Financial Controller (Internal Projects and Strategic Partnership with the MFA) at CARE Denmark
You can support managers with the budget follow-up through provision of management reporting and structured meetings. And you can challenge anyone on knowledge of Danida guidelines, internal salary coverage and time registration. Your reports form the basis for strategic decisions, and you have a special ability to reduce complexity and communicate complicated material to others.
It is important for you to deliver quality on time, and you take ownership, involve stakeholders and steer safely towards goals. And you want to join a team of committed and skilled colleagues in CAREs Finance Department. The place of work is Jemtelandsgade 1, 2300 Copenhagen.
You will spend most of your time:
Financial controlling, Internal Projects
- Develop and facilitate a structured budget follow-up process with department- and project managers.
- Develop and produce regular management reports on own funds and internal projects.
- Plan, forecast and monitor the organization's salary coverage.
- Communicate budget allocations to colleagues and managers, and follow up on significant deviations.
- Forecasting cash flows and monitoring the organization's liquidity through continuous updating of the cash flow budget.
Consolidating and monitoring the SPA framework contract
- Plan, coordinate and consolidate financial reporting on Danida's framework grant.
- Plan, coordinate and consolidate budgetary updates on Danida's framework grant.
- Provide training and clear instructions on guidelines and formats.
- Provide internal reports on the framework grant for use in assessing re-allocations.
- Prepare the audit and facilitate the consolidated audit process for Danida’s framework grant.
Other tasks
- Assist CFO in reporting financial data to CARE International and external parties.
- Assist CFO in the annual budget process and producing ad-hoc reports and analyses.
- Participate in the development and tests of new systems and processes'.
- Participate in the finance department's overall task delivery.
We expect you to:
Thrive in an international, multicultural organization with many stakeholders and join us with a desire to learn more. We do not expect you to have in-depth experience with all the listed tasks, but you have a toolbox full of skills and experience in financial management, reporting and financial analysis.
- Have a curious mind and experience with financial management, audit, reporting and financial analysis
- Have experience working with different funding streams, and are aware of compliance matters of key donors: INTPA; ECHO; DANIDA; SIDA etc.
- Have experience with Danida's guidelines and financial reporting on framework grants
- Have experience with salary coverage and thrive with complicated excel sheets
- Have a bachelor (or a higher) academic degree in Finance, Business Administration or related fields
- Writes and speaks Danish and English at business level – French is also an advantage
In return, we offer
You will be part of a Finance department with a huge impact on the business. Your colleagues and collaborators value you and your work. We have flexible working hours with the possibility of working from home.
On Thursdays, we meet across departments for a morning meeting, where we share knowledge, eat breakfast and sing a song. We are ambitious, innovative and work together to create the best solutions.
How to apply:
Send your application via the ‘apply now’ button as soon as possible and no later than 31th of March 2025.
If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Finance Director, Giorgi Vadachkoria at [email protected]
If you have questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact HR Manager, Anna Rie Tornbak at [email protected]
Who we are:
CARE Denmark is a leading green development and aid organisation focused on empowering the world’s most climate-vulnerable communities across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Through strategic partnerships with local stakeholders, we develop sustainable and innovative climate solutions, while also providing green emergency responses during crises.
As part of CARE International, one of the world’s largest humanitarian organisations, we impact over 100 million people in more than 100 countries annually, striving for a just and sustainable world.
