Financial Manager with Deputy Head of Staff KD

Bern, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100% This is what you can contribute <br /> • As deputy head of staff, support the management of the Consular Directorate and the head of staff in shaping and developing sustainable, modern, efficient, and customer-friendly consular services • Ensure and further develop the analysis and meaningful presentation of various consular key figures for the departmental management and the directorate • As financial manager KD, ensure budget control, monitoring, and analysis, secure the corresponding reporting and personnel cost planning, be responsible for the accounting and payment transactions of the directorate, and support the departments of the directorate in budget matters • Together with the head of staff, shape and ensure controlling and quality assurance tasks in the areas of IKS, BCM, and risk reporting <br /> What makes you unique <br /> • Several years of experience in the field of staff work/management support with political sensitivity • Knowledge of the business and financial management of the federal administration • Very good PC user skills, especially Excel, as well as additional knowledge of the working tools IPDM, SAP FI/CO or willingness to undergo corresponding further training • Experience in building and implementing controlling and management instruments • Good active knowledge of at least one second official language, passive knowledge of the third official language is an advantage <br /> In brief As a committed, initiative, and responsible person, you will take over the deputy head of staff and bring your analytical, organizational, and administrative skills to the areas of controlling, quality assurance, and finance. With your independent and reliable working method, you will make a significant contribution to supporting the management and steering and further developing the consular services. What we offer <br /> • Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population. • Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we unfold our competencies and bring different perspectives into play. • Healthy at work We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health. All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html) <br /> The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) coordinates and shapes Swiss foreign policy on behalf of the Federal Council, protects the country's interests, and promotes Swiss values. The Consular Directorate (KD) provides consular services together with the network of Swiss representations abroad and ensures a customer-friendly, efficient service public. It is also responsible for the security of Swiss foreign representations and their personnel. The KD develops cooperation models with selected partners for consular services, as well as solutions and instruments for modernizing these services, and represents consular interests at the national and international level. Furthermore, it is the "guichet unique" for concerns of Swiss individuals and institutions abroad, operates the 24-hour helpline of the EDA, creates the EDA's travel notices, and promotes the interests of Swiss citizens living abroad. For services to Swiss citizens, the KD provides efficient framework conditions for the external network, namely in the areas of working tools, processes, and quality assurance. It also supports Swiss representations abroad in crisis preparation and coordinates crisis management abroad. In the visa area, the KD is finally responsible for outsourcing and forms the interface to the State Secretariat for Migration. Additional information The salary class already includes a supplementary class for the deputy function Questions about the position Markus Natsch +41 58 46 48416 Questions about the application