Business Support and Control Advisor
Business Support and Control Advisor
- Netherlands
· Provides corporate, portfolio and project specific insights and (risk) analysis for different stakeholders including (senior) management and project teams.
· In collaboration with colleagues, pro-actively monitors and advises on corrective actions related to SNV’s project financial performance as well as supports the monitoring of internal control, compliance and inputs into management and financial audits.
· Jointly with BSC and country colleagues, drives quality and compliant project financial and time administration in SNV systems. This includes, for selected projects: administrative set- up; changes to project budgets and contracts during project implementation and project administrative closure focusing on ensuring donor (financial) compliance and internal projects profitability. Provides advice, analysis and coaching to colleagues on these topics and identifies related improvements and learning.
· Develops and delivers quality and audience appropriate support, coaching and training to relevant stakeholders on BSC topics including costing principles, project/ corporate planning and control and other topics
Qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, applied economics, commercial engineering, related field or equivalent by experience. MBA, CFA, CPA or CMA degrees are a plus.
· Seasoned financial and/or project management professional, with at least 4 years’ relevant experience in analytical roles, or a combination of experience and relevant education. Experience in an international development context and accounting skills (including revenue recognition and cost accounting analysis applied to contracts) are a plus.
· Strong problem solving skills with an ability to apply these to project and corporate performance requirements and analysis.
· A proactive self-starter with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple complex tasks simultaneously, identify issues and propose pragmatic solutions.
· Strong Excel skills at advanced level are required and an affinity with Enterprise Resource planning work for projects and corporate processes is strongly desired.
· High attention to detail with experience or demonstrated interest on quality assurance processes.
· Team player and excellent communicator with the ability to translate and analyse complex data into quality insights for different stakeholders including (senior) management.
· Fluency in English is a must and knowledge of French and/or Spanish is desirable.This page belongs to the Job Offers database.
