Senior Finance Accounting Specialist

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details  

August 2025. Full-time, open-ended contract

Role Summary 

The Senior Finance Accounting Specialist at GSO leads the accounting functions, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant financial operations. The role combines accounting expertise, analysis, and project management to support Medair’s global financial processes. Medair seeks a finance professional with leadership potential, capable of accurately booking and interpreting financial data, identifying trends, and partnering with stakeholders to implement and monitor effective actions.

Project Overview 

Medair’s Global Support Office (GSO) provides operational guidance and technical support to country programmes. The GSO Finance Department acts as a strategic advisor and financial gatekeeper, ensuring sound financial management, compliance, and investment decisions across the organisation.  

Workplace & Conditions 

Global Support Office (GSO) position based in Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss or eligible EU citizens, or those with a valid work permit for Switzerland.

Responsibilities

• Accounting Operations: Ensure timely and accurate processing of financial transactions, compliance with Swiss GAAP and Medair policies, and effective month-end reconciliations.

• Process Improvement & Compliance: Develop and document Medair accounting procedures, support internal controls, and contribute to audit readiness and statutory compliance.

• Financial Insight & Analysis: Interpret financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Translate numbers into actionable insights for key stakeholders that support operational decisions.

• Collaboration & Projects: Partner with procurement, treasury, and other key stakeholders to improve financial processes, overseeing improvement projects as assigned.

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business administration and or accounting/bookkeeping.

• Solid professional experience in a finance accounting position, demonstrable knowledge of accounting principles, preferably in a multi-fund environment, including Swiss GAAP, VAT, and audit requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft suite, accounting and fund software

• Professional English, with French an additional asset

• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate effectively across departments in multi-cultural setting.  

Behavioural Skills

• Analytical thinking, strong problem-solving skills, improvement-driven, and enjoys challenges

• Excellent attention to detail and maintains high accuracy in data preparation and entry

• Proactive, highly organized, structured, solutions oriented  

• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks, and manage stress effectively

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Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

1. Medair organisational values.

1. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

1. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

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