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Accounting Assistant ECHA - European Chemicals Agency

2:08:00 PM

Helsinki, Finland

1. THE JOB

The Accounting Assistants will work in the Accounting team of the Finance Unit, assisting the Accounting Officer in his/her duties. The job may include the following tasks:

  • Performing controls and analysing general ledger accounts, accounts payable, accounts receivables and inter-entity accounts;
  • Monitoring receivables, including fee income collection, reconciliation and delayed payment procedures, in close cooperation with the operational units;
  • Executing accounting transactions in SAP;
  • Handling bank reconciliation;
  • Assisting in the collection of recovery orders and VAT claims;
  • Assisting with the closure of the accounts and the drawing up of the financial statements;
  • Assisting with the implementation and validation of accounting and financial systems.

2. QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

a) Successful completion of post-secondary level education attested by a diploma.

Or

b) Successful completion of secondary education giving access to post-secondary education and appropriate professional experience of at least three (3) years.

In addition, you must have a minimum of three (3) years’ professional experience attained after the fulfilment of the requirements in a) or b) above, related to the tasks described in the profiles 1-4 above.

Only qualifications issued by EU Member State authorities or EEA authorities and qualifications recognized as equivalent by the relevant EU or EEA Member State authorities will be accepted.

3. SELECTION

If you meet the formal requirements set out in section 2, you will be assessed on the basis of the following selection criteria. The candidates who are judged to be the most suitable on the basis of the selection criteria will be invited to an interview.

  • Your academic and professional qualifications and their relevance to the main areas of work listed in section 1;
  • Your professional experience: the range of fields covered; the type and level of work done and its relevance to the areas of work listed in section 1;

The following will be considered as assets:

  • Certificates in finance, accounting and procurement;
  • Professional experience gained in a European Institution/Agency or an International Organisation and/or abroad;
  • Professional user of Excel, accounting, finance software packages.

4. HOW TO APPLY

For more information (complete vacancy notice, application form and ECHA CV) and apply visit: http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/about-us/jobs/open-positions.

Important: Failure to submit an ECHA CV will lead to exclusion from the procedure.

The deadline to fill in the application form and submit the ECHA CV is 26 March 2012 at noon 12:00, Helsinki time (11:00 a.m.CET).

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