For our Finance Department at our Global Office in Zurich, we are looking for a committed, independent and team-oriented person who would like to contribute to a newly created position with immediate effect or by arrangement:

To drive the strategic development of our organisation, we are seeking an entrepreneurial and inclusive leader to take on the position of Head of Finance & Controlling. This key role involves overall responsibility for the financial management, governance and the further development of the financial architecture in national and international contexts.

Technical and personnel management of the Finance & Controlling Department

• Overall management of the Finance & Controlling Department
• Technical and personnel management as well as further development of employees through coaching and targeted internal/external training
• Ensuring clear roles, deputies and efficient organisational structures
• Establishing a trusting, appreciative and performance-oriented team culture
• Financial responsibility for all cost units within the department

Accounting, financial statements and financial management and planning

• Overall responsibility for proper accounting in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER, the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO) and Zewo guidelines
• Overall responsibility for the individual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements
• Overall responsibility for the annual financial statements of the employee benefits foundation in accordance with the CO
• Management and coordination of the annual review process (individual and consolidated financial statements)
• Ensuring a review framework that complies with the criteria of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in international country offices
• Coordination of project-specific reviews in Switzerland and abroad
• Technical support for forensic investigations
• Contact person and sparring partner for the Executive Board and the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees
• Financial assessment of strategic initiatives and investment decisions
• Overall responsibility for budgeting, forecasting and strategic multi-year planning
• Development and provision of modern management tools (management reporting, KPI systems, scenario analyses, profitability calculations)
• Supporting the operating divisions with project budgeting, cost recovery and contribution costing
• Further development of an integrated performance management system (finance & impact)
• Ensuring transparent reporting to the Board of Trustees and relevant bodies
• Financial impact measurement in the non-profit context

Treasury

• Treasury management (development and implementation of an organisation-wide treasury concept, ensuring permanent solvency and liquidity planning as well as active foreign currency management)
• Capital structure (sustainable and regulation-compliant investment strategy (ESG-oriented),ensuring efficient and secure payment processes in Switzerland and abroad, bank account management and strategic safeguarding of long-term financial stability

Governance, compliance and risk management in the financial sector

• Completed business studies with specialisation in finance or comparable qualification (e.g. expert in accounting & controlling, certified accountant)
• Several years' experience in a complex organisation, ideally in a non-profit and/or international environment
• Sound knowledge of Swiss GAAP FER, CO, consolidated financial statements as well as foundation and non-profit laws
• Experience in international financial management and governance structures
• Strategic and conceptual way of thinking combined with a high level of operational implementation expertise
• Strong analytical skills and high affinity for numbers
• Inclusive and communication-based management style
• High affinity for digitalisation and process optimisation
• Very good written and spoken German, French and English skills

• A challenging and varied job in a renowned NGO with a national and international focus
• Great creative freedom and opportunities to contribute your own ideas
• A motivated and organised team
• Great flexibility in terms of attendance times and place of work
• Modern employment conditions