Job Description:
Desired start date : May 20, 2024
Contract : Fixed-term contract until December 31, 2024
Location : Solidarités International Headquarters, Clichy; possibility of teleworking; occasional trips to the field
WHAT DO WE DO …
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, for more than 40 years, has provided relief to populations victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by responding to vital needs, drinking, eating and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI implements through its interventions expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and promotion hygiene but also in the essential aspect of food security and means of existence. Present in around twenty countries, the SI teams – 2,000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, a few volunteers, etc. – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The deputy management controller joins a desk team which supports and controls the work of several SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL countries of intervention. Supporting the desk management controller, he/she performs numerous reviews of financial information, focusing his/her efforts on monitoring analytical accounting, cash management and administrative monitoring. In addition, this position provides regular support in the field during support visits, or to ensure the transition to vacant positions.
You have field experience in a finance position, you want to work at the headquarters of a dynamic association while maintaining a lot of interaction with the field, you like financial and human challenges, you like collaborating with international teams, this position is made for you. You are proficient in Excel and English, you are rigorous, dynamic and creative, you will be able to meet the many challenges of this position.
Joining the DESK Blue team, you will participate in the financial management of Solidarités International’s activities in Chad, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
Through 3 essential pillars of the position: Financial control of missions and subsidies; Audit and Administration; Accounting and treasury;
The Assistant Management Controller works at (non-exhaustive list):
- The monthly review and control of the analytical accounting of the desk’s missions, ensuring the correct allocation of costs in accordance with internal procedures and donor rules
- Donor audits carried out at headquarters, and the preparation of all necessary financial information.
- Review and control of project proposals prepared by the missions before submission to donors
- Review and control of project budget monitoring
- Review and control of interim and final financial reports prepared by desk missions before submission to donors
- Preparing closing sheets for completed projects
- Review and control of contracts, reports and payments made to mission implementation partners.
- Review and control of the shared cost allocation table for each of the desk’s missions, as well as the budgetary monitoring of the mission
- Participation in work to improve the management control team’s tools
The Management Controller also regularly visits the field teams of the desk missions, to provide technical support but also to take financial responsibilities in the event of the absence of a member of the team on site.
YOUR PROFILE
- Training in finance, management or project management
- First experience in an NGO in a financial position in the field, desired.
- Mastery of the most common office software (Word and Excel)
- Knowledge of SAGA accounting software is a plus
IF WILL OFFER YOU THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
- Position based at the organization’s headquarters in Clichy (92), Clichy Town Hall metro station, with 30% of the time traveling in the field
- Employee, executive status. Fixed-term contract until December 31, 2024.
- Possibility of teleworking: 4 or 12 days of teleworking per month or 100% teleworking with 3 days of mandatory face-to-face work per month (TT package paid monthly). In accordance with the Teleworking Charter in force and the manager.
- Gross monthly salary €2,865 or €2,985 depending on profile and experience,
- 25 days of leave and 12 days of RRT / year
- Mutual insurance (80%), restaurant tickets (60%), transport tickets (50%) covered by the association; teleworking package (if 100% option)
- Recovery days and medical coverage covered 100% during field trips.
HOW TO APPLY
Do you recognize yourself in this description?
If so, send us your CV and Cover Letter.
Applications containing CVs only will not be considered.
Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment before the deadline of the advertisement. Thank you for your understanding.
And to learn more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org
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Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and combat any type of abuse – any act of sexual exploitation, abuse and/or harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or its collaborators and collaborators, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflict of interest, financing of activities violating human rights – which could be perpetrated within the framework of its interventions. SI has zero tolerance for any type of abuse, particularly acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is a fair employer that fights all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any compensation for participating in a recruitment process.
Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.