Proxy Product Owner - ERP Project
Start date: 24.08.2026
Duration: Permanent contract
Activity rate: 100%
Place of work: Lausanne or Zurich, Switzerland
Terre des hommes does not set a closing date for this position; Recruitment continues until the position is filled.
Terre des hommes (Tdh):
The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with its headquarters in Lausanne and its office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss children's rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We are committed to working with children to guarantee their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through our innovative programs in the areas of health, migration and access to justice, designed to have a positive and lasting impact.
Background:
Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), is reorganising its organisational model in order to get closer to children and young people in vulnerable situations in the thirty or so countries where it is active.
In Tdh's new organisational model, the head office takes on the role of a centre of expertise to act effectively in favour of the respect, protection and promotion of children's rights and to ensure overall steering, strategy, policies, monitoring and compliance as well as thought leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
As part of a transformation and deployment program for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP, the Product Owner Finance Proxy, you will be the interface between the Finance business teams (accounting, management control) and the project/integrator teams. You will translate the specific needs of the organization into functional requirements, taking into account the constraints specific to the NGO sector: multi-donor funding, regulatory reporting, analytical management by funding and by project while supporting the teams in change management.
He/she guarantees:
• The quality of the configuration and the developments carried out
• Proper execution of the acceptance phases
• Deployment Readiness and Success
• Change management and user ownership of the tool
• He/she is involved in the entire project cycle: scoping, design, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Collect and analyze the needs of the finance teams (accounting, management control, treasury) and evaluate deviations from ERP standards (fit/gap).
• Participate in the functional design, process optimization and modeling of financial flows (financing, donor reporting).
• Write specifications, manage tests (UAT, integration), follow up on anomalies and validate solutions in conjunction with stakeholders.
• Contribute to the preparation and deployment of the ERP (data transfer, configuration, user training, post-go-live support).
• Support change management by facilitating the adoption of new tools and processes.
• Participate in the development of dashboards (Power BI) and project reporting.
**The full Job Description will be shared with shortlisted candidates**
Profile sought:
Education:
Higher education in Finance / Accounting / Management
Experience / Skills:
•Minimum 5 years of experience in operational finance or ERP projects.
•Significant experience in NGOs, in the field and/or at headquarters (Donor Reporting & Justification of expenditures, program/project accounting, multi-currency budget management).
•A first experience in an ERP deployment project is highly appreciated.
•Excellent analytical, synthesizing, interpreting information and a great deal of
•Attention to detail and precision.
•Competence to monitor and collaborate with people with a non-financial background (ability to train, advise, control).
•In-depth knowledge of budget management and cost accounting in NGOs.
•Ability to get involved in defining the Foundation's financial tools and processes.
Languages:
Written and oral languages required: Fluency in French and English.
IT Knowledge:
•Proficiency in the Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Microsoft (Teams, SharePoint) packages
•Confluence (specification writing, user manuals), Jira
•Making tutorial videos for users
•ERP experience, especially Microsoft Business Central
We offer:
• A key role in a leading humanitarian organization undergoing a digital transformation
• An international, dynamic and meaningful work environment
• Varied projects with a direct impact on our humanitarian operations
• The opportunity to make a concrete contribution to improving the living conditions of vulnerable children
• Attractive working conditions and a good work-life balance
• Opportunities for professional and personal development
• A pleasant working environment in Lausanne and Zurich
Salary:
Between CHF 84,000 and 103,000 gross per year at 100%, depending on experience. As a measure of fairness, the salary is not negotiable.
Tdh's Global Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies:
• Commits to promoting and respecting the Global Code of Conduct, to systematically report any breach of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and to deal with any breach of procedures and processes appropriately.
• Educates the Foundation about the risks of policy violations, violence and abuse, and the rights that come with it, for children, community members, and our own employees.
• Commits to complying with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguard Policy, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activity, as well as workplace behavior.
• Is committed to putting values and principles into practice by behaving in an exemplary manner, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always following established procedures and processes.
• Is committed to developing a compliant and informed management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.
Procedure:
Only complete applications (CV + cover letter) posted on our official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact the selected files for the rest of the recruitment.
References:
Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and criminal record checks and counter-terrorism financing checks. Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or on incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left his or her employment.
Apply Here: https://jobs.tdh.org/jobs/7814325-proxy-product-owner-projet-erp