Accounting & Treasury Officer

CBM Global

Our Vision: an inclusive world in which all people with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential. 

Our Mission: fighting to end the cycle of poverty and disability.

Our Values:

• We champion inclusion
• We strive for justice
• We pursue excellence
• We embrace partnership
• We live with integrity

While the world has been making progress in tackling poverty, people with disabilities are being left behind. CBM Global works alongside people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and transform lives. Driven by Christian values, we seek out and work with the most marginalised in society, irrespective of race, gender or religion, recognising the equal worth of every individual.

Drawing on over 100 years’ experience and world-leading expertise in disability-inclusive community development and humanitarian action, inclusive eye health and community mental health, CBM Global works with partners to break the cycle of poverty and disability and build inclusive communities. Our programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America are developed and delivered with local partner organisations to ensure long-term transformation and accountability in communities we serve.  We’re deeply committed to the principle of “nothing about us without us”, and we therefore work closely with and support organisations of people with disabilities. 

CBM Global is made up of CBM Australia, CBM Ireland, CBM Kenya, CBM New Zealand, CBM Switzerland, and CBM UK with programmes worldwide and Country Offices in Philippines, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Madagascar and Bolivia. CBM Global works in over 20 countries, maximising our impact through long-term, authentic partnership and a coordinated mix of inclusive community-based programmes, local to global advocacy and delivering inclusion advice to other organisations.

We draw on learning and evidence from our community work to inform our advocacy hand-in-hand with the Disability Movement at local, national and international levels, including with the UN, to achieve systemic change for people with disabilities. We advise governments, UN bodies and other organisations on how to ensure inclusion in their own organisations, policies and programmes to further amplify our impact.  

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Job Overview

This role supports the organisation by providing accounting and treasury services for the organisation. Key activities include the regular payment of invoices, expense claims, salaries and taxes, management of cash in the two entities in Netherlands and Germany and bookkeeping of all transactions.

This role is part of the central Finance team that consists of 5 team members and also interacts with our Finance staff in our 11 country offices in Africa, Asia and Bolivia.

Responsibilities and Duties  

1. Using CBM Global’s Financial Accounting System (Microsoft Dynamics Business Central) for our two entities (Netherlands and Germany): maintaining accounting records in a timely and orderly manner. 
2. Preparing and booking quarter-end adjustments based on amounts owed from Member Associations and information from HR and cost centre owners.
3. Reviewing all requests for payment: invoices, expense claims, fund requests and credit card payments, ensuring they are correctly approved, recorded and stored.
4. Managing the bank accounts for both CBM Global entities (Netherlands and Germany). Using online banking, setting up bank payments in multiple currencies ready for approval. Preparing regular bank reconciliations.
5. Setting up monthly salary and payroll tax payments according to information provided by HR and ensuring compliance with filing and payment deadlines, liaising with tax advisors where required.
6. Optional (depending on if full time or part time role): Managing the weekly payment process for partner projects (from mid-2021) including interacting with Country Offices and CBM Member Associations. 
7. Manage preparations and process for the annual audit of the two CBM Global entities (Netherlands and Germany) with the International Accountant who manages the consolidated audit including Country branch offices.
8. Manage the statutory and tax filings of the two CBM Global entities (Netherlands and Germany) with assistance from our tax advisors. 
9. Supporting other finance staff where needed (e.g. in case of holidays/sickness cover). 

Safeguarding Responsibilities

Knowledge 

Understands the incident management framework and their first responder role in recording, responding and reporting incidents.  

Understands the survivor-centred approach and how to apply it when receiving a complaint or responding to an incident. Knows local support services available in the community or region, and how to engage them. 

Skills 

Able to listen and accurately document reported concerns and complaints. Able to respect the confidentiality of safeguarding allegations. Able to appropriately apply the survivor-centred approach. 

Behaviours 

Treats the survivor and others involved in an incident with dignity and respect. 

Be assertive in implementing the initial incident response protocols by gaining the trust and cooperation of parties involved.

Key outcomes expected from this role

1. Accurate accounting records are maintained on a timely basis. 
2. Financial information is up to date and available for use in stakeholder reporting.
3. All payments are carried out in an effective and efficient manner and correctly approved.
4. Employees are paid on time and associated tax payments are remitted to the appropriate tax authorities in compliance with deadlines.

Anforderungen

Based: We welcome applications from those who live and have the right to work in Germany. It will be required to visit the Laudenbach office from time to time. We offer flexible working from home arrangements. 

Hours: Part-time minimum 60%/Full-time is also possible

Salary range: The salary offered will be competitive, dependent on skills and experience, as well as country of location. We offer a local contract.

Person Specification

All of the following requirements are essential, unless marked with a * when they are desirable.

CBM Global welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience of disability.

Experience and knowledge

• 5 Years experience in a similar role (not necessarily in an NGO)
• Knowledge in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central & Sharepoint solutions *

Skills/competencies/personal qualities

• A self-starter and completer-finisher with excellent attention to detail
• A good team player and networker
• Flexible and able to manage change
• Good German and English communication skills (written and spoken). 
• Passionate about making a contribution to effecting change at a global level for and alongside people with disabilities and their communities, with a deep commitment to the vision of CBM Global and sympathetic to our Christian values. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance or professional qualifications in accounting (ACA, CPA, CIMA, ACCA)