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Financial Assistant - SME Verification ECHA - European Chemicals Agency

Helsinki, Finland

1. THE JOB

The Financial Assistants for SME verification will work in the Financial management team and participate in the SME (Small and Medium-sized enterprise) status verification project and related activities, such as:

  • Establishing contacts with registrants on issues related to SME status verification;
  • Analysing the companies’ status on the basis of their annual accounts, turnover, headcount and ownership structure;
  • Liaising with the operational units on issues related to sampling and invoicing;
  • Liaising with the legal unit when necessary;
  • Drafting and sending letters and e-mails to the registrants;
  • Following up the deadlines given to the industry for the submission of supporting documents and other replies;
  • Drafting decisions regarding the results of verification of the companies’ size;
  • Filing and document management.

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).