Assistant Financial Controller

Position summary:

The Assistant Financial Controller is a key member of the Global Accounting department, working under the controller, based in the Netherlands. This position will provide primary day-to-day support for annual audit process(es) and country-specific, project, benefit audits. This candidate will work closely with our global accounting team to ensure the complete processing of monthly foreign financial transactions into our global accounting system. Reconciliation of foreign office cash, advance accounts and checking to ensure field offices meet global requirements for field office reporting, is also part of the job. In addition, this role supports and assists the controller in developing internal financial controls and accounting policies and procedures in compliance with local regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the RAMs globally to ensure the daily/monthly activities of the field transactions related to their HQ are sent on time to HQ.
• Perform detail reviews of the field office monthly transactions, including that monthly bank reconciliations and petty cash/advances are in order, and enter the month’s report in the corporate accounting system for supervisor review/posting.
• Provide oversight of the accuracy and timely recording of the day-to-day accounting transactions, including but not limited to banking, payroll, A/P, A/R, G/L, cash management, corporate credit cards, accounting systems and field office accounting consolidations;
• Supports supervisor and global accounting team with month/year end closes, annual & benefits audits;
• Proactively communicates regarding closes, audits, benefit audit, timecards, and others;
• Supports the controller in day-to-day management of accounting staff;
• Drives productive collaboration (coordination, communication) with other departments, such as finance, Development, HR ad Markets;
• Maintaining effective communication within the accounting department, F&A, auditors and RA where relevant;
• Serve as a backup for other team members as needed (Account Payables);
• Successful completion of required filings annually;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance;
• Minimum 5-7 years relevant experience; non-profit sector experience a plus;
• Dutch language skills a must
• Strong management skills and supervisory experience in accounting or finance environment required;
• Communication Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills and ability to multi-task, work in a multicultural, diverse, and highly deadline-driven environment;
• Proficiency with accounting system software, expertise in Excel and report writing software;
• Initiative, self-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented, dependability, strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a multicultural, diverse, and highly performance-driven environment.

Job Level: 3

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Deadline: 15 September 2024

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in the Netherlands will be considered.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: recruitment@ra.org

Who we are:
The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.

Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.

At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.

Why
To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.

How
Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.

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