Location: Fully remote, ideally aligned with Lisbon time zone

Salary Range: EUR 25,000 to EUR 30,000, pro-rata

Must-have skills: English proficiency and experience in Portuguese tax & accounting system

Schedule: Part-time (3 to 4 days a week), flexible working hours

Special things about this job

• Purpose – We are committed to sustainable development and a just transition to a low carbon world.

• Global impact – Our team is spread in different countries and our work is delivered around the world. From Indonesia to Colombia, UK to South Africa, Indonesia to Tajikistan – name the continent, we will probably be working there!

• 100% remote work – Really means working from anywhere.

• Transparency and flexibility – With the support of your line manager, you set your objectives, organise your time and deliver at your own pace.  No strict schedules, no micromanagement.

• Career growth – In many ways, the person makes the job. If the basic functions are addressed, there are no boundaries for your career evolution at HSA.

The job

As the HSA Financial Officer, you will play a key role in organising our financial structure and systems. You will be supporting strategic decision making, directly reporting to the HSA Executive Directors.

Your responsibilities include:

• Performing the basic accounting administration and bookkeeping such as registering suppliers and clients into accounting platform, recording financial transactions, conducting monthly accounting, preparing trial balance, management accounts reports, backup schedules and accounts reconciliation.

• Compiling and inputting journal entries, accruals, prepayments, deferred income schedules and fixed asset registers.

• Managing cashflow, raising invoices to clients, making payments to suppliers and ensuring bank reconciliation.

• Compiling and presenting annual budgets, project-specific financial reporting and updating forecast schedules.

• Liaising with the tax office and auditors as a first point of contact.

• Managing payroll for full-time staff and providing monthly compensation updates to contractors/external consultants and checking if reports are correct and reflect updates.

• Upload payments to currency broker for international payments (if it works out to be a cheaper method)

About you

We are looking for candidates with strong accounting experience that are as comfortable navigating the Portuguese tax and banking system, as dealing with international bank transfers in different currencies.

• You should be ready to work with international clients in multiple currencies, as well as make payments and bank transfers with partners from different countries.

• If you are interested in working in sustainability, international development, climate change or renewable energy, then this might be the perfect job for you.

• Since the main language of our work is English, you must be fully proficient. 

Some of the benefits

• Fully remote

• Flexible hours

• Social benefits for staff based in Portugal (meal tickets, work accident insurance, childcare vouchers, pension scheme, etc.)

• Annual all-expenses-paid staff retreat

• A new laptop (Apple if you prefer) and all equipment you’ll need to work
  

The Hydropower Sustainability Alliance

The HSA is an international organisation working to promote transparency and inclusivity in the hydropower sector.

We are a small team designing and implementing the world’s best sustainability standard for hydropower. And we want to be the leading force in driving transparency, social equity and environmental protection in the renewables sector.

We are structured as an alliance of NGOs, academia, private sector companies, governments and financiers committed to shaping a more sustainable, just and equitable transition.

We manage and implement the Hydropower Sustainability Standard. In simple terms, we certify the sustainability of hydropower projects, train professionals around the world, and build capacity in countries that need it the most.

At HSA, we believe the best work happens when you have a balanced lifestyle. Transparency and intellectual honesty are at the core of everything we do. We are all adults, and we always strive to enable an environment of trust and collaboration.