Organisation
Eurocities, the network of major European cities, is recruiting an EU projects finance officer to work in the finance team, ideally starting as soon as possible.
Responsibilities
As finance officer, you will be responsible for the financial management of Eurocities’ portfolio of EU-funded grants (mainly H2020 and AMIF) and service contracts, supporting their life cycle from the application phase to the final reporting.
You will work under the supervision of the finance coordinator at the Eurocities Brussels office.
In this role, you will:
- support the projects team with the financial management of Eurocities EU-funded projects
- manage ongoing projects’ budgets, including follow‐up of staff and other direct costs
- liaise regularly with project partners and the European Commission on financial aspects related to the projects, including the submission of costs statements
- prepare financial reports and supporting documents for internal and external audits
- review projects administrative and financial documentation (Consortium and Partnership Agreements, Grant Agreements/Amendments, partners financial documentation)
- contribute to the financial and administrative preparations of project proposals and tenders
- train new staff members in financial management of EU grants
- improve internal financial procedures
Profile
You have:
- 2-3 years of experience in financial management
- excellent knowledge of European funding programmes and rules
- excellent organisational and planning skills
- C1 level in English, oral and written
- excellent communication skills
- good interpersonal skills for an international environment
- a problem-solving attitude, attention to detail, initiative and self-motivating
Assets:
- knowledge in administration and bookkeeping
- proficiency in French; other languages an advantage
You are:
- a dynamic team player
- able to work independently
- agile in a changing environment with the ability to juggle competing deadlines
We offer
A full-time employment position, under Belgian legislation:
- The selected candidate will need to either live in Belgium or be willing to move to Belgium for the duration of the contract (candidates need to provide a Belgian address).
- An open-ended contract, starting as soon as possible
- 2.800 € – 3.200 € monthly gross salary, according to profile and experience
Benefits
Meal vouchers, pension plan, hospitalisation insurance, public transport costs, 13th month, éco-chèques
Some additional benefit examples are:
- training opportunities and access to on-line trainings
- a dynamic international team
- a pleasant working environment
- flexible working and relaxed dress code
- part time teleworking.
Eurocities promotes the importance of a work life balance.
Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation, explicitly describing point by point their relevant experience and linking it to the requirements for the position, together with a CV with at least two referees (including your current or last employer) by Friday 18 March 2022 at 12:00 to: Patricia de Wouters, Head of HR, at jobs.projects@eurocities.eu.
Please send the documents in PDF format and mention ‘finance officer’ in the subject line.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications will be assessed daily and interviews may take place before the application deadline.
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