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A Corporate Controller ESA

European Space Agency

Noordwijk, Netherlands

The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organisation that offers challenging career opportunities for highly qualified European scientists, engineers and administrators. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe. ESA is an equal opportunities employer that offers competitive salaries and employment conditions.

ESA is recruiting (m/f) for positions based at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Key responsibilities include:

  • consolidating and assessing short, medium and long-term plans;
  • providing inputs for reporting to ESA’s Executive and Member States on the overall status of planning and achievements of ESA programmes;
  • assessing cost plans and participating to the preparation of the ESA budgets.

Applicants* for this post are expected to have a university degree in economics, accountancy, business studies or a related discipline as well as demonstrated experience in finance, auditing and/or controlling fields. They must have a good knowledge of English and/or French (knowledge of another Member State language is an asset). Other important attributes of successful candidates include excellent analytical, communication and negotiation skills.

For a complete job description visit “Careers at ESA” at http://www.esa.int. Please complete the online application form by choosing the following vacancy reference numbers:

Corporate Controller - ESA/VN-ESTEC(2011)071,REV.1

The closing date for applications is 2 December 2011.

* Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada.