EU Project Finance Coordinator

Responsibilities

As finance coordinator, you will be responsible for the financial management of Eurocities’ portfolio of EU-funded grants (mainly Horizon Europe and AMIF) and service contracts.

In this role, you will:

• Cooperate with the projects team on the financial implementation of Eurocities EU-funded projects.
• Lead on the financial implementation of projects where Eurocities is a coordinator, guiding project partners and liaising with the donor on financial aspects.
• Manage ongoing projects’ budgets, including follow‐up of staff and other direct costs (outgoing and incoming invoices, reimbursement claims, procurement procedures).
• Prepare financial reports and audits.
• Review projects administrative and financial documentation (Consortium and Partnership Agreements, Grant Agreements/Amendments, partners financial documentation).

Profile

The skills and experience to do this job successfully include:

• a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economic sciences or management
• 5 years of relevant experience
• At least 3 years of experience in financial management of EU-funded grants
• Excellent knowledge of European funding programmes and rules
• Excellent financial analysis skills
• C1 level in English, oral and written

Assets:

• knowledge in administration and bookkeeping
• proficiency in French; other languages an advantage

We offer

• a full-time position as an employee under Belgian legislation. The selected candidate will need to either live in Belgium or be willing to move to Belgium for the duration of the contract (candidates need to provide a Belgian address)
• an open ended contract, starting as soon as possible
• €3,200 – €3,600 monthly gross salary, according to profile and experience
• flexible working hours
• part-time teleworking

How to apply

Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation, explicitly describing point by point their relevant experience and linking it to the requirements for the position, in one page maximum, together with a CV with at least two referees (including your current or last employer) by 12:00 (noon) on 27 February 2024 to: Patricia de Wouters, Head of HR, at jobs.projects@eurocities.eu.

Please send the documents in pdf format and mention ‘finance coordinator’ in the subject line.

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