Financial Project Controller (f/m/d)- We Can Work

The Financial Project Controller plays a critical role in overseeing the financial management of grant-funded projects, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies. This role requires advanced skills in financial analysis, grant management and stakeholder management.

Financial Project Controller (f/m/d)- We Can Work

Salary: 41.000 - 45.000EUR Full time (38h)

1. Financial Planning and Reporting

• Develop comprehensive project budgets, incorporating inputs from multiple stakeholders and accounting for potential risks and contingencies.
• Develop Monthly, Quarterly, Biannually, and Yearly Financial Reports.
• Analyze financial information to assess project performance and budget utilization.

2. Grant Management

• Coordinate, compile, draft, and edit high-quality financial reporting.
• Ensuring adherence to donor regulations and requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including financial management, procurement, and reporting.
• Maintaining regular communication with donor, partners, program team and other stakeholders to provide updates on project progress and address concerns.

3. Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing

• Providing training and technical assistance to project staff and partners to strengthen their skills in grant management, financial reporting, and compliance.
• Stay informed of emerging trends, best practices, and regulatory changes in grant funding and financial management and ensure the relevant stakeholders are informed as well.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in grant management processes and financial controls.

Your profile

• Proficient in working with financial figures, with a basic understanding of accounting procedures.
• Advanced Excel skills and a keen interest in working with data integration and linking different systems are highly preferred skills for this role.
• Proven ability to maintain effective working relationships in diverse, multicultural environments.
• Eagerness to enhance processes and databases, with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Excellent English. French skills are preferable.
• Hands-on approach, proactive personality and strong motivation.

What we can offer as an employer:

• You join a highly motivated team, appreciating your experience and eager to jointly shape Light for the Worlds monitoring and steering mechanisms.
• We are offering an outstanding opportunity to bring about change through an international development organization with strong expertise and a growing profile.
• We are committed to giving our colleagues space to explore new directions, test new ideas and to excel as individuals through and with their team.
• We emphasize a good work-life-balance, have flexible working hours and Home-Office opportunity.
• We are a professional team that strives towards continuous development. We believe in participatory leadership and expect you to contribute your expertise and ideas. We believe that learning from mistakes is an important way of developing and put emphasis on our culture of learning.

We are looking forward to receiving your online application. A complete CV and a letter of motivation are important parts of this. Please also refer to the salary information and let us know why you would like to join our team and why you consider yourself suitable.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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