Regional Project Controller (m/w/d)

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Greenpeace in Central and Eastern Europe is looking for a

Regional Project Controller (m/w/d)

Do you excel at coordinating projects? Are you interested in financial control and enjoy collaborating with Project Managers and Program Leaders? If so, this job is perfect for you!

The main purpose of this role is to manage projects from a financial perspective, primarily driven by programs that may be funded internally or externally, each with distinct reporting requirements. The role involves supporting other initiatives, such as fundraising projects. You will be acting as both a Controller and Financial collaborating Partner.

The responsibilities include supporting the budget and forecast processes, meeting reporting needs and the enhancement of current reporting methods. The Project Controller is responsible for clearly understanding the status of projects and reporting updates to the Finance Director and Program Managers.

In this role you will:

• Act as independent project controller for of international / transnational campaign projects and other relevant projects;
• Develop new reporting tools, and improve current ones;
• Visualize Project status and development of internal forecasting and reporting processes;
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers and Campaign Leads;
• Coordinate with personnel controlling;
• Create the budget and forecasts with project management;
• Monitor projects and create regular variance analyses;
• Align regularly with project leads (budget holders);
• Prepare ad-hoc evaluations.

What we are looking for :

• Two to three years of knowledge in project controlling in international organizations;
• Proactive stakeholder management;
• Accurate and analytical approach;
• Very good english skills;
• High level of self responsibility;
• High level skills of excel / google sheets;
• Strong communication skills;
• Independent work ( supervision of projects)

This role may be based in one of these regional offices in CEE: Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia. The salary depends on the final location and is based on the organization’s salary system. For Austria (with office in Vienna), the gross minimum salary is EUR 3.637,- based on fulltime (40hrs).

We offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home. We offer professional support for work related but also private challenges as well as attractive benefits. We expect our employees to grow in and with their roles – professionally but also personally. We support this with a diverse set of tools like coaching or mentoring and a vast palette of internal and external training.

If you are interested in this unique opportunity, and you meet the criteria, please submit your CV together with a strong motivation letter in English. We are looking forward to receiving your application!

Only approved candidates will be invited for an interview. The selection process will be taking place on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is chosen.
Please submit your application before 11 September 2024 only via our recruiting platform:
https://cee.jobs.greenpeace.org/l/de/o/regional-project-controller

Greenpeace CEE is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidentiality.