Finance and Project Controlling Specialist 80% International Educational Development (IB)

The Zurich University of Teacher Education actively shapes education, school, and teaching of today and tomorrow in teaching and research.

In the Vice-Rectorate for Continuing Education and Services, the International Educational Development (IB) department supports schools and organisations in the areas of democracy education, career orientation, life skills, and multilingualism. It provides further training for teachers, school leaders, social workers, and authorities both domestically and abroad.

Would you like to apply your financial and controlling expertise in an international educational environment? In this versatile interface role, you combine operational financial responsibility with project controlling, consulting, and the further development of financial processes. Do you enjoy working with diverse stakeholders, think solution-oriented, and appreciate a collegial team where helpfulness, flexibility, and a touch of humour are part of the culture? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

Finance and Accounting

• Responsibility for financial administration, accounts payable and receivable, and payment transactions (excluding payroll)
• Supporting the department management with budgeting, multi-year planning, forecasting, annual financial statements, and resource planning
• Preparing financial analyses at department and centre level

Project Controlling and Consulting

• Financial controlling of third-party funded projects including budgeting, reporting, and audit support
• Advising managers and project leaders on financial management, key figures, and contribution margins
• Interface between project management, project leaders, and the finance department

Further Development of Processes and Instruments

• Development and maintenance of financial tools, templates, and standards 
• Coordination and participation in the standardisation of financial processes within the Vice-Rectorate
• Further development of instruments for planning, calculation, analysis, and management of continuing education and service offerings

• Commercial basic training with further education in finance and accounting or comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in finance and accounting as well as solid controlling knowledge, ideally in project or third-party funding controlling in international cooperation
• Experience in budgeting, financial planning, analysis, and reporting
• Very good Excel and solid Microsoft Office skills; interest in digital financial tools and data-based analyses. Power BI or comparable tools are a plus.
• Very good German and English skills; French and other languages are welcome
• Independent, structured, and reliable working style as well as enthusiasm for process development
• Strong service and solution orientation as well as consulting competence
• Openness and enjoyment in collaborating with partners from diverse cultural and institutional contexts