• Function title: Financial Analyst
• Reference: NOC-CF-2024-AD/771
• 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 (A blend of onsite and remote work). Please note that EUROCONTROL does not offer full-time remote working arrangements.
• Competition publication date: 28/03/2024
• Competition closing date: 25/04/2024 (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, developed, 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 in financial planning and analysis.
• Experience in financial & management reporting.
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion or any other budget planning and execution ERP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Financial modelling skills.
• IT literate, comfortable operating and learning new systems, in particular Power BI or other Business Intelligence tool.
• 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/C2. 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.