• Function title: Financial Analyst
• Reference: NOC-CF-2023-AD/655
• Location: Brussels (The selected candidate must reside either at this location or within a reasonable proximity that allows for the satisfactory execution of their duties). – Information about living in Brussels
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
• Type of post: Administrator
• Job level: AD6-AD9 – Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Generic job title: Expert
• Number of posts: 1
• Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) – extension or conversion of the contract is possible – see “Useful information” section
• Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
• Directorate/Service: CF/FPA – Financial Planning and Analysis Unit
• Working arrangement: Hybrid work (remote and onsite)
• Competition publication date: 13/07/2023
• Competition closing date: 24/08/2023 (23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable – See details in the “Useful information” section

Your team

Within the Directorate Central Route Charges Office and Finance, The Financial Planning & Analysis Unit is responsible for supervising, monitoring and controlling the execution of the OPEX and CAPEX budgets, for developing and maintaining business partner relationships of a financial or economical nature throughout the Agency. The Unit manages the capital expenditure of all CAPEX projects.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Produce and further improve the monthly financial reporting package (forecast of Agency’s costs, financial predictions including trends and evolution of costs) for senior management.
• Identify inconsistencies in financial and reporting processes, propose solutions to fix these and monitor the implementation of corrective actions.
• Provide advice and recommendations in field of expertise, and develop financial business cases / models for major projects and produce cost benefit analysis.
• Provide risk and sensitivity analysis for contingency planning purposes and a structured pipeline of insightful analytics that anticipate change and drive decision-making.
• Support financial evaluation of capital expenditures, technical programs, and/or other business development projects.
• Ensure that BI tools/reports are designed and leveraged in such a way that optimises value to the financial activities and business areas.
• Collaborate effectively with internal financial teams on activities and with the various business areas to understand sources of potential financial issues and fix these.
• Keep abreast on best practises and technologies in field of expertise to leverage all possible opportunities, e.g. reporting, analysis, process improvements, systems use, etc.
• Lead and/or contribute to ad-hoc analysis and participate to meetings, studies, etc as needed.
• Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• University degree of at least 4 years in a relevant domain plus 3 years of relevant professional experience (e.g. Finance, Business Administration, etc) or university degree of 3 years in a relevant domain plus 4 years of relevant working experience.
• Internal candidates should go to page check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• Experience of Financial Accounting
• Experience in Business Accounting, Financial Strategic Planning, and Contract management.
• Experience of Oracle, Hyperion and budget planning and execution.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Financial modelling skills.
• IT literate, comfortable operating and learning new systems.
• Communication: You are able to foster two-way communication.
• Teamwork: You foster teamwork.
• Planning and organising: You know how to plan ahead and adapt as required.
• Quality focus: You set and foster high quality standards.
• Result focus: You seek to improve personal performance.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1. The selected candidate will have to acquire at least a basic knowledge of French at level A1/A2 before the end of the probation period. Knowledge of French at recruitment will be an asset.
  The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
• The selected candidate will be offered a contract of 5 Year (s) pursuant to the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing officials at EUROCONTROL. The contract may be renewed up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the selected candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of their degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
• Internal candidates
  If selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
  The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year(s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years.
• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade set out in this vacancy notice, or if a group of grades has been published for a job level, in principle at the basic grade of the published job level.
• In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the closing date of applications .
• Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site
• EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
• Candidates should go to our Careers site and read the tips on how to apply.