Controller to Kvinna till Kvinna, Stockholm

Are you passionate about promoting women’s rights and driven by values of accountability and transparency? Do you have a knack for numbers and broad experience in accounting and financial analysis? If so, you could be our new colleague in the Finance Department at Kvinna till Kvinna’s Head Office in Stockholm.

Join us in our mission to empower women worldwide while contributing your expertise in finance to a cause that truly matters.

Deadline for applying: November 4 2024.

About the job

Controller is a position within the Finance Department at our Head Office in Stockholm. The department consists of 8 people and reports to the Head of Finance. Furthermore, the controller works closely with our colleagues in our Programme Offices in the regions we operate and has primarily an advisory and a controlling role in the financial parts of grant management.

As a Controller, you are responsible for the following key tasks.

• Financial administration of grants: from budget process to financial reporting
• Ongoing monitoring, controlling and reporting of the grants to donors and grants to partners
• Quality assurance of donor agreements and budgets and partner agreements and budgets before signing
• Preparing financial reports for donors, coordinating, and managing annual audit of donor agreements and preparation of management response and audit remedy report
• Reviewing the terms of reference for the audits, audit reports and audit remedies for partner organizations
• Development and implementation of internal instructions around the handling of grants and projects
• Establishing budget and project number structure for grants in Kvinna till Kvinna’s financial system
• Planning and carrying out internal training programs and developing educational materials in the areas of financial management and internal control

About you

To be successful in this position, you have experience and knowledge about diverse cultural norms och practices, and ability to effectively manage interpersonal relationships and engage colleagues in financial objectives. Furthermore, you have strong analytical and technical skills with high attention to quality standards, needed for the financial work tasks and to preventing irregularities and ensuring transparency.

Formal qualifications

• Minimum of five years of experience in financial management, accounting or controlling, preferably within an international NGO or development organization.
• Proven experience in accounting.
• Proven experience in quality assurance of donor agreements and financial management of grants.
• University degree in economics, or equivalent knowledge acquired in another way.
• Fluency in both English and Swedish.

Merits

• Experience of working with grant reporting with Sida, Civsam and the EU.
• Experience in working with internal control

Terms & conditions and what we offer

This is a full-time permanent position, partly remote based in Stockholm. Travel may occur. Goal-oriented working hours applies.

Starting date: end of 2024 or beginning of 2025 as per agreement.

Application

Deadline for application is 4 November. Interviews are planned to be conducted between weeks 45 to 47.

The application should be in English.

Questions

For information about the position please contact recruiting manager Erika Landvik, erika.landvik@kvinnatillkvinna.se.

For information on the recruitment process, please contact HR at hr@kvinnatillkvinna.se.