Head of Finance and Controlling (80–100 %)

The Institut Suisse de Police (ISP) is the competence center for the basic and continuing training of Swiss police forces and guarantees the implementation of a training doctrine on a national level. In addition to offering courses for executives and specialists, it coordinates the professional and higher professional examinations of police officers as well as the certification of public security assistants. Supported by the Confederation, the cantons and the municipalities, this private law foundation develops teaching tools intended for police training and promotes applied research on themes of interest to the police.

In order to strengthen the financial steering of our Institute, we are recruiting for the following position (start immediately or as agreed):

Head of Finance and Controlling (80–100 %)

Your main missions

• Steering the annual budgetary process with the various domains and services, and developing regular forecasts to anticipate trends and identify levers for improvement.
• Developing and monitoring financial dashboards and key performance indicators (KPI).
• Analyzing variances between forecasts and actuals (revenue, costs, margins) and proposing corrective measures.
• Producing financial reporting intended for management and governance bodies.
• Implementing and evolving cost accounting.
• Monitoring and optimizing service costs, identifying avenues for cost reduction and process improvement, and evaluating project profitability.
• Accompanying team leaders in steering their activity through targeted financial analyses.
• Advising management and preparing solid decision-making bases.
• Supporting the development of new business models for the Institute's products and services.
• Guaranteeing the reliability of financial data, compliance with deadlines, the effectiveness of the internal control system (ICS), and compliance with legal standards.
• Supervising the maintenance of general accounting, as well as the closings and collaboration with the auditing body.
• Supervising, supporting, and developing the accounting team, by promoting autonomy, collaboration, and the broadening of skills.
• Steering the ERP (Abacus) with the integrator and advancing the automation as well as the digitalization of financial processes.
• Contributing to cross-functional strategic projects.

Your profile

Equipped with a strategic vision, you like to project yourself, construct scenarios, and anticipate evolutions, while remaining close to field realities. Comfortable with complexity, you have the talent to bring clarity to it. You know how to make numbers speak and explain them with pedagogy and pragmatism. Thanks to your proactivity and your natural orientation towards solutions, you willingly take initiatives to move files forward. Your energy, your positive spirit, and your curiosity lead you to question and evolve practices. Finally, your leadership, both benevolent and demanding, allows you to unite your team as well as your interlocutors around common objectives.

• Higher education in finance, accounting, or controlling (HES, federal diploma of specialist in finance and accounting, expert diploma in finance and controlling, or training deemed equivalent).
• Confirmed experience of at least five years in management controlling and cost accounting, ideally in a service organization.
• Experience in management and team development or strong aptitude in this area.
• Advanced knowledge of ERPs, in particular Abacus, and ease with digital tools.
• Mastery of French with excellent writing skills (knowledge of German is an asset).
• Interest in professional or academic training, as well as in the security or police field.

We offer you

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

Have we piqued your interest?

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

Contact: Mme Cecilia Stebler, deputy director, head of the Resources and steering department,

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