IT Lead for Finance

Vor 5 Tagen

Geneva, Schweiz MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES Suisse Vollzeit
Context & Mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

Finance and Human resources field workers at MSF has long relied on legacy system based on Excel, supplemented with Visual Basic (VB) scripts and macros, to manage budgets, forecasts and allocation of staff. While this system has served its purpose over the years, it is increasingly becoming evident that it cannot keep pace with the evolving demands of modern finance and human resources operations and increased security in IT systems. The incumbent will lead a project that will transform how field operations are being managed in the finance and HR domains.

The IT Lead will liaise the business side of the project with IT department and software vendor. S/he will participate to specification workshops and translate business needs into technical taks.

S/he will design, configure and test the solution based on a framework that will be choosen after a challenge between few software vendors.

S/he will ensure good integration of the new solution with MSF information system (design and build of interface, end to end tests, …)

Responsibilities
  • Ensure delivery of project IT components in line with defined quality standards
  • Coordinate and lead technical matters between external vendor, internal IT team and SMEs in finance and human resources domains.
  • Ensure the availability and quality of the solution
  • Define and execure technical testing strategy
  • Manage releases content, planning and delivery
  • Coordinate IT department and partners involvement and tasks
  • Deliver documentation and formal reporting.
  • Give support to the end-users for the good usage of applications
  • Ensures coherence and good cooperation within the project team and alignment of the different stakeholders and departments.
Your Profile

Education

  • Masters degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field
  • Project Management Certification preferred.

Experience

  • Experience with innovative development projects, including the ability to manage the process from relatively vague requirements to a defined project.
  • Strong experience managing data flow in a heterogeneous information system.

Skills/ Technical competencies

  • Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to ERP, accouting system, Excel and PowerBI
  • Culture of data flow, data storage and data usage.
  • Skills or at least strong interest for finance and HR forecasting in a decentralized context.
  • Final user oriented, capable of creating solution within the frame of project charter.
  • Ability to adapt to change and successfully manage different stakeholder’s expectations.
  • Able to deliver in an international and multi-cultural environment.
  • Virtual collaboration capabilities.
  • Accountability: Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs

Languages

  • Fluency in French and English is required, good written and oral communication skills.
  • Any additional language a plus.

Personal Abilities/Qualities

  • Strong in building bridges between different disciplines and organizational levels.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to prioritize and execute many tasks in parallel.
  • Excellent attention to detail and an ability to produce clear and concise written documents.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Patient but strong personality, able to resolve conflicts of interests.
  • Strong analytical skills & creative methods to solve problems.
  • Excellent ability to work in a multicultural environment successfully and to demonstrate commitment and support for diversity, gender-responsive, inclusive, and non-discriminatory behaviour and attitudes.
Terms of Employment
  • Full-time position 100% (40h/week)
  • Fixed-term contract (12 months)
  • Working place: Geneva, Switzerland
  • Ideal start date: 01.10.2024
  • Gross annual salary (for 100%): from CHF 101’172.- to CHF 115’332.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)
  • Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.
  • Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.
  • Relocation package if moving from a different country to Switzerland.
How to apply

Candidates submit their application following the requirements: CV 2 p. max. – letter of motivation 1p. max. – in French or English.

Deadline for application is September 15th, 2024.

We reserve the right to close the position early if we consider the number and quality of applications received to be sufficient.

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The applications will be treated confidentially.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Only applications submitted on our recruitment platforms will be considered.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.

At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together for the social mission of MSF to create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.

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