About MDAC

The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) is an international human rights organisation which advances the rights of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and psycho-social disabilities. MDAC uses law to promote equality and social inclusion through strategic litigation, advocacy, research and monitoring and capacity-building. MDAC operates at the global level as well as regional and domestic levels in Europe and Africa.
MDAC is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary and was registered as a foundation by the Budapest Capital Court (registration number 8689) in November 2002. The Open Society Foundations (OSF) founded MDAC and continues to be one of its donors. MDAC has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, participatory status with the Council of Europe and is a member of the Fundamental Rights Platform of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

Application Pack

This application pack contains the job description, person specification and details about how to apply. Deadline 4 March 2013.

Job description

Job title: Finance Assistant

Reports to: Finance and Administration Director (FAD)

Liaises with: MDAC staff, consultants, service providers and partners

Working hours: 20 hours per week

Goal: To provide such assistance to the Finance and Administration Director to ensure the smooth-running of the finances of the organisation.

Tasks

  • Ensures that each financial transaction is backed up with appropriate documentation before it is paid under the FAD’s and the contracted accountant’s supervision and according to MDAC’s finance policy;
  • Acts as a bank signatory with limited entitlements;
  • Checks staff’s expense sheets and prepares the ED’s expense sheets for authorisation;
  • Acts as cashier with limitations;
  • Monitors bank accounts on an everyday basis and reconciles debit card invoices and authorisation forms to the bank statements;
  • Provides accurate budget coding according to MDAC organisational and grant budgets;
  • Keeps financial documentation up-to-date and filed in an accurate and timely manner in cooperation with the accountant;
  • Prepares financial reports according to the FAD’s requests on spending (per income stream, per cost type, or other);
  • Liaises with outside providers in relation to cafeteria benefits, purchases them and distributes these as instructed to staff;
  • Keeps record of staff’s absence including appropriate documentation and informs the accountant;
  • Ensures human resource data are kept in order;
  • Updates and manages MDAC Skype-for-business account;
  • Carries out other tasks as reasonably expected for a person in this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Degree in Finance / Accounting (college and/or chartered accountant postgraduate course)

Work Experience
Minimum one year experience working in a finance role

Personal attributes and skills

  • A passion for human rights;
  • Attention to detail;
  • Excellent numeracy skills;
  • Good prioritisation skills;
  • Hands-on mentality, proactive and ability to work independently;
  • Computer literate with excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and Internet search engines, experience in using an ERP system is a plus;
  • Proficiency in English and Hungarian language.

To apply

The deadline for applications is 8 am Monday 4 March 2013.

Applicants should send an email to JoinTheTeam@mdac.info with “Finance Assistant” in the subject line and attach:

- a full CV in English
- a full CV in Hungarian
- a letter of motivation.

If any of the above is missing the applicant will be automatically rejected. If candidates wish to discuss this opportunity with MDAC staff they should do so by emailing mdac@mdac.info and addressing their enquiry to Betti Nagy, Finance and Administration Director.

MDAC is an equal employment opportunity employer and aims to ensure that all prospective and actual employees and consultants are treated equally, irrespective of actual or perceived disability, age, nationality (apart from in employing citizens of EU countries where specified), race or ethnicity, religious belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or other status protected by law. People with disabilities, including mental health service users and survivors of psychiatry, are encouraged to apply. MDAC has in place a reasonable accommodation policy for people with disabilities.