Stiftung Pro Juventute
Zürich
Senior Controller (Strategic Controlling) 80%
- 03 September 2026
- 80%
- Zürich
Job summary
Join Stiftung Pro Juventute, a nonprofit enhancing youth support. Work in a flexible, collaborative environment with a strong mission.
Tasks
- Serve as a strategic partner on financial topics and support analysis.
- Manage reporting to CFO and improve KPI dashboards effectively.
- Create forecasts and budgets for the organization's planning.
Skills
- Solid finance education with experience in controlling required.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to simplify complex data.
- Excellent communication and proactive problem-solving abilities.
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About the job
"All children and young people grow up strengthened, confident and joyful - in a supportive environment and a society that enables participation."
This is our vision and currently around 200 employees and over 1000 volunteers throughout Switzerland are committed to it with great dedication and passion. With our services such as the emergency number 147, parent letters, application training, media usage workshops and many more, we support children and young people as well as their parents every day.
You have no interest in hierarchy and long, central decision-making processes? You are interested in collegial leadership and self-organisation or are already familiar with it? Oh, now it’s getting exciting!
Would you also like to help shape and have a positive impact on children and young people in Switzerland? Then strengthen our team!
What tasks await you?
- Partner for strategic financial topics as well as preparation of ad-hoc analyses and decision-making bases
- Responsibility for reporting to CFO, management and board of trustees including further development of KPI dashboards and early warning systems
- Preparation of forecasts, scenarios, analyses, budgets and multi-year plans (3–5 years) to steer the organisation
- Analysis of financial risks and assessment of impacts on goals, projects and investments
- Development of financial models, business cases and simulations (e.g. ROI, capital requirements)
- Translation of complex financial data into understandable and decision-relevant information
- Responsibility for treasury topics including liquidity planning, financial investments and risk monitoring
- Ensuring transparency, consistency and quality in financial planning and reporting
- Responsibility and implementation of special projects
What profile do you bring?
- Solid training in finance and accounting with appropriate further education (e.g. controlling, finance)
- Several years of experience in controlling, ideally with a focus on strategic financial management
- Very good knowledge of Swiss GAAP FER, foundation law and relevant legislation
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as a good understanding of interrelations
- Experience in financial planning, forecasting and scenario analyses
- Ability to prepare complex content appropriately for the audience (CFO, management, board of trustees)
- Structured and forward-looking working style
- High degree of personal responsibility, reliability, resilience, flexibility and proactivity
- Strong communication skills and a convincing presence
- Change and ownership mindset as well as entrepreneurial thinking
- Affinity for digital tools and reporting systems (especially Abacus)
What can you look forward to?
- Meaning in your daily work! Your work always has an impact, whether directly or indirectly, on the well-being of children and young people in Switzerland
- Highly motivated team that works together
- 40-hour working week with flexible working hours and a generous mobile office arrangement
- Time to recharge: 6 weeks of holiday per year
- 5 paid training days (equivalent to 40 hours regardless of workload), which can be used freely
- 6 weeks paternity leave / 20 weeks maternity leave (from 2nd year of service)
We look forward to receiving your complete application documents!
Contact
HR Specialist
Pro Juventute Foundation
Telephone:+41 44 256 77 17