Head of Accounting and Finance at 80%

• 22 octobre 2026
• 80%
• Durée indéterminée
• Genève

The Service culturel (SEC) is the interlocutor for artists, cultural actors and actresses, and institutions in the fields of performing, visual, and digital arts. Its main missions are the support of creation, the design and organization of events, and the management of municipal cultural venues. It also develops collaborations with partners at the regional and national levels. To complete its team, the SEC is looking for a

Head of Accounting and Finance at 80% #

Your mission and responsibilities

• Autonomously proceed with the accounting of operations necessary for the preparation of the SEC's financial statements.
• Control and validate grant payment requests as well as the department's electronic invoices.
• Establish and maintain dashboards relating to the monitoring of allocated budget envelopes.
• Assist, advise, and inform the hierarchy as well as the employees of the SEC.
• Manage and lead specific files and projects autonomously.
• Propose solutions taking into account the accounting standards, regulations, and procedures in force within the administration, the DCTN, and the SEC.
• Control compliance, by the department's financial commitments, with departmental and internal service directives, as well as the Accord intercantonal sur les marchés publics (AIMP).
• Manage and lead the Accounting and Finance entity.
• Organize and chair coordination meetings, and ensure internal communication.

Your profile

• Hold a university degree in management, public finance, administration, or an equivalent title, and justify proven experience in an administrative and financial management function.
• Possess excellent knowledge of public finance, ideally acquired in a public or parapublic environment.
• Justify at least five years of experience in the field of accounting and finance, including personnel coordination.
• Perfectly master French, both spoken and written.
• Knowledge of the functioning of a public administration is an asset.
• Demonstrate good management of time and priorities.
• Demonstrate good analytical skills and know how to take initiative.

Conditions and registration procedure

Registration deadline: 12.11.2026
Start date: 01.02.2027
Job classification: Class J of the salary scale

Application file

The application file must contain the following elements: motivation letter; detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, the completed "Demande d'emploi" form (to be downloaded from our website); copies of diplomas and work certificates; recent photo (passport format).
In its desire to fight unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Office cantonal de l'emploi.

Application follow-up

In Ville de Genève, the recruitment process is decentralized. This means that each service or department is responsible for the follow-up of applications for the positions it offers. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent to candidates.

Employment conditions

Employees of the Ville de Genève must be domiciled in the authorized domiciliation zone and be the beneficiary of a valid work permit or authorization.

More information on the working conditions of the Ville de Genève: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi