Financial & Grants Officer (m/f)
Key responsibilities:
- Manage the entire life cycle of the yearly EU grant (application, implementation, final reporting); https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/en/political-parties-and-foundations/european-political-foundations
- Ensure a high level of financial control and compliance with EU financial regulation and applicable national legislation
- Provide advice to co-workers on financial and compliance matters
- Prepare financial reports, budget estimations and analysis
- Prepare/verify contracts, agreements, call for tenders
- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of documentation for internal and external audit
- Liaise with external legal and accounting services, bank, EU authorities
- Maintain an accurate electronic bookkeeping and execute payments
- Oversee the tasks within the Administration team
- General administrative support for the Centre and its Executive Director
- Organise statutory meetings
- Assist with HR matters, including selection and recruitment
- Streamline processes and procedures, improve operational efficiency of finances and HR tools
Requirements:
- University degree in finance, public administration, economics, European law, etc.
- Proven experience related to the job description of at least two years
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Good knowledge of legal requirements and procedures, and strong attention to detail
- Excellent control of multiple tasks and ability to prioritise
- Experienced user of digital tools (especially Microsoft Office, Salesforce CRM, internet banking)
- Sound knowledge of European and international politics and familiarity with the history and the tradition of the Christian Democrat, conservative and like-minded political parties of the EPP family
Submission of application
- Applicants should forward a detailed CV and a cover letter by e-mail to jobs@martenscentre.eu to the attention of Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director, by 29 November 2020. When applying, mention “Financial & Grants Officer” in the subject-line of the email message. The applications will be reviewed, and the interviews will be organised on a rolling basis; early submission is encouraged. Starting date is January 2021.