Use your financial skills to create real social impact!
We’re looking for a detail-oriented, trustworthy, and proactive person to manage our treasury/account and controlling functions to support our mission.
If you want purpose behind your spreadsheets, join us as a Treasury/Account & Controlling Volunteer!
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Role Title and Description
Treasury/Account & Controlling with the potential to assume a Board Member role.
Able to start for our financial year 2026, with a shadowing period before the official appointment is announced at the next AGM in March 2026.
We work remotely with the majority of the Board located in Switzerland.
Approximately 24 hours per calendar month. Depending on the capacity of the applicant, we may consider splitting the Treasurer role and the accounting activity.
Accounting activities:
- Maintain accounts and produce reports using “Banana Accounting”. Financial reports with a monthly board reporting financial insight in our individual projects.
- Manage payment requests promptly and international transfers to partners using the online banking platform
- Oversee and process donations in coordination with the Office Administrator, recording them in the CRM (Salesforce), ensuring tax receipts and thank you letters are sent promptly
- Maintain and account for credit card and PayPal transactions in coordination with the Office Administrator
- Ensure efficient internal routines, effective segregation of duties, and compliance with Greenlamp’s authorization policy. Audit, Annual Accounts and Annual Reporting
- Prepare Annual Accounts for members based on Swiss GAAP FER 21. Knowledge of UK Charity Accounting SORP is useful.
- Ensure Annual Accounts are audited within 6 weeks following year end
- Address audit weaknesses promptly and ensure timely follow-up on corrective actions.
Treasurer activities:
- Cash Flow reports (including actual against budget) for regular Board meetings
- Interact with team leads (Projects, Communications, CRM & Digital Platforms)
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations for review by the President
- Analyse multiple currency risks to ensure losses are minimised on FX accounts
- Learn and use systems relevant to the position, including Banana, bank platforms, the CRM and Google Drive
Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience in accounting and monthly reporting, ideally with an accounting qualification
- Accustomed to preparing budgets and cash flows, reconciliations and knowledge of internal processes and controls
- Awareness of Swiss GAAP (FER 1-6 and NFP FER 21 – restricted and unrestricted funding statements)
- Experience preparing accounts and supporting documentation for audit purposes
- Experience and knowledge of Banana or similar accounting software
- Awareness of charity accounting and donations, sponsorship and donations in kind
Apply today and help us turn generosity into action.
Send your CV in English to: jobs@greenlamp.ch
Application deadline: 30.01.2026