Bewerbende mit Behinderungen erwünscht 👨‍🦽👨‍🦯🦻 Project Finance Manager (d/f/m)

IRC (International Rescue Committee) Germany is looking for a

Project Finance Manager (d/f/m)

in Berlin, or remote within Germany | as soon as possible

in full- or part-time (32-40 hs/week) | initially limited for 2 years

About Us

Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. In 2016, IRC Germany was founded and is involved in the areas of education, economic wellbeing, and safety, legal protection, and empowerment throughout Germany.

Established in January 2016, the Awards Management Unit (AMU) is a global unit with staff based in Bonn, Berlin, New York, London, Bangkok and Amman. It has responsibility for identifying, securing, and managing all funding from statutory/government donors.

The Project Finance Manager - Germany contributes to the effective financial planning, monitoring, oversight, and control of projects funded through IRC DE and implemented by IRC’s country offices and non-IRC partners.

Major Responsibilities

• Conduct critical reviews and quality control of Project proposals’ budgets (incl. financial annexes), Project budget realignments, cost modifications, and financial reports.
• Support the submission of timely, accurate, and complete proposal budgets, budget modifications, and financial reports to donors, including ECHO and German statutory donors, by reviewing and approving all related financial documentation.

• Support the management of award budgets, cash flows, donor funding, etc., and carry out the allocation of overheads (i.e., indirect costs)

• Support the fiscal year-end and statutory audit processes to ensure that transactions reported are consistent with awards’ financial reports.
• Conduct monitoring visits to country offices when required.
• Review financial documents from the specifics of donors’ requirements, including --but not limited to grant compliance, planning & budgeting, year-end closing, funds carried forward, accounting, and reporting.
• Prepare all necessary accounting records for the awards’ portfolio.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business management, or similar field; or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent financial, analytical, and IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel).
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience as a finance professional with ECHO/EC/German government-funded grants or grants funded by similar donors.
• Familiarity with the aid system and understanding of donor and governmental requirements.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• English language skills at C1-Level according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF) . French, German, Spanish knowledge is an asset
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility.
• A dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
• Able to multitask and work to tight deadlines.
• Detail-oriented and able to work independently.

What we offer

• Meaningful work in a dynamic team
• A starting salary between 63.000 and 67.000 Euro gross per year (for full-time, 40 hours/week) as well as an annual salary increase.
• Attractive benefits for employees such as gym membership, company pension plan, shopping vouchers, childcare support subsidy, job bike leasing, Deutschlandticket subsidy, access to timely and confidential psychological support if needed
• 30 days of annual leave and special leave days
• Flexible hybrid-work options (working hours, office/homebased)
• Training and development opportunities.

As an organization committed to an empowering work environment, equal opportunities, and against any form of discrimination, we welcome applications from people regardless of their origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, age, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We particularly encourage people with personal or family experience of flight and migration to apply.

To ensure equal opportunities, we kindly ask you to refrain from including photos in your application documents.

Please submit your complete application documents in English via our application portal :

• Please answer the questions on the application portal,
• curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages),
• at least three references.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications submitted by e-mail.

If you have any questions, also on the topic of inclusion, please do not hesitate to contact the IRC DE HR Team ( [email protected] ).

There is no application deadline for this job posting, as the position needs to be filled as soon as possible. It will, therefore, remain posted until the position is filled.

All IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct . On this basis, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding , Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

You can find more information about IRC Germany at IRCDeutschland.de .

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