Finance & Controlling Advisor

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position title:                 Finance & Controlling Advisor   

Working location:          Vienna, Innsbruck, Tallin, Amman, Nairobi, Addis Ababa

Direct Supervisor:         Team leader GSC Controlling

Region:                           All Regions

Number of Positions:    One (1)

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.

Mission

The mission of our Finance & Controlling unit is to enable transparency, accountability as well as the efficient and proper use of funds in the Federation. We provide information relevant to management and legal bodies for controlling and decision-making.

The Finance&Controlling Advisor contributes to the mission of Finance & Controlling by consolidating financial results at the federation level for internal and external purposes; supporting federation-wide projects and analytics from a financial perspective; driving all processes relate to the membership fee charged to each member association and driving workforce reports and analytics within the General Secretariat.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute all tasks related to the membership fee (invoicing member associations, collecting fees, reviewing membership fee model and calculation of scenarios, reporting to the Executive Board about collection status, communication with stakeholders)
• Support preparation and consolidation of financial budgets/ forecasts results for internal steering purposes (with focus on regional financials)
• Ensure data availability for GSC reporting plus visualization (e.g. Power BI)
• Contribute to federation-wide financial projects (e.g. financial consolidation improvements) or support other federation-wide projects (e.g. strategy development) from a financial analytics perspective
• Support workforce reporting, analytics and budgeting within the GSC (General Secretariat)
• Prepare cash forecast with regional offices (IORs) and steer liquidity transfer to IORs
• Contribute to the setup and maintenance of CVI cost center structure as basis for reporting to governing bodies and management
• Execution of payments in REVAL system (accounts payable) and FX deals in 360T

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economic Sciences preferably in the area financial management
• 3 – 5 years professional experience in the area of financial management / controlling
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills with service-oriented mind-set
• Strong MS Office skills (especially MS Excel)
• Basic knowledge of Power BI or other data visualization tools
• Strong commend of English
• Technical interest in tools and automatization
• Accounting knowledge is an asset
• Database/Business Analyst knowledge is an asset Work from Austria or same time zone
• Eligibility to work at the location of choice

We offer

• The opportunity to work in one of the largest International Non-Profit Organisations in Social development, Humanitarian action Child and Youth Care, in a position with a varied scope of tasks and responsibilities directly impacting on the development of the organisation in achieving its strategic goals
• To contribute to our meaningful mission: “We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures and we share in the development of their communities

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 organization’s child protection policy, these positions will be subject to criminal record checks. 

How to Apply

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position, please send us a cover letter, your detailed curriculum vitae (CV) -including at least three traceable referees- and photocopies of academic certificates as ONE document.

Applications should be submitted electronically through this link:Finance & Controlling Advisor in Nairobi | Careers at Nairobi - Kenya.

Applications open on 30th April 2025 and will close on 14^th May 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is found. Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Applications that do not have a cover letter, CV or certificates attached will be disqualified. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.