Finance Coordinator – Budgeting and Analysis – Istanbul

The Opportunity

This role will support the Response Finance Lead in providing financial inputs into all aspects of Planning, Budgeting and Reporting for the Earthquake Response. This includes providing key support for Proposal Budgeting, annual Budgeting, Donor and internal Finance Reporting and other financial management tasks.

In order to be succesfull you will bring/have:

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other related field, individuals with practical experience will be considered
• Minimum of 4 years of experience of working in finance department with i/NGOs
• Experience in budgeting & reporting and knowledge of a variety of institutional donor rules
• Advanced working knowledge with MS Office applications (i.e. Word, advanced Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Familiar working with financial software
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English with experience in working with multicultural teams

Desired

• Experience of working in an international charity and ERP accounting systems such as Agresso
• Experience of working in emergency response and major donors
• Knowledge and experience on Turkish accountancy rules and regulations applying to international humanitarian organizations

Position holder will be based in İstanbul, therefore legal right to work in Turkey is necessary at the time of application.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.