Financial Project Controller fmd - Remote

Department: Finance & Operations

Place of work: Vienna

Duration: Full time38h; permanent term

Salary: from 45.000 per year (if based in Europe local market rates apply for Africa)

Reports to: Team Lead Controlling & Reporting

Effective as of: ASAP

Please note that to apply for this position you must have a work permit for one of the following countries (we cannot sponsor visas): Austria Germany Netherlands Belgium Czech Republic Switzerland United Kingdom Burkina Faso Kenya Uganda Ethiopia South Sudan or Mozambique. You will have permanent residence in the country for which you have the work permit.

About the role

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

Tasks

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.

Grant Management:

• Coordinate compile draft and edit highquality 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.

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.

Requirements

• 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 solutionoriented mindset.
• Excellent English. French skills are preferable. Handson approach proactive personality and strong motivation.

Benefits

• 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 worklifebalance have flexible working hours and HomeOffice 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 look forward to hearing from you!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion in our organization. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of national origin gender religion age sexual orientation or gender identity and we very much welcome applications from people with disabilities.