Servas international looking for new treasurer – urgent 

Dear Servas national secretaries and other Servas key persons,

Servas International (SI) is looking to fill the position of SI Treasurer. Our current SI Treasurer, L V Subramanian, will resign shortly due to ill health. The SI Treasurer is a volunteer position and the SI Statutes allow for the appointment of a replacement person until the next SI General Assembly, in case the elected SI Treasurer is unable to complete their term of office.

The SI Treasurer is a member of the SI Executive Committee (SI Exco) volunteer team, which is responsible for managing the affairs of Servas International, having an annual budgeted income of approximately CHF 60,000. The income for the organisation comes from membership fees paid by Servas members in National Servas Groups in the form of an SI stamp placed on their Letter of Introduction before travelling with Servas.  

The prospective incumbent will have the support services of the book keeper based in Bangalore and he will responsible for the following functions:

1. Accounting for multi-currency payments (both operational and capital).
2. Issuing of Traveller Stamps as per National Group requests and accounting for stamp payables after adjusting for returned unused stamps.
3. Budget formulation and ensuring that the approved expenses are covered within the budgeted allocation.
4. Preparation of payments for approval online with Credit Suisse (SI official bankers)
5. Overseeing the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and schedules as well as coordinating with      both the Internal Audit committee and External Auditors for smooth audit compliance and reporting.
6. Advising SI Exco about the current financial status at their meetings and of any matters of importance that may have a bearing on the pending decisions.
7. Participating in the monthly SI Exco teleconference calls and normally annual face-to-face multi-day meetings, and being an integral part of SI Exco in its decision making process.    

The volume of work is expected to average less than 30 hours per month. During and leading up to the period of the triennial General Assembly more hours may be required.  

The prospective incumbent will need to have accounting knowledge and to advise the book keeper when required. As an integral part of SI Exco, they will participate in decision making, and contributing the financial perspective to the SI Exco discussions. The accounting records and financial statements are generated by Tally, an English based Accounting Software. The SI Banker is Credit Suisse based at Zurich Switzerland and the SI Treasurer will be one of the authorised signatories to the bank account. He/she should be computer literate and conversant with international payments and online banking.

If you know of a suitable person in your Servas National Group, please pass this bulletin onto them as soon as possible and advise the SI Exco also at exco@servas.org. We would like to talk to them and explain further the position. We can provide a detailed list of duties on request.

Applications should be sent to the email adress president@servas.org by November 30, 2016. 
 
Jonny Sågänger President - Servas International November 6, 2016
Email: president@servas.org
Address: 
Reimersholmsgatan 47 plan 0 
SE-117 40 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN