Head of Finance / Operations and Member of Executive Management 60 %

At Weissenheim Bern, 40 boys and girls with a learning disability or mental impairment as well as social abnormalities attend the special primary school. The majority of the children/adolescents also spend time outside of school at Weissenheim in the weekly or partial boarding school. The care times and tasks are flexibly oriented towards the needs and resources of the family system. Various therapeutic offers support the development of the children and adolescents. A farm with animals and a garden is part of the pedagogical concept. Weissenheim employs around 70 employees. We are looking for as of 1.9.2026 or by arrangement a Head of Finance / Operations and Member of Executive Management 60 % ## Area of responsibility ### • You undertake the joint leadership responsibility for the overall institution together with the Heads of Living and School. • You lead the administration team and are responsible, together with them, for bookkeeping, invoicing, and administrative tasks. • You bear the ultimate responsibility for the preparation of the annual financial statements. Furthermore, you prepare the financial and liquidity planning as well as the quarterly reporting for the attention of the Board. • Support for service negotiations with the Canton • You ensure a functioning, appropriate IT infrastructure and coordinate cooperation with external support. • You ensure the implementation of data protection requirements throughout the entire operation. • You lead the operations team, which provides services in the areas of technical services, laundry, cleaning, and kitchen. • Together with the caretaker team, you ensure the continuous maintenance of real estate and movables and coordinate construction projects. Requirement profile • Completed tertiary education in the finance sector • Several years of professional experience in finance and accounting, preferably in a social institution or in a public environment • Experience with the software ABACUS and cost center accounting • Networked, process-oriented, and business-oriented thinking • IT and digitalization affinity • Interest in construction-related questions • Leadership experience • Resilient and humorous personality who enjoys working in an operation with children and adolescents • Proficient German, oral and written We offer • Varied and responsible field of activity in a communal school home with a motivated and competent team • Space for designing and developing • Quiet, central location in the city of Bern with very good connections to public transport For questions, information is provided Mirjam Oetterli (Co-Home Manager) Tel. 031 370 12 11, mirjam.oetterli@weissenheim.ch Application via email to: Irène Iten (Secretariat), info@weissenheim.ch Application deadline until 30.8.2026