Compliance & Audit Advisor – m/f/d
Save the Children Deutschland
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany
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💰 €45,600 - €60,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Ensure that donor regulations and funding guidelines relevant to the organization (Federal Budget Code, grant award notices, regulations and provisions) in their current versions are understood and fully applied in project implementation
- Advise and support program departments and project finance teams in the planning, evaluation and follow-up of projects on all financial compliance matters; proactively take into account audit-related requirements (audit preparedness)
- Establish and monitor a project compliance risk system and advise program departments and project finance teams on preventive and mitigating measures
- Provide advice during contract negotiations with donors on all financial compliance issues, propose appropriate contractual wording and proactively develop solutions, especially in new and complex program contexts
- Strengthen holistic compliance by supporting program departments in observing and systematically applying donor regulations in program work
- Lead coordination of complex and time-consuming donor audits
- Ensure internal communication on all audit matters between the relevant teams within the organization, and additionally with donors, where applicable with SCI/SC Europe and the auditors
- Manage and maintain data on the key results of various audits and track recommendations or conditions resulting from audits; including deriving and developing process improvements and internal control systems
- Systematically convey and consolidate expertise on compliance (especially financial compliance), project risks and audit topics across the organization
Requirements
- Completed university degree with a focus on economics, law, public administration or comparable qualifications/experience
- Several years of solid professional experience managing project finances within a large, globally operating non-profit organization in international cooperation
- Expertise in the following areas: institutional donor guidelines at EU, federal and state level (especially ECHO, Federal Foreign Office) and conducting audits by these donors
- Understanding of and experience in risk management
- Experience using ERP and CRM systems
- Knowledge and experience in non-profit law are an advantage
- Flexible, positive and solution-oriented mindset
- High level of initiative, decisiveness and enjoyment in shaping strategic, cross-team processes
- Very good written and spoken German and English; additional languages, especially French or Arabic, are an advantage
Benefits
- Flexible working hours and up to 60% remote work
- Salary according to the organization's internal pay model; the starting salary for this position is between €3,800 and €5,000 (gross, full-time at 40h/week), depending on relevant professional experience and expertise
- Professional support and development measures
- An international working environment and a values-based organizational culture
- Plenty of scope for autonomy and personal initiative
- 30 days of vacation per year plus 1 day of special leave
- Choice of an additional benefit: Edenred credit voucher card, supplemental company health insurance, Urban Sports Club membership or subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
- 20% employer contribution to the company pension scheme
- Continued full pay in case of a child's illness
- Occupational health management
- Family room as well as quiet and prayer room in our office
- Company laptop
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial complianceproject finance managementaudit preparednessrisk managementnon-profit lawcontract negotiationprocess improvementinternal control systemsdonor regulationsinstitutional donor guidelines
Soft skills
solution-oriented mindsethigh initiativedecisivenessstrategic thinkingcross-team collaborationcommunication skillsadvisory skillsflexibilitypositive attitudeleadership