(Senior) Finance and Compliance Officer

Job title:                  (Senior) Finance and Compliance Officer (depending on experience)

Location:                Brussels

Reporting to:         Executive Director

Salary:                     Between €50.000 and €62.000 (depending on experience and seniority)

Contract terms:      Temporary 1 year employment contract (CDD) renewable upon successful completion

Contract hours:      5 days per week – 38 hours per week

Work conditions:    Office environment – remote not possible

Start:                          As soon as possible

Job purpose:

• Coordinate the accounting of the organisation;
• Maintain finance and administrative systems to ensure smooth and efficient processes are in place;
• Undertake financial monitoring and reporting of EU grants and other projects, ensure compliance with the EU financial rules for eligibility;
• Provide advice and capacity building on the design and control of PROSAFE’s EU and other projects (in both application and reporting stages);

Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day PROSAFE’s financial management;
• Monitor, register and verify project expenditure, collecting timesheets, payslips, invoices, travel and other costs reimbursements and all other supporting evidence needed to comply with EU rules.
• Supply weekly reports for the running and finalised grants to the Executive Director;
• Liaise with the project participants regarding their project administration;
• Provide support during audit visits in relation to the projects’ implementation or reporting.
• Coordinate with suppliers and other partners;
• Prepare financial statements for the project participants;
• Contribute to the preparation of the budget and project financial reports;

Profile:

• Bachelor of min. 3 years in accounting, economics, finance, business administration, etc., plus 1 or 2 years Masters’ degree;
• At least 3 years’ experience in financial, project management jobs;
• Working experience in FP7, H2020, Life, etc.
• Working knowledge of accounting software;

The candidate should also be eligible to work in Belgium.

Language: English

Application: Qualified candidates are required to submit:

• Their CV;
• A bespoke one-page cover letter in English, where you include your favourite quote with a motivation why it is so.
• A brief portfolio of projects and your precise task.

no later than 21 June 2024, midnight, CET addressed to Mr Kyriakos Papazoglou at [email protected]

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