Financial Assistant

Do you want to help shape the future of the European Union? Make the planet greener,
promote a fairer society, or support businesses and innovation across the EU? Then come and
work for the European Commission where you can really make a difference!

Commission staff are a diverse group of people, who are motivated to help make Europe – and
the world – a better place. They come from the 27 Member States of the European Union.
Different nationalities, backgrounds, languages and cultures make the Commission a vibrant and
inclusive place to work.

WE OFFER GREAT JOBS AND GREAT WORKING CONDITIONS:

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Interesting and challenging positions with plenty of opportunities for training and
acquiring new skills and competencies throughout your whole career

• Opportunities to try several areas of move between different policy your career
• A package of flexible working conditions including the possibility of teleworking – we

care about your work-life balance

• A competitive financial package, including comprehensive healthcare, accident and

pension schemes

• A multilingual, multicultural workplace where personal and career development are

strongly promoted

• Multilingual schools for your children

We recruit from a wide range of backgrounds and actively promote diversity and
inclusion:

We do not only recruit political scientists and lawyers but are also looking for all kinds of
profiles, including scientists, linguists, IT experts, data analysts and economists, as well as drivers
and engineers.

We are committed to equal opportunities and to fostering a rich, diverse and inclusive working
environment. We aim for our workforce to be representative of European society and strongly
welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively seek to create a workplace where
each staff member feels valued and respected, can give their best and can develop to their full
potential.

To promote diversity and establish a geographically balanced pool of candidates, we strongly
encourage applicants from Member States which are currently underrepresented in the European
Commission workforce to apply. These Member States are currently Austria, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden1. Recruitment will however remain strictly based on the
merits of all applicants and no positions will be reserved for nationals of any specific Member
State.

STAFF RECRUITED ON CONTRACTS

In addition to permanent officials, the European Commission offers non-
permanent positions. There are two categories of non-permanent staff:

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temporary agents are recruited to fill vacant positions for a set amount of time or
to perform highly specialised tasks.

• contract agents may provide additional capacity in specialised fields where an

insufficient number of officials is available or carry out a number of administrative or
manual tasks. They are generally recruited for fixed-term contracts (maximum 6 years in
any EU Institution), but in some cases they can be offered contracts for an indefinite
duration (in offices, agencies, delegations or representations).

For more information on different staff categories

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Unit BUDG C.1 (Treasury management) is in charge of managing the Commission”s treasury, as well
as the treasuries of the other entities for which the Accounting Officer of the Commission is
responsible, such as the European Development Fund (EDF), the European External Action Service
(EEAS), EU Trust Funds and a growing number of agencies to which the Commission provides central
treasury services.

The Central Treasury is responsible for cash forecasting and maintains direct contact with national
central banks, treasuries, and commercial banking partners to ensure the smooth implementation of
cash management policies. It executes all the payments for the above-mentioned entities (more
than 3 million payments per year) and also actively contributes to the establishment of policy
instruments with regard to their funding and cash management structures (e.g. Next Generation EU,
Common Provisioning Fund, ULCM etc.).

The treasury of the Commission is also managing the Own Resources accounts (GNI, VAT…),
receiving the amounts paid by the Member States to the Budget of the European Union. It
replenishes the other institutions’ treasury on their request (EEAS, Council, Parliament…) and offers
Treasury services for paying and receiving the cash on behalf of external entities.

We propose a very interesting Financial Assistant position within C.1.003 – Treasury Policies and
Workflows, reporting to the Head of Sector. This sector comprises 6 staff, working closely together.

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The section is responsible for:

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The engineering of cash flow circuits for new EU financing instruments and structures, in
preparation of the future MFF.,
The optimisation of the liquidity management, for Next Generation EU (NGEU), the Common
Provisioning Fund (CPF), the Innovation Fund (IF) and for EU financial instruments,
The facilitation of financial support to Ukraine,
The support to the Accounting Officer in exercising his independent control and oversight of
the activities relating to asset management,

The successful candidate will contribute, from the treasury perspective to several EU policies and
initiatives with large financial impact.

We propose an opportunity to learn and practice treasury in interesting financial fields such as
Budgetary Guarantees and Financial Instruments. The successful candidate will ensure the
preparation of forecasting and the monitoring of complex payments related to the CPF, the IF and
the EU financial instruments.

This post involves working on projects, following the EU priorities and requests from the DGs. This
makes the job content particularly interesting and varied.

The successful candidate will be working within a small team of highly professional, motivated and
mutually supportive colleagues, who developed a friendly working atmosphere.

We offer a comprehensive training programme with more experienced colleagues to help you
developing the necessary knowledge on how the sector and the unit works. We will also support you
in developing your skills, performance and career.

Are you dynamic and proactive? Are you service oriented? Then this post could be for you.

We look for a financial contract agent with an analytical mind-set and motivated by a stimulating
and varied job content.

The candidate should have an educational and professional background in finance, ideally with
accounting and/or asset management. S/he should have demonstrated project management skills.

Experience in treasury would be a distinct advantage.

S/he should have the ability to work autonomously as well as within a team and have very good
analytical and problem-solving skills.

A sound knowledge of English (written and oral) is required.

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