Financial Administrator

IKEA Foundation has a vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. They believe the two greatest threats to the future of children are climate change and poverty. It’s their mission to improve the lives of vulnerable children by enabling families to create sustainable livelihoods and fight and cope with climate change. These are complex problems that require collaboration to drive systems change. They work in partnership to identify solutions that allow them to create the greatest impact with their funding. They value their partners because they bring knowledge and experience that they don’t have. They build long term relationships based on transparency and learning so they can course correct when things don’t go as planned.

The IKEA Foundation is funded by INGKA Foundation, owner of the Ingka Group of companies. The IKEA Foundation is independent from the retail business with a sole focus on creating brighter lives on a liveable planet through philanthropy and grantmaking.

The Financial Administrator is responsible for the execution of day to day financial activities within the IKEA Foundation and projects related to finance. Your work includes reporting, handling of data, ensuring compliance with tax and legal requirements, improvement of organisational procedures and providing financial support to departments. It is necessary to have eye for detail and challenge the current practices to help improve and professionalise the financial administration. A proactive and critical attitude is necessary. As Financial Administrator, you will be part of a small but enthusiastic team of people that are committed to making a difference. You will report to the Head of Finance.

• Manage the financial administration, including book-keeping, accounting, cash management, payroll and pension related activities;
• Collect and analyse data which is used in the preparation of periodic reporting;
• Prepare financial reports;
• Advise on and respond to financial inquiries of stakeholders;
• Manage financial closings and parts of the annual audit process;
• Contribute to the effective and efficient design of work processes and procedures.

You have:

• A bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting;
• Excellent planning, analytical and reporting skills;
• Proven project management experience;
• Excellent knowledge of accounting systems, Excel and Power BI (prior experience working with NetSuite is considered an advantage);
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships.

At the IKEA Foundation, you are welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. They are interested to see what you can bring to the Foundation. Thet are convinced that different views, talents, and personalities make them better at understanding themselves and their partners, and inspire them to think differently. If you feel like you might not tick all the boxes for this role and this is the reason you hesitate to apply, we would like to encourage you to still give it a chance. Perhaps your unique background could spark a great idea of how to create a better everyday life for the many people. They offer a dynamic working environment amongst co-workers from different nationalities. Amongst these nationalities, they share a single culture and set of values. You will be able to contribute to constantly improving the grantmaking experience at the IKEA Foundation. In doing so, you will have the opportunity to work with innovative solutions and you will be challenged to come up with ideas for improvements in all areas. The better they can support their co-workers and partners, the more time and energy they can spend on the causes that they support!