Project Accountant #935

Accounting for International Development; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading international NGO based in Germany seeks a Project Accountant to manage financial support for project teams. The role involves budgeting, grant management, and compliance reporting. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with at least 5 years of experience, strong IT skills, and fluency in English. This position offers a salary of approximately €45,000 and relocation support for candidates outside Germany.

Qualifikationen

• At least 5 years of experience in accounting.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MS Excel.
• Experience in grant compliance and management is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Provide financial management support to project teams.
• Prepare project budgets and monitor expenditures.
• Ensure compliance with grant reporting requirements.

Kenntnisse

Qualified Accountant or QBE

Project accounting experience

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Fluency in English

Culturally sensitive

Jobbeschreibung

Project Accountant #935

c. €45,000 - €50,000

Germany, Europe

Permanent

Our partner is a well-respected advocacy INGO. They are seeking to recruit a Project Accountant to provide financial management support to project managers and their overseas offices.

Responsibilities

• Finance business partner to project teams and country offices, offering financial management support.
• Prepare project budgets, monitor expenditure and cashflows, and prepare management accounts, including variance analyses and supporting narrative reports.
• Grant management, compliance and reporting – preparing financial reports to donors, ensuring that these meet their requirements.
• Review the capacity of overseas offices, and support with capacity building as required.
• Ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of project accounting procedures, developing, and maintaining these as required, and supporting and coaching junior staff as required.
• Supporting the broader finance team, including junior finance staff, in any ad hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required

Person Specification

• Accountant, qualified or QBE, with at least 5 years of experience in accounting, an understanding of accounting & finance principles and management accounting & reporting.
• Experience of project accounting, grant compliance & management is desirable; an understanding of the grant compliance & reporting requirements of the EU and German government grants is desirable.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills. Competence in SQL an advantage.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance staff.
• Quick learner, organised and flexible, able to meet tight deadlines.
• Fluent in English, with excellent spoken and reporting writing skills. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable. Knowledge of German is not essential or required.
• Culturally sensitive
• Willingness to travel abroad.

This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to get good grounding in project accounting & grant management within a large, complex INGO. Salary of c. €45,000. For the right candidate, the organisation will offer sponsorship For those candidates outside of Germany, some relocation costs, including the cost of obtaining a permit (if required) will be covered.

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