Hybrid Compliance & Audit Advisor – m/f/d

at Save the Children Deutschland

• Job title: Compliance & Audit Advisor – m/f/d
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €45,600 - €60,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ERP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Compliance & Audit Advisor ensuring financial compliance for projects in a children's rights organization. Advising on donor regulations and facilitating audits within a global nonprofit framework.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that donor regulations and funding guidelines relevant to the organization (including the German Federal Budget Code - Bundeshaushaltsordnung, funding decisions, regulations and provisions) are understood in their current version and consistently applied in project implementation
• Advise and support program departments and project finance teams in planning, evaluating and following up on projects with respect to all financial compliance matters; proactively take into account audit-related requirements (audit preparedness)
• Establish and monitor a project compliance risk system and advise program departments and project finance teams on preventive and mitigating measures
• Provide advice on all financial compliance issues during contract negotiations with donors, propose appropriate contractual wording and proactively develop solutions, particularly in new and complex program contexts
• Strengthen holistic compliance by supporting program departments in observing and systematically applying donor regulations in program implementation
• Lead coordination of complex and time-consuming donor audits
• Ensure internal communication on all audit matters between teams within the organization and, where relevant, with donors, SCI/SC Europe and the auditors
• Manage and maintain data on the key findings of various audits and follow up on recommendations or requirements arising from audits; include deriving and developing process improvements and internal control systems
• Systematically convey and consolidate expertise on compliance (especially financial compliance), project risks and audit topics within the organization

Requirements

• University degree with a focus on economics, law, public administration or comparable qualifications/experience
• Several years of solid professional experience managing project finances in a large, globally operating nonprofit organization engaged in international cooperation
• Expertise in the following areas: institutional donor policies at EU, federal and state level (in particular ECHO, German Federal Foreign Office) and conducting audits by these donors
• Understanding of and experience in risk management
• Experience using ERP and CRM systems
• Knowledge and experience in nonprofit law is an advantage
• Flexible, positive and solution-oriented mindset
• High degree of initiative, decisiveness and enjoyment in shaping strategic, cross-team processes
• Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken; additional languages, especially French or Arabic, are an advantage

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and up to 60% remote work
• Salary according to the organisation’s internal pay model; starting salary for this position ranges from €3,800 to €5,000 (gross, full-time at 40h/week), depending on relevant professional experience and expertise
• Professional support and development measures
• An international working environment and a values-based organisational culture
• Plenty of scope for independence and initiative
• 30 days of annual leave plus 1 day of special leave
• Choice of an additional benefit: Edenred credit card, supplementary company health insurance, Urban Sports Club membership or subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
• 20% employer contribution to the company pension scheme
• Full continued pay during a child's illness
• Occupational health management
• Family room as well as quiet and prayer rooms in our office