Finance Officer

'Enthusiastic and proactive colleague with a passion for numbers - 32-40 hours per week

Our organization

At War Child we work to improve the resilience and well-being of children living with violence and armed conflict.

The financial team consists of the financial manager, the controllers and the financial administration team. You are part of the financial administration team that consists of a team leader and three financial employees, including you.

You provide a supporting contribution by performing administrative tasks, processing relevant data and providing information. In addition, you provide proactive analyses, create reports, develop financial tools and have external contacts with, for example, banks, system developers, partners and accountants and answer their questions independently.

Your tasks:

• Processing administrative transactions in the designated administration, including intercompany bookings with the country offices, time sheets, invoices and memo journals.
• Checks and specifies balances periodically and in preparation for the annual audit.
• Prepare and process outgoing payments.
• Processing incoming payments.
• Checking and processing the monthly payroll administration.
• You are aware of Dutch VAT legislation and escalate (risks of) non-compliance of incoming (expenses) and outgoing (donor) invoices.
• You ensure that employees follow the processes and procedures with regard to, for example, declarations and other internal financial requirements.
• You ensure that the confidentiality of all confidential information (such as salary information) is maintained, knowing which information you are not allowed to share.
• Solving new problems within prescribed guidelines and procedures.
• Actively contribute to and participate in cross-departmental working groups (such as the purchasing platform).

Your profile

• Minimum 3 years experience in a similar role
• Relevant education(s)
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably Unit4
• An eye for detail and good organizational skills
• Good command of the Dutch and/or English language
• Positive-critical team player
• You fully support the objectives of War Child

Over War Child

War Child offers a challenging job in an inspiring work environment. There is an informal atmosphere, both in our office and while working remotely. In addition, there is always plenty of room for creativity, inspiration and personal initiative of employees and we are dynamic, innovative and integrity-oriented.

What we offer

• Salary ranges from €3108 to €3865 gross per month, based on 40 hours per week (the exact amount is determined by the years of your relevant work experience)
• 8% holiday allowance based on the annual salary
• 29 days of vacation per year on a full-time basis (of which 3 predetermined days off)
• A pension scheme fully paid for by War Child
• Net contribution to home working and travel expenses according to our hybrid work policy (our office is best reached by public transport)
• Monthly mobile phone allowance of €25 net per month
• Various secondary conditions focused on personal development, well-being and meeting with War Child colleagues
• Great atmosphere, great colleagues and of course the meaningful purpose of our work!