Finance & Controlling monitoring & reporting advisor (32-38,5 hrs, hybrid)

SOS Children’s Villages, founded in 1949, is the world’s largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person’s best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child’s rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

Location: Innsbruck or Vienna (Austria), Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Dakar, Skopje, Amman, Almaty, Tallinn 

Purpose of position

The Finance & Controlling (FC) member associations (MA) Monitoring & Reporting (M&R) Advisor is responsible – together with the process lead Monitoring & Controlling – for financial M&R processes of SOS Children’s Villages International, in particular for the monitoring of Member Associations.

Furthermore, the M&R Advisor works with the process lead and proactively contributes to the improvement of work processes within the work area that relevant information requirements of stakeholders are met, to be able to fulfill the standards of Finance & Controlling of SOS Children’s Villages International. 

The position holder actively contributes to the design and improvement of internal processes related to M&R, such as defining guidelines and tools in order to increase efficiency within the GSC and federation. The position holder also focuses on content & process implementation and advises on conceptual and overarching topics with regards to M&R.

The M&R Advisor acts as stand-in for the Process lead in case of vacation and other leaves.

Tasks & Responsibilities 

• Responsible to implement and optimize the Financial Reporting concept with reports mainly in PowerBI. As the reports are based on data models with data from D365 and others provided by the system owners, the M&R Advisor works closely together with business analysts in the ERP Shared Service center, in the ICT department etc.
• Responsible to present reports to users in the General Secretariat and in Member Associations and to discuss and implement additional stakeholder requirements
• Responsible for financial standard monitoring and reporting processes (Standard reporting, Deviation Analysis tool, RBM reporting, KPIs, Masterdata, etc.)
• Contributes to prepare and analyze actual/plan figures for regular Federation Financial figures updates and ad-hoc requests of different stakeholders
• Participates in projects within Finance & Controlling or in federation wide projects where the position holder provides data and finance expertise

Requirements

• Degree in economic science, finance or equivalent
• Ideally minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in financial controlling
• Good overall understanding of federation financial processes, how they interrelate and influence each other, and interlink with other departments’ work.
• Ability to review, analyze and (re-)design processes, based on adjustments needed in relation to changes in strategies, goals, and objectives
• Customer orientation and an expert level of coordination and communication skills 
• Data and/or business analytical skills
• MS Office (Excel) and Power BI skills
• Professional English language skills
• German language skills are an asset
• Willingness to be on-site to work from your chosen working location
• A valid working permit or eligibility to work in your chosen location

We offer

• A diverse range of interesting tasks in a leading INGO multicultural working environment
• As a responsible employer we provide a range of training schemes and encourage educational enhancement
• A salary that will be commensurate with experience and qualification
• Possibility for future horizontal and vertical career moves

What We Stand For 

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organization, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action. 

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a safe working environment for our staff, the children and young people and the communities that we work for. The organization prohibits harassment, exploitation and abuses by or of any employee, supervisor, manager, child, young people, community, contractor, applicant, or other individual with whom SOS Children’s Villages employees come into contact by virtue of their work. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our prevention and protection against Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse policy. 

In addition, SOS Children’s Villages apply a zero-tolerance concerning any fraud situation. The organization does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. 

Successful candidates will have to submit a criminal record certificate, current within the last three years. In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, these positions will be subject to criminal record checks. 

This advertisement – depending on the years of experience – can be offered on a lower grade with a different focus.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your detailed application in English by 21st July 2024 at https://careers-sos-kd.icims.com

Position will remain open until filled.

SOS Children’s Villages International, www.sos-childrensvillages.org/