Are you experienced within finance and share our passion for human rights? Do you want to work in an international environment with colleagues all over the world? Then you might be the one we are looking for.
About the role
As Finance Officer you will be responsible for preparation of budgets, reports and financial planning within the Finance and Administration Department in the region. You will also manage some of the financial matters within the Europe and MENA programme.
A fundamental part of the role is to keep abreast with the economic developments in focus countries in Europe and MENA in terms of audit directives and directives from our donors. This applies in particular directives from Svensk Insamlingskontroll, FRII and local legislation. You will also play an important role in the implementation of the financial system Maconomy in the Western Balkans.
The Finance Officer reports to the Europe and MENA Department Director.
Your key activities will be to:
- Control the economic aspects of work in the Western Balkans
- Coordinate economic cooperation with our donors, from applications to the debriefings
- Coordinate preparation of all budgets to different donors
- Manage the daily financial work in our offices in the Western Balkans
- Implement the internal work such as budgeting and reporting work
- Fully manage daily financial work in Regional Europe office in Belgrade with regards to internal control, anti-corruption and other policies
- Manage implementation of all financial aspects of approved budgets
- Have a close cooperation with the Accounting team at the headquarter in Stockholm
- Assist Director for Europe in all relevant duties that are important for implementation of programme work
About you
As a person you like to take the initiative, start activities and achieve results. Taking personal responsibility and independently continue your processes comes naturally for you.
To thrive in this role, you are comfortable to lead, motivate and empower others to effectively reach common goals. You communicate clearly and ensure that messages are reached and that expectations are clear to all parties involved.
You have strong verbal and written communication skills in English, meaning that you use language flexibly for professional purposes and that you can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects. If you also think strategically and have a broad perspective on issues overall, we definitely think that you are the one we are looking for.
We assume that you share our values.
To be suitable for this role you have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Economics or an equivalent education
- Documented knowledge in the financial field
- At least 3 years of relevant professional work experience, especially in accounting, budgets etc in a financial system
- Experience from similar work within the non-profit sector
- Strong skills to use Microsoft 365 tools, especially Word and Excel, effectively
Experience from working with project accounting is highly preferable. Other merits for the position are:
- Proficiency in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian or another language from the South-East Europe languages
- Experience from implementing a financial system (such as Maconomy)
- Experience from working with a NGO or a consultancy company (where you are used to time-reporting on different projects)
About the employment
This is a full-time permanent employment, starting in March 2021 or as soon as possible. As an organisation, we strive for diversity and we see your background, experience and personality as a contribution to the organisation. You will be based in Belgrade.
Please apply as soon as possible as we recruit on an ongoing basis, but no later than 25 March.
About us
Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent international human rights organisation. We defend people’s civil and political rights in some of the world’s most repressive regions. We partner with and support human rights defenders in more than 200 organisations in 30 countries on four continents. Through advocacy, legal processes, and public campaigns, we advance people’s rights globally. Together with our partners, we hold those in power accountable when people’s civil or political rights are violated. We also act as Sweden’s civil rights watchdog.
How to apply
Please apply here as soon as possible as we recruit on an ongoing basis, but no later than 25 March.
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