About this job

EUMETSAT is operating an increasing fleet of satellites delivering weather and climate data to users worldwide; helping protect lives, property and industries. You do not need to be an engineer or a scientist to make a positive contribution to our missions and societal impacts. Our specialist administrative and support functions play also an important role.

The General Services Division is in charge of all Facility Management activities at EUMETSAT, including the maintenance of EUMETSAT’s site infrastructure and related services, oversees all building construction projects and manages a substantial multi-million Euro budget.

Responsibilities

The holder of this post is responsible for providing a broad range of services within the General Services Budget and Inventory team and reports to the General Services Budget and Inventory Manager.

Duties

• Process procurements (purchase orders, invoices, etc.) ensuring accuracy and consistency against the planned budget;
• Monitor the availability and depletion of allocated budgets of individual supplier and service contracts and action the required correction measures in a timely manner;
• Support the annual financial year-end process for the General Services budget;
• Prepare and issue the quarterly General Services supplier evaluation report;
• Support the preparation of the General Services annual budget and the long-term financial planning;
• Provide project control support to large infrastructure and construction projects (budget planning and monitoring, participation to public tenders).

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Qualifications

Full secondary education, additional training/qualifications on project control, financial management or accounting would be advantageous.

Languages

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English. Based on necessary interfaces with local suppliers a working level of German would be advantageous.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience providing project control, financial or accountancy support in a complex and fast-paced environment;
• Knowledge and use of an ERP System, preferably SAP and its financial and controlling modules, in addition to excellent MS Office skills, with focus on Excel;
• A proactive, flexible and independent working style, with the ability to perform tasks to a high degree of accuracy under minimal supervision;
• Excellent analysis, synthesis and presentation skills, as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to apply these to interactions within and between teams;
• Ability to process high volumes of data, and adapt to changing budgetary assumption and deadlines.