Finance Manager

Zamaneh Media is a small, non-profit Persian-language media organization based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It provides independent journalism, investigative journalism, citizen reporting, debate, and knowledge to audiences in Iran and Persian-speaking communities around the world. Zamaneh builds bridges between Iran and the Iranian diaspora, as well as between different Persian-speaking communities, including those in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Your role
You will:

• Hold overall responsibility for the financial administration
• Prepare project budgets, the annual budget, monthly financial reports and liquidity forecast for the Board
• Develop, monitor and update the organisation’s financial policies, procedures and internal controls
• Responsible for financial reporting to institutional donors and end-of-year reporting
• Coordinate and lead the annual financial and project audits
• Oversee grants administration, including donor agreements and donations
• Be the lead contact for the external auditor
• Improve the efficiency of financial and administrative processes
• Research together with HR, complex specific financial matters, such as pension arrangements or taxation, assess their organisational and financial implications, and advise the Director and Management Team

Gevraagd

• Can prepare clear financial reports, budgets, forecasts and analyses
• Understand donor compliance requirements and can translate them into workable internal processes
• Has experience in a comparable financial management or controlling role, preferably within a non-profit or project-based organisation
• Experience preparing annual financial statements
• Has knowledge of administrative organisation and internal control systems, as well as planning and control principles
• Has hands-on experience with excel and accounting systems, preferably Accountview
• Speaks and writes Dutch and English fluently
• Resides in the Netherlands within travel distance to Amsterdam
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent and at least 5 years of experience in similar role

Aanbod

• 25 Days holiday leave
• 8% annual vacation allowance
• Pension plan
• The possibility of working partly from home with a remote work allowance
• Home-work travel fully reimbursed
• Company-provided laptop
• Psychosocial support
• A small, dedicated team within a flat organisational structure with a lot of room for personal development and bringing in ideas