Terre des hommes Romania is recruiting a proactive, energetic, and organized Finance Officer, to join its team in Bucharest, to support in the implementation of its projects.
If you are looking for a meaningful job that will make a lasting impact on the lives of children and youth, we want to meet you.
WHAT WE DO IN EUROPE AND ROMANIA
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. Founded in 1960, we are committed to improving the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable children. Through our innovative protection and health projects, we provide assistance to over four million children and their families in almost forty countries each year. In Europe, Tdh intervenes directly or indirectly in many countries, relying on teams based in Budapest, Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
In Romania, Terre des hommes (Tdh Ro) has been active since 1992. For the past few years, the delegation has been working on three main intervention areas: (1) Strengthening child protection and juvenile justice systems, (2) Protection of children affected by migration/trafficking, and (3) Social inclusion of minorities. Every year thousands of children and their families benefit from projects implemented either at a national or regional level. During the last years, the organization continued to build on its experience in Access to Justice (A2J) by piloting new methodologies in order to contribute positively to the personal development, rehabilitation and social reintegration of children and youth deprived of liberty, and by promoting restorative measures.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The Finance Officer is responsible for the daily accounting management as per the organisation procedures as well the national accounting regulations.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversees the accounting entries in internal software application (SAGA)
- Booking of specific transaction types in SAGA such as: payroll journals, accruals, journal corrections
- Main focal point with the external accounting firm for statutory bookkeeping (manage the monthly documentation, clarifying transactions, liaising with relevant Tdh employees for missing information or documentation)
- Provides inputs (statement of accounts, reports from SAGA) to Finance Officer to support:
- the analysis of actual costs by project
- reporting to donors
- Performs the monthly bank reconciliation.
- Main focal point for bank accounts related transactions
- filling in different forms for opening / closing accounts or for adding / withdrawing bank signatories
- negotiating FX rates for currency conversion transaction
- Updates regularly (min weekly) the SAGA database with the latest GL entries
- Maintain SAGA parameters to reflect the new projects or changes to existing ones
- Provides support in consolidating backup documentation for audit / donor verification purposes
YOUR PROFILE
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent years of related work experience.
- Minimum 5 years professional experience in a similar position.
- Prior experience with fund/grant accounting and/or work in a non-profit environment, preferred.
- Good knowledge of Romanian accounting standards and general taxation rules applicable to not-for-profit organizations (payroll contributions, VAT, withholding tax, local taxes)
- Familiar with different type of tax declarations relevant for not-for-profit organizations
- Good command of English
- Proficiency with MS Office
- Proficiency with enterprise-wide accounting systems
TO APPLY:
Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their CV and motivation in English to vacancy@tdh.ro
Please include “Finance Officer, your name and surname” in the subject line of the application email.
Child Safeguarding Policy:
To commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy.
GDPR compliance:
By sending your application, you agree that your personal data will be used in the recruitment process. All the documents we will request in different steps of the recruitment process will only be used for this purpose.
All staff involved in recruitment and selection are aware that data protection rules apply, and that personal information will be treated confidentially. According to our policy, we will keep your application documents for the period of the recruitment only.
Due to an anticipated high number of applications, Tdh is not able to respond to every applicant individually. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.
