget must stroke with the long term strategic policy of the association. During the initial budgetary process you will be guided by your predecessors, but in the end it is you, together with your board, who decides upon the year's budget.

During the year you must continuously adjust the budget to new expectations of costs and revenues in order to make the right investment decisions for all the projects of the EFR. This requires you to have close contact with all the committee members and the corresponding board members who are supervising them to gain the most up to date information.

Next to your strategic tasks, you have several operational tasks. You are responsible for all the financial aspects of all the projects of the EFR, like the EFR-Business Week. Moreover, you need to care for the financial administration, vouch for timely payment of debtors, supervision of the correctness of incoming invoices and make sure that you are in comply with the financial legislation. Moreover, you are part of the auditing committee of the Erasmus Recruitment Days and part of the board of the EFR Internal Auditor Fund (EIAF) and you will manage the associated investments.

Due to the very varied function and guidance of experienced predecessors, it is a perfect function to develop yourself!