Finance Specialist 60%

08 April 2026
60%
Permanent position
Zürich

Job summary

Join the ZHAW as a Finance Specialist (60%) in a dynamic environment. Opportunity for growth and collaboration awaits!

Tasks

Support financial planning and budgeting with department leaders.
Manage creditor invoices and conduct quarterly financial analyses.
Assist in personnel planning and project administration tasks.

Skills

Commercial education with experience in finance and administration.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Proficient in IT systems and MS Office, especially Excel.

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About the job

Finance Specialist 60%

Do you appreciate a lively environment, have experience in finance, and want to contribute in a central interface role to the financial planning and control of the department? Do you enjoy keeping various threads in hand, are a communicative personality, and like to get involved operationally? Then we look forward to meeting you soon.

Department: Health

Start of work: As of September 1, 2026, or by arrangement

Tasks as financial assistant for selected organizational units:

Support and advise area managers on financial matters and prepare the budget in collaboration with them
Processing and coding of creditor invoices
Analysis of quarterly financial statements and ongoing project and cost control
Support in personnel deployment planning

Tasks in the department's finance and HR support:

Monitoring working time and performance recording of scientific staff
Invoice creation and project administration in SAP
Role as key user and first-level support in various applications

We are looking for a person with a commercial basic education and several years of professional experience in administration as well as experience and knowledge in finance. You have outstanding organizational talent and enjoy working carefully and with different stakeholders. Enjoyment of IT systems and good knowledge of common office applications (especially Excel) are essential. You are an independent and customer-oriented person with common sense and a great sense of humor, who likes to further develop existing processes and remains calm and clear-headed even in hectic times. Networked thinking, interest in conceptual work, and communication in a complex environment complete your profile.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

The Department of Health is the largest and most renowned Swiss education and research center for occupational therapy, midwifery science, nursing, physiotherapy, and public health. We stand for a corporate culture in which we encourage employees to take responsibility and also take new paths in the organization and have been certified as a Friendly Workspace since 2014.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Monika Schmid

Head of Services Support & Projects

Sabrina Leu

Recruiting Manager