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Assistants, Financial Management/Accountancy


Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament

Brussels, Belgium


The S&D Group in the European Parliament is recruiting  TWO ASSISTANTS, Temporary Agent grade AST 1 in the field of Financial Management/Accountancy.

Duties:

The nature and the level of the duties to be carried out include:
  • preparation of financial dossiers for ex-ante control;
  • follow-up of credit notes and advances;
  • assistance in the preparation of activities with a financial implication;
  • preparation, registration and follow-up of order forms;
  • execution of bank reconciliations;
  • drafting of VAT recovery files;
  • depreciation and control of inventory of tangible goods;
  • verification of balance sheet accounts, recovery of outstanding debts and settlement of outstanding transit accounts;
  • financial data registration, preparation and execution of payment orders;
  • preparation of meetings organised by the Unit;
  • assistance in preparation of the monthly financial report and with the end of year accounting operations;
  • maintenance of the accountancy archives.

Candidates must fulfil the following conditions:

Be citizens of one of the EU Member States or hold Croatian nationality and must:
  • hold a higher education qualification followed by at least 2 yearsof professional experience; or
  • hold a secondary school qualification giving access to higher education followed by at least five years'appropriate professional experience.
Professional experience within the EU institutions will be taken into account. 

Good writing and communication skills in either English or French are required whilst additional languages will be valued. 

The work requires frequent travel outside Brussels, in particular to Strasbourg. 

The selection procedure will be on the basis of qualifications and tests. The successful candidates will be recruited as Temporary Agents in the AST 1 grade. A reserve list will be drawn up. Candidates on this list will be eligible for recruitment as required and as vacancies arise. 

Those interested can find all the necessary information in the notice of recruitment on the EP S&D Group website: (http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu) together with the application form. These documents can also be obtained on request from the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Human Resources Unit, 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels, Fax n° 32.2.284 69.71, quoting reference Notice of recruitment AST-14/2012. 

The instructions contained in the Notice of Recruitment must be strictly adhered to. The application form together with the supporting documents must be sent by registered post with receipt of delivery by 30 November 2012 at the latest(date of postmark).