Head of Finance and Donation Accounting
Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:23 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
HEKS employs over 1500 staff in Switzerland and worldwide. Join a leading NGO with impactful projects!
Tasks
- Lead the finance and donation accounting team effectively.
- Ensure compliance with Swiss GAAP and manage financial processes.
- Drive digitalization and optimize financial accounting practices.
Skills
- Bachelor's in Business Administration or equivalent finance education.
- Strong leadership and project management experience required.
- Fluency in English and preferably French for stakeholder communication.
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HEKS employs over 1500 permanent staff members. At 24 locations in Switzerland and worldwide in 35 countries, HEKS operates with 290 programs and projects amounting to around 144 million Swiss francs. In 2024, HEKS reached around 16 million people with its work.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural livelihoods are preserved. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, asserts their rights, and raises awareness and mobilizes for this purpose.
Lived diversity - Inclusion is important to us:
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural livelihoods are preserved. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, asserts their rights, and raises awareness and mobilizes for this purpose.
Lived diversity - Inclusion is important to us:
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
Head of Finance and Donation Accounting
Are you passionate about future-oriented finance and donation accounting as well as transversal financial processes at the interface of stakeholders at home and abroad? Do you have an affinity for digitalization and agile working methods as well as a strong service orientation? Then you can sustainably help shape the future of one of the largest Swiss aid organizations in an important key position.
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, and integral personality as
Your main tasks:
- Personnel management of the finance and donation accounting team
- Operational overall responsibility for finance and donation accounting according to Swiss GAAP FER 21, Swiss Code of Obligations, and ZEWO:
- You and your team manage all main and subsidiary ledgers in Business Central
- You lead the consolidation process for integrating the 15+ international country offices into the consolidated annual financial statements
- You actively contribute to the further development of HEKS-wide financial processes and independently lead digitalization and optimization projects in the area of financial accounting
- Overall responsibility for payment transactions, bank management; participation in liquidity planning and foreign currency management
- You and your team are responsible for donation accounting and ensure the efficient and purpose-compliant booking of all donations in the restricted fund capital
Ideally, you bring the following:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, specialization in finance & accounting or comparable training in finance and accounting (expert in accounting and controlling, federally certified auditor)
- Several years of professional experience in a comparable position (team responsibility, project management, management of financial accounting and consolidation)
- Business fluent English (mandatory), business fluent French (desired)
- High degree of independence and willingness to actively contribute
- Enjoy leading employees and collaborating with diverse internal and external stakeholders
What we offer:
- A challenging and versatile role in a renowned NGO with national and international orientation
- Lots of creative freedom and the opportunity to contribute your own ideas
- A motivated and cheerful team
- Great flexibility regarding presence times and workplace
- A great team of committed and competent employees
- Workplace Zurich (at Schaffhauserplatz) with moderate travel activity within Switzerland
- Excellent pension fund and generous employment conditions
Would you like to join the HEKS team? Then we look forward to receiving your application via our application tool.
For further information, Fabian Spörri is available at fabian.spoerri@heks.ch.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
For further information, Fabian Spörri is available at fabian.spoerri@heks.ch.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
