Finance and Controlling Manager (80–100%)

The Swiss Police Institute (ISP) is the competence center for the basic and ongoing training of Swiss police officers and ensures the implementation of a national training doctrine. In addition to offering courses for executives and specialists, it coordinates professional exams for police staff and certifies public safety assistants. Supported by the Confederation, cantons, and municipalities, this private law foundation develops teaching materials for police training and promotes applied research on topics of interest to the police.

To strengthen the financial management of our Institute, we are opening the following position (immediate start or as agreed):

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting process with various departments and services, and develop regular forecasts to anticipate trends and identify improvement levers.
• Develop and track financial dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Analyze variances between forecasts and actuals (revenues, costs, margins) and propose corrective measures.
• Produce financial reports for management and governance bodies.
• Establish and evolve management accounting.
• Monitor and optimize service costs, identify cost reduction and process improvement opportunities, and evaluate project profitability.
• Support team leaders with targeted financial analyses.
• Advise management and prepare solid decision-making bases.
• Support the development of new business models for the Institute's products and services.
• Ensure the reliability of financial data, compliance with deadlines, the efficiency of the internal control system (ICS), and adherence to legal standards.
• Supervise general accounting, closings, and collaboration with the auditing body.
• Manage, support, and develop the accounting team, promoting autonomy, collaboration, and skills expansion.
• Oversee the ERP (Abacus) with the integrator and advance the automation and digitization of financial processes.
• Contribute to cross-functional strategic projects.

Your Profile

• With a strategic vision, you enjoy projecting yourself, building scenarios, and anticipating developments while remaining close to the realities of the field. Comfortable with complexity, you have the talent to bring clarity to it.
• You can articulate financial insights with pedagogy and pragmatism. With your proactivity and natural solution orientation, you readily take initiatives to advance files.
• Your energy, positive mindset, and curiosity lead you to question and evolve practices.
• Your leadership, both benevolent and demanding, enables you to unite your team and stakeholders around common objectives.
• Higher education in finance, accounting, or controlling (HES, federal specialist certificate in finance and accounting, expert diploma in finance and controlling, or equivalent training).
• Proven experience of at least five years in management control and analytical accounting, ideally in a service organization.
• Experience in management and team development or strong aptitude in this area.
• Advanced knowledge of ERPs, particularly Abacus, and proficiency with digital tools.
• Mastery of French with excellent writing skills (knowledge of German is an asset).
• Interest in vocational or academic training, and a passion for security or police matters.

We Offer

• A varied activity within a renowned national institute.
• A stimulating and collaborative environment.
• A modern work culture: flexible hours, remote work, autonomy.
• Attractive social benefits.

Interested?

Application: via JobUp with a complete application package (CV, cover letter, copies of diplomas and certificates), application deadline: November 6, 2026.

Contact: Ms. , Deputy Director, Head of the Resources and Management Department,

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