Job: EUROMED RIGHTS Finance Project Controller, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

        Finance Project Controller

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Deadline to apply: as soon as possible – job ad will be removed upon employment of candidate

 

EuroMed Rights (Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network) invites candidates to apply for the position of Finance Project Controller based in its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Your main tasks will include:

• Working closely with relevant administrative and project staff on donor reporting – especially in relation to DANIDA Tender format.
• Preparing and communicating regular projects’ budget updates versus actual spending to relevant administrative and project staff with a service oriented and positive approach
• Financial monitoring and control with focus on Grants
• Liaising with budget holders – proactively and upon request
• Monitoring of Donor Grant requirements and ensure compliance
• Assisting in month-end and year end closure
• Participating in developing new procedures and financial porting tools
• Back-up on other finance tasks

Your qualifications and core competences

• Finance or accounting degree or similar education or experience.
• Minimum five years of professional accounting and finance experience in a NGO or NGO-like organisation working with donor-funded programs.
• Profound knowledge of Grant policies and procedures – especially with DANIDA Tender, but also EU/SIDA/NORWAY MFA.
• Experience with Danish salary providers (Bluegaarden) and reconciliation to finance accounts
• Knowledge of Danish financial standards
• • Excellent spoken and written English and Danish.
  • Knowledge of French and/or Arabic will be considered an advantage.
• Proficiency with financial accounting software, preferably Navision 2013.
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, Internet).
• Good communication skills (oral and written), and ability to draft clearly and succinctly.
• Good analytical skills, organised and with capacity to deal effectively with changing priorities and to keep strict deadlines at the same time.
• Be self-motivated and, efficient and well organized

We offer:

• A fulltime job in an organisation working to improve human rights around the Mediterranean
• An office in the centre of Copenhagen and with excellent access to public transportation
• Committed colleagues within an international environment – in Copenhagen we are 8 employees

 

Terms and Conditions

Duty station:      Copenhagen, Denmark

Duration:            Permanent with a 3-month trial period

Work:                                               30-37 hours/week by agreement

Holiday:                                           6 weeks per year.

Salary:                    Based on the EuroMed Rights internal salary scale reflecting seniority and Danish standards for NGOs

Start of the

assignment:       1 October, 2017 or as soon as possible

How to apply:

Interested applicants should submit a CV together with a letter of motivation, both in English and by email only. The documents should be sent as soon as possible to [email protected],

att. Finance, Administration and HR director, Mr. Søren Toft to whom the position will report.

 

Please refer in your email to the position you are applying for.

For administrative reasons we will not be able to answer all applications and only short-listed applicants will receive an answer. We will call for interviews on a running basis and will remove the job ad upon employment of candidate.

Further information:

EuroMed Rights is the coordinating body of about 80 human rights organisations and institutions as well as individuals from more than 30 countries. EuroMed Rights organisational structure is built on a general assembly, executive committee, working groups and a secretariat. Our secretariat is located in Copenhagen, and we have branch offices in Brussels, Paris and Tunis. Totally we are 35 employees.

Please consult our web site www.euromedrights.org for more information. You are also welcome to contact Mr. Søren Toft for information on the position on phone + 45 29 43 30 20.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV.

 

 

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