Senior Finance Officer
Start date as soon as possible
Contract full-time, fixed term employment contract for 1 year with the possibility of extension
Monthly Gross Salary 1 015 453 HUF (based on the organisation’s Salary Scale)
Deadline of Application 20 March 2025
Location Budapest, Hungary
WHAT WE DO GLOBALLY AND IN EUROPE
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) as the leading Swiss organisation for children’s rights, created in 1960, is committed to protecting children’s lives and their rights, and improving their well-being. We aim to do so through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have both short- and long-term impacts.
Terre des hommes Foundation in Hungary which was established in 2006, provides support and advice to the other Tdh offices in Europe and plays a central role in leading the organisation’s regional projects, implemented in collaboration with a wide range of partners. In addition, from April 2022, we have also implemented an emergency response to help Ukrainian refugee children and families in Hungary.
In Europe, our collective efforts focus on two key programmatic areas: ensuring respect for the rights of children and youth on the move and contributing to a safe, restorative, and inclusive access to justice for children and youth. Integral to all our activities is the pivotal role of child protection expertise.
We facilitate these endeavours through the collaborative efforts of our dedicated team of more than 40 professionals in child protection, migration, justice, management, monitoring and evaluation, communication, human resources, finance.
More on Tdh: https://www.tdh.ch/en
ABOUT THE ROLE IN GENERAL
The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for the execution of financial and accounting tasks in order to meet legislative requirements and support operations at the delegation. A professional sense of security, confidentiality, and proper representation is paramount to the job profile.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervises the finance team in maintaining accounting records on daily basis; ensures recording of entries;
- Send the monthly closure to HQ;
- Close collaboration with HQ by providing all required reports;
- Ensures that all expenditures comply with donors’ guidelines and Tdh’s internal financial procedures;
- Suggests improvements to improve the quality and the compliance of the accounting documentation;
- Provides support on budget follow-up and draft reports, budget proposals;
- Coordinates with the Head of Support Services in monitoring and use of the office budgets;
- Receives controlling partners’ financial reports and controls the proper use of the funds in conformance to all Tdh and donor financial procedures;
- Ensures recording of partners’ financial transactions (cash, bank and corrective transactions in SAGA database) and allocations of costs to different donors’ contracts;
- Ensures preparation of staff cost calculation sheet and reconciliations of supporting documentations related to staff costs;
- Coordination of audits;
- Collaborates on statutory reporting tasks including communication with external advisors such as local accounting function, payroll, VAT and legal advisors;
- Verifies and assists in the preparation of collaboration agreements;
- Ensures the correct financial management of any contracts, projects or activities planned with HQ, donors and partners;
- Ensure financial training to partners when necessary;
- Ensures the correct flow of information and mechanisms of coordination within the support team and with operations;
- Ensures the compliance of the delegation's own regulations and financial and administrative processes, develop and update internal procedures;
EDUCATION
AND QUALIFICATION University degree in finance/economics/accounting
Recognised accounting qualification is an asset
REQUIREMENTS Minimum of 3 year of previous experience in accounting and finances, ideally in non-governmental organization setup
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting, budgeting, budget monitoring and general ledger skills
Successful track record of work with donors (Europe Aid, SDC, DFID; ECHO; UN; etc.) as an asset
LANGUAGES Native Hungarian
Excellent oral and written skills in English
IT KNOW-HOW Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and experience working with an automated accounting and finance software, SAGA software knowledge is an asset.
SKILLS Adopts a collaborative attitude both inside and outside the department
Shows autonomy and ability to decide
Defines, proposes, follows, and controls the optimal usage of the budget for the field of work/unit/department
Warrants and respects the rules, the processes, and the correct usage of institutional tools
Shows integrity and ethical values during activities
WHAT WE OFFER
11.000 HUF meal allowance (Szép Kártya)
Private medical insurance
Hybrid working option
Laptop, mobile phone for professional use
Multicultural working environment
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your CV, motivation letter including your earliest start date to hun.hr@tdh.org
Please include the name of the position you are willing to apply and your full name in the subject line.
Child Safeguarding Policy:
To commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Global Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy, Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy and Whistle Blowing Policy, we are committed to promoting gender equality, diversity, and inclusion.
