The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment. Together with its members, the council applies its respected thought leadership and effective advocacy to generate constructive solutions and take shared action. Leveraging its strong relationships with stakeholders as the leading advocate for business, the council helps drive debate and policy change in favor of sustainable development solutions.

We are looking for a talented Finance Director to lead the WBCSD Finance team. This is a full-time, permanent position based at the WBCSD offices in Geneva, Switzerland, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.

We expect to recruit an exceptional senior Finance Director who will assume the Finance director position with functional accountability for the full WBCSD organization.

Main tasks include:

• Financial accounting under Swiss Code of Obligations, and annual statutory audit
• Subsidiary financial management and consolidation for US, India, UK branches
• Project and grant accounting
• Budgeting and forecasting cycles

Business Control and Data analysis

• Optimize treasury, and taxation aspects
• Management information process in dashboard/KPI format
• WBCSD representative on Swiss register of commerce
• Swiss payroll and social deduction knowledge
• Legal affairs, supported by local and international legal firms

Required competencies include:

• University Degree in Finance / Business Administration
• Globally recognized professional financial qualification, or Swiss qualified accountant
• 10-15 years of relevant experience with strong business background
• Experience and success in a dynamic, multinational corporation preferred
• Swiss CO accounting norms, and audit
• Swiss payroll management
• Strong people management skills, and modern staff management principles
• Confident, independent driver of strategic change, and process improvement
• Excellent English and French, both written and spoken
• Advanced modern technology user
• Team player and high level of integrity

The organization offers:

The WBCSD is a purpose driven, forward-thinking, and action-oriented organization, characterized by diversity of gender, nationalities, and work experiences.

We are guided by the following points:

• Sustainability generalist positions with exposure to and direct influence of the global sustainable development agenda
• The opportunity to facilitate groups made up of senior business executives and sustainability leaders with diverse interests to reach a common goal or vision
• Prospects for challenging hands-on experiences and enhanced learning through exposure to international working group and high-level meetings
• Springboard to independent consulting and sustainability-focused roles in private and public organizations through the network and skillset acquired or enhanced at WBCSD (negotiation, diplomacy, multi-stakeholder approach, etc.)

In terms of work environment, we offer a competitive, modern, and flexible working arrangement:

• Geneva-based organization with offices in New Delhi, London and New York City
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• State of the art facilities and ICT enabled working tools
• Flex-time and part-time possibilities
• Dynamic working atmosphere
• Open culture encouraging interaction and sharing of ideas and opinions
• International relocation support
• Sustainable commuting incentives
• Annual community service

Please also note that the WBCSD will only respond to candidates selected for the interview process.