Finance & Projects Specialist (80-100%)

About the job

"Health requires teamwork." We are looking for you as a Finance & Projects Specialist (80-100%) for our office in Lucerne, starting immediately or by arrangement.

Your tasks

• Co-responsibility for financial and project accounting
• Monitoring billing deadlines and preparing project invoices according to donor standards in coordination with project managers
• Review of local project accounting and support for teams in our programmes
• Financial support of projects, contributing expertise in project teams and clarifying standards of partners and donors
• Assistance with interim and annual financial statements as well as internal and external audits
• Development of practical standards for budgets, reports and project invoicing
• Responsibility for financial donation administration (posting, allocation and reconciliation of donations and corresponding accounts)
• Depending on experience and interest, you will take on additional tasks at the interfaces with our programmes and internal services

Requirements

• Commercial or equivalent training as well as at least one further qualification at the level of accounting clerk or in training for the Swiss federal specialist certificate in finance and accounting
• Interest in project accounting including enthusiasm for sharing know-how in an international, meaningful environment
• Independent, structured and networked working style as well as openness to a dynamic environment
• Very good Excel skills and a high IT affinity
• Good German and English skills for collaboration in Lucerne and with our international teams
• A plus, but not a must: Portuguese skills for exchange with the Mozambique programme, experience with Abacus, in project accounting and the NGO or IZA world.

Benefits

• Well-connected workplace, right in the centre of Lucerne and possibility to work from home
• Annual working time with a 41-hour week, 5 weeks holiday up to the age of 59, then 6 weeks
• Work in an exciting sector with opportunities for project-related travel to SolidarMed deployment countries
• Fair salaries, flat hierarchies and an intercultural environment are a matter of course for us. Our social benefits go beyond the requirements in various areas.

Does this sound like you? Then we look forward to getting to know you. Apply now via our application software by 31 October 2026. If you have any questions, please contact Daniela Mascarucci, Head of Finance and Services, at Tel. 041 310 66 60.