Open position - Bookkeeping Assistant

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung is a political foundation affiliated with the German Green Party. We are a green think tank, an international policy network for green visions and projects. Headquartered in Berlin we have more than 30 offices around the world. Our main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. We place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for women and men. The Prague office of the foundation carries out activities in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

Bookkeeping assistant is responsible for sound and proper accounting practices in consultation with the financial coordinator.

The Bookkeeping assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• evidence of the cash payments in the cash book

• documentation and preparation for the booking of cash payments in bookkeeping system Navision

• evidence and bookkeeping of invoices

• entering data in the online banking, preparation of the payments

• timely posting of all payment transactions

• preparation of financial reports

• preparation of documents for the annual financial statements

• assisting the financial coordinator with planning, controlling and adjusting the budgets for the programmes and office

• responsibility for sound and proper accounting practices in consultation with the financial coordinator

Requirements:

• minimum high school education degree;

• minimum 2 years of work experience in the field of accounting, but we are happy to support also a junior candidate

• communication level in English or German required, Czech, Slovak or Hungarian language skills are a plus;

• IT skills (bookkeeping systems – ideally the program Navision, MS Excel and Word, other regular programs and databases);

• strong ability to work independently and responsibly

• strong organizational skills with attention to detail;

• willingness to learn and acquire new skills

• solution-oriented & flexible;

• good team player who enjoys working in an international team;

• interest in the values and mission of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung;

We offer:

• work in a nice team in an office in the center of Prague

• 40 hours of work per week with flexible working hours including some home office

• gross salary of 45,000 CZK per month

• 13th month salary

• individual language course

• start of the employment can be agreed on

Application:

Please send your CV (1) and motivation letter (2) (in English or German) by e-mail to info@cz.boell.org no later than 30th April 2022. Please, indicate “Bookkeeping Assistant" in the subject. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are looking forward to your application.