Functional application manager Finance

Operations at WUR are undergoing significant change! We are in the midst of a period of major transformation across business processes, administrative systems and digital platforms. As a functional application manager, your challenge will be to work with the team to ensure the continuity of the current financial platforms and to ensure a smooth transition to a new platform.

In this team, you will use your knowledge of, for example, procurement processes, accounting processes, project administration and customer relationship management processes to support users and ensure the software is optimally configured. Your knowledge of IT infrastructure, data models and data management will enable you to make the right choices and refine processes for smooth operational application management. We need your proactive, collaborative and sociable nature to organise all the operational work and the changes effectively. We need you now – a go-getter who takes the initiative, gets things done and inspires others with your ability to bring about change!

Your main tasks and responsibilities as a functional application manager:

• you are fluent in the Dutch language
• functional application management and user support for financial platforms (you’ll focus primarily on Unit4 Business World);
• acting as a liaison between the user organisation, suppliers and the IT organisation;
• refining processes for platform management and user support;
• monitoring security aspects and requirements;
• ensuring that the platform infrastructure aligns with the requirements and processes of the user organisation.

This is where you’ll be working
At WUR, you’ll be working within Digitalisation & Information Services (DIS). This department brings together all the teams collaborating on WUR’s digital agenda. Within DIS, there are plenty of opportunities to specialise further and develop your skills in your field.

Your team is part of the IT Operations department. The management and support of the financial applications are handled by the Finance, Procurement and Projects (FP&I) team. Here, you will work alongside five functional application managers, a product owner, a scrum master and a business analyst. Together, you will be responsible for the security, continuity and quality of the data in the software used for project administration, expense claims, financial administration and procurement.

Functioneel applicatiebeheerder Finance

Bedrijfsvoering binnen de WUR is volop in beweging! We zitten midden in een periode waar zowel in bedrijfsprocessen, administraties en de digitale platformen veel verandert. Als functioneel applicatiebeheerder is het jouw uitdaging om samen met het team de continuïteit op de huidige financiële platformen te borgen en de transitie naar een nieuw platform goed te laten landen.

In dit team zul je je kennis over bijvoorbeeld inkoopprocessen, boekhoudprocessen, projectadministratie en relatiebeheerprocessen gebruiken voor ondersteuning van gebruikers en een optimale inrichting van de software. Je kennis van IT-infrastructuur, datamodellen en gegevensbeheer stellen je in staat de juiste keuzes en processen te verfijnen voor een soepel operationeel applicatiebeheer. We hebben jouw initiatiefrijke en verbindende, sociale karakter nodig om al het operationele werk én de veranderingen goed te kunnen organiseren. Jóu hebben we nu nodig, de aanpakker die makkelijk zelf in beweging komt, ergens op afstapt en aanstekelijk in je verandervermogen!

Jouw voornaamste taken en verantwoordelijkheden als functioneel applicatiebeheerder:

• je beheerst het Nederlands vloeiend
• functioneel applicatiebeheer en gebruikersondersteuning van financiële platformen (je richt je vooral op Unit4 Business World);
• het vervullen van een brugfunctie tussen de gebruikersorganisatie, leveranciers en de IT-Organisatie;
• verfijnen van processen voor beheer en gebruikersondersteuning;
• bewaken security aspecten & eisen;
• borgen van aansluiting van platform inrichting op wensen en processen van de gebruikersorganisatie.

Hier ga je werken
Binnen de WUR ga je aan de slag bij Digitalization & Information Services (DIS). Binnen deze afdeling vind je alle teams die samenwerken aan de digitale agenda van de WUR. Er is binnen DIS volop mogelijkheid om je verder te specialiseren en te groeien in jouw vakgebied.

Jouw team is onderdeel van de vakgroep IT Operations. Het beheer en de support voor de financiële applicaties vindt plaats in het team Financiën, Inkoop en Projecten (FP&I). Je werkt hier samen met 5 functioneel applicatiebeheerders, een product owner, een scrummaster en een business analist. Gezamenlijk ben je verantwoordelijk voor de veiligheid, continuïteit en de kwaliteit van de gegevens in de software voor projectadministratie, declaraties, financiële administratie en inkoop.

Postdoc in Analytical Chemistry

Can advanced analytical chemistry reveal both the risks and benefits of perennial rye?

Perennial rye is emerging as a promising crop for more sustainable grain production, with potential benefits for soil health, climate resilience, and resource efficiency. However, little is known about how perennial growth influences the accumulation of natural toxins and beneficial compounds in grain. This project aims to address these knowledge gaps by comparing perennial and annual rye systems and evaluating their implications for food safety, nutritional quality, and sustainable agriculture.

What will you do?
Using state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, your postdoctoral project will investigate the occurrence and structural diversity of natural toxins and other secondary metabolites in perennial and annual rye grain. The results will contribute to a better understanding of the links between crop longevity, soil health, grain quality, and food safety.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• elucidate structural diversity of natura toxins in perennial ryegrass using high resolution mass spectrometry and computational tools for non-targeted data analysis;
• perform data processing, statistical analysis, and interpretation of complex metabolomics datasets;
• disseminate research findings through peer-reviewed publications, presentations at scientific conferences, and engagement with project partners;
• contribute to project meetings and collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers within the consortium.

You will work here
The project is part of the GoodGrain consortium, coordinated by Aarhus University and funded by Plant2Food awarded to Laura Righetti, which will be executed in the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, which is headed by Prof. Han Zuilhof. You will be supervised by Dr. Laura Righetti.

PDoc Single Biomolecules Chemical Analysis in Physiological Liquid Conditions

We are looking for a talented Post-Doctoral Researcher for a 1- to 2-years position for the development of AFM-IR infrared nanospectroscopy in combination with microfluidics to achieve chemical analysis of protein and their assemblies in liquid physiological conditions.

As a post-doctoral researcher, you will contribute to push the boundaries of nano-chemical analysis, withing the Ruggeri’s lab at Wageningen University in the frame of the project Nano-Scope.

The Nano-Scope project focuses on the study of protein interactions and self-assembly in disease and drug formulations at the single-molecule level; and it runs in collaboration with dr. Ioana Ilie at Amsterdam University, as well as several industrial partners: Bruker Nano (USA); Digital Surf (France); Novo Nordisk (Denmark); Discoveric Bio Alpha (Switzerland).

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• developing and applying nano-chemical imaging and spectroscopy via AFM-IR to study protein structure and chemical properties;
• developing the technical capabilities of AFM-IR in liquid environment leveraging microfluidics;
• preparing and pre-characterising protein-based samples for nano-analysis;
• writing manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals reporting on the results of your research;
• supervising MSc and PhD students.

Your team
You will work with dr Francesco Simone Ruggeri and his team of Nanoscale Imaging and Spectroscopy, which will include several PhDs and Post-Doctoral researchers. The group develops and applies advanced nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy approaches to investigate the chemical, structural, and physical properties of complex molecular systems.

You will work here
You will join the group of dr Francesco Simone Ruggeri, which is embedded within the department of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter (PCC) at Wageningen University.

PhD: 3D radiation in clouds and wildfire plumes using GPUs and machine learning

This PhD project is part of ORCRIST: Optimized Ray-tracing for Cloud-Radiation Interaction Simulations in 3D using GPUs and Machine Learning, funded by the NWO Open Technology Programme.

Sunlight and heat radiation move through the atmosphere in three dimensions, yet almost every weather and climate model still treats radiation as a purely vertical process. We want to change that. As a PhD candidate in Wageningen, you will help build the first Monte Carlo ray tracer for the atmosphere that is fast enough for forecasting, and use it to find out how 3D radiation shapes clouds, solar energy availability, climate sensitivity and wildfire plumes. You will work in a tandem with a fellow PhD student in computer science at Leiden University, who focuses on GPU optimization, while you lead the physics. Together you will develop a machine-learning denoiser that brings the ray tracer to operational speed. Your research has a clear route to society: throughout the project you will work with a user committee of KNMI, weather forecasting company Whiffle, TNO, software company VORtech and Columbia University.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Setting up three benchmark simulations in the GPU-accelerated model MicroHH: solar energy forecasting, tropical climate, and a real wildfire plume.
• Developing a 3D thermal radiation solver within the RTE-RRTMGP-CPP ray tracer, including smart strategies for sampling radiation sources.
• Quantifying how 3D radiation changes clouds, surface irradiance and plume dynamics compared to conventional 1D radiation.
• Co-developing a physics-informed machine-learning denoiser with your Leiden colleague, and evaluating it together with the user committee in operational settings.
• Publishing your results in leading journals and presenting them at international conferences and to users from the field.

You will work here
The research is embedded within the chair of Meteorology (Meteorology and Air Quality Group), led by Prof. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano. You will be supervised by Dr.ir. Chiel van Heerwaarden and Dr.ir. Menno Veerman, both at WUR, and by Dr. Ben van Werkhoven at Leiden University. The team is small, open and collaborative, and has a track record of building widely used open-source simulation codes. You will have access to national and European supercomputers (Snellius, LUMI) and dedicated GPU hardware.