COR/AST1-AST7/8/21 Assistant (M/F) (AST1-AST7)  

Detail of the vacancy notice

Reference: COR/AST1-AST7/8/21
Directorate: Directorate A, Members and Plenaries
Function Group: AST
Management: No
Deadline: 02/04/2021 12:00
Job Title: ASSISTANT (M/F)
Unit/Service: Services to members unit
Grade: AST1-AST7
Location: Brussels

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Your job and responsibilities:

Interested in figures? Do you have a customer-orientated approach and would you like to contribute to managing our members' financial files as well as those of other categories of participants in the meetings of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)?

As an assistant in the Financial Services sector of the Services to Members unit, you will join a small dynamic team of four financial managers and two authorising officers, in which solidarity, mutual assistance and collegiality are important values. You will need to be able to integrate quickly into the team and be creative, accurate and rigorous in the financial management of files. Members' financial files are managed in a paperless way using software that fully meets the needs and constraints of a digitalised working environment.

Being a member of the Financial Services sector also requires a high level of discretion, integrity and confidentiality, and strong listening and diplomatic skills, in dealing with both the members of the CoR and all of its staff.

Reporting to the two authorising officers and the head of unit, you will be required, in particular, to:

  • ​Prepare the budgetary commitments and reimbursements of travel and meeting expenses for members and other participants in Committee meetings;
  • Contribute to the team spirit and to the service to Committee members;
  • Act as a financial initiating agent.

Are you the talent we are looking for?

  • You preferably have training in finance or accounting;
  • You are able to quickly assimilate internal decisions and rules and check that they are correctly applied, work under pressure and meet deadlines;
  • You have excellent written and oral analysis and communication skills, with a view to smooth communication with Committee members;​​
  • You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another of the EU official languages. For functional reasons, a very good command of French and/or English is required;​
  • You have a good command of IT applications and tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, etc.) and the ABAC financial management system;
  • You are able to work independently and also as part of a team, with attention to detail, and are able to cope with a heavy workload from time to time, delivering high-quality work on time;
  • You are able to work in an international and multicultural environment and easily adapt to different situations and changes in the tasks to be performed;
  • Five years of professional experience in the field of financial management in the institutions as well as experience or knowledge of air ticketing would be strong assets.

     


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