Head of Finance, Controlling & Risk Management 80-100% (m/f/d)

About the job

Definitely worthwhile! Living inclusion, creating opportunities, discovering resources – that is what the Altra Foundation stands for. We create work, training, and housing opportunities for people in need of support, combining social responsibility with professional entrepreneurial action. For this key central position as a member of the extended executive management, we are looking for a person who understands numbers as well as people and who wants to combine entrepreneurial responsibility with a meaningful task.

Head of Finance, Controlling & Risk Management 80-100% (m/f/d)

Your tasks

• You bear overall responsibility for finance and accounting and ensure reliable accounting according to Swiss GAAP FER, ZEWO, and cantonal requirements. 
• You are responsible for budgeting, financial planning, and controlling, creating meaningful decision-making bases for management and executives. 
• You keep an eye on liquidity, financing, and funding requirements and advise our departments. 
• You constructively question existing processes and develop clear and efficient financial processes together with the involved parties. 
• You are responsible for risk management and further develop the risk portfolio. 
• You jointly manage Altra’s insurance portfolio with our broker. 
• You lead the finance and controlling department both in terms of personnel and expertise. 
• You support management with financial and economic issues vis-à-vis the canton, authorities, and other stakeholders. 
• You take responsibility for data protection within Altra.

Your profile

• You have a solid education in finance and accounting or controlling. 
• You bring many years of experience in finance and accounting as well as controlling. 
• You have leadership experience and enjoy providing guidance to people and developing solutions together. 
• You think analytically and entrepreneurially and keep the overall picture in mind even with differing interests. 
• You can explain complex financial contexts clearly and represent your professional assessment clearly and convincingly. 
• You bring experience in leading and implementing projects. 
• You are interested in Altra’s social mission and want to combine economic professionalism with social responsibility.

Our offer

• Scope for creativity: You can actively shape Altra’s financial development and contribute your own ideas. 
• Responsibility: You take on a central role with influence on the economic development of our organisation. 
• Proximity to decisions: As a member of the extended executive management, you work directly with the management and various departments. 
• Collaboration on equal footing: Different professional perspectives are welcome. Together we seek viable solutions. 
• Short communication paths: You can directly address topics, develop them further, and take responsibility for their implementation. 
• Meaningfulness: With stable finances and professional structures, you contribute to Altra being able to offer work, training, and housing opportunities for people in need of support in the long term.

Do you have questions?
Alain Thomann
Managing Director
Tel. +41 52 632 17 39

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