Head of Finance and Administration - FFO

Head of Finance and Administration

Would you like a key role in Norway's largest umbrella organisation for people with disabilities, chronic illness and their relatives? As our new Head of Finance and Administration, you will have a central place in FFO's management and report directly to the Secretary General. The administration department handles the secretariat function for the board and attends board meetings as needed. We are now looking for a capable and forward-thinking leader who can develop and strengthen us within finance, management, HR and administrative systems, including contributing to our important international work. We look forward to hearing from you!

Responsibilities:

• Line management of 3 employees in the administration department

• Develop and run the HR function and personnel administration systems

• Run and develop FFO's finance and accounting functions

• Budgeting and accounts follow-up, including cooperation with the auditor

• Responsibility for applications for operating funds, including coordinating application work

• Follow-up and use of established grant schemes, including reporting

• Management and follow-up of surplus liquidity, in cooperation with the external manager

• Responsibility for the staff handbook, collective agreement and salary negotiations, pensions and insurance schemes

• Assist the Secretary General and department head within HR, including personnel matters

• Responsibility for drafting and quality assurance of FFO's contracts and agreements

• Ensure that FFO has appropriate IT systems at all times

• Financial responsibility for our international aid portfolio in cooperation with the international department

• Interaction and dialogue with FFO's external partners

Qualifications:

• Higher education in economics, organisation and management

• Experience with financial analysis, budgeting and accounting

• Management experience, including people management

• Competence and experience in project work at a senior level

• Experience with organisational work, including working across boundaries

• Communication skills, good written and verbal formulation ability

• Experience from the non-profit sector would be an advantage

• Good IT and systems understanding

• Experience from board work

Personal qualities:

• Good leadership qualities, operational and strategic

• Collaborative ability with good relationship skills

• Structured, orderly and service-oriented

• Analytical, with the ability to see the whole of the organisation

• Results- and development-oriented, with strong execution ability

• Skilled at planning, initiating, controlling and following up

• Communication skills; good written and verbal formulation ability

We offer:

• FFO is strategically positioned and carries an important social responsibility as a non-profit and voluntary organisation, with a close connection to its mission

• A well-regarded and recognised organisation, with a stable membership base and sound finances

• A good working environment characterised by willingness to change and commitment

• Developing and good cooperation with external partners

• Pleasant office premises centrally located in Oslo city centre

• Good pension scheme; hybrid Storebrand

• Salary by agreement

For more information about the position, please feel free to contact:

Skagerak Consulting, Senior Consultant Jan Inge Hiorth, tel. 911 10 038, or Frode Yngland, tel. 959 40 859, or FFO, Secretary General Lilly Ann Elvestad, 926 08 314.

All enquiries are handled confidentially.

Application deadline: As soon as possible and no later than 10 November.

Funksjonshemmedes fellesorganisasjon (FFO) is Norway's largest umbrella organisation for and of patient and user organisations representing people with disabilities, chronic illness and their relatives. In close cooperation with our 93 member organisations, we pave the way for equality and good services for a large part of Norway's population.