Head of Finance and Administration – Germany. At Norwegian Refugee Council

Context

NRC Flüchtlingshilfe Deutschland (NRC FHD) was founded in Berlin in 2017 and represents a link between German institutional donors and NRC headquarters in Oslo. We are looking for Head of Finance and Administration to help NRC FHD office achieve its financial, legal-compliance and administrative mandate.

Are you multilingual (German and English speaker) and looking for an opportunity that will allow you to put your financial management skills to a humanitarian course that will enable you to directly impact the lives of millions of people across the globe?

Great! Please read on..

What you will do

As the Head of Finance and Administration, you will be responsible for the smooth functioning of the financial, administrative, ICT and HR aspects of the NRC FHD office; support the financial aspects of the German institutional donors (FFO, BMZ, GiZ, KfW); ensure NRC FHD compliance with the German legal and regulatory framework; and adherence to the NRC general policies, instruments and guidelines.

Some of your day-to-day tasks will include;

• Dealing with external providers of business services.
• Supervision and controlling of the office budget.
• Preparation of annual budgets and financial statements.
• Responsibility for general financial and accounting matters.
• Preparing the annual audit and assuring compliance with financial laws and regulations.
• Managing human resources and payroll related matters.
• Providing an internal help desk function for donation related financial and administrative issues.
• Development of procedures, guidelines, tools, etc. related to the financial and administrative aspects of grant administration.

What you will bring

• Five years of experience in a similar position
• Knowledge of financial, tax and social security legislation in Germany
• Conscientious and structured personality with strong analytical, planning and administrative skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel, Agresso or a similar ERP system is desirable
• Experience in managing contractors and supplier contracts
• Experience in facilities management \or similar
• Experience with monitoring and reporting on budgets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both, German and English.

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What makes this position attractive?

• A challenging and exciting opportunity with an international team dedicated to advocating for the rights of people forced to flee;
• A chance to lead and direct our efforts towards a major shift in how NRC staff interacts and values data;
• A Permanent full-time contract with the Berlin as the primary duty station.
• Salary and benefits according to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions in the location of employment.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the beneficiaries that we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.

We are happy about early applicants.

About Us

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.