Finance Specialist (Accounts Payable & Receivable)
🔍 Belgium
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- 250846 Requisition #
Who we are:
For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.
Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.
About the job:
Based in Brussels, you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join the Office of the Financial Controller (FC) which is responsible to the General Manager (GM) and the Agency Supervisory Board (ASB) for all aspects of the financial management and related governance for the Agency covering customer funding for services/projects and the associated customer rates and financial plan preparation, internal budgetary and fiscal activities, and the promulgation of financial policy and provision of financial advice. The Agency's annual business volume is in excess of 1BEuro.
We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Finance Specialist (Accounts Payable and Receivable) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:
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Accurate accounting of Accounts Payable (AP); Accounts Receivable (AR) and Personnel Expenses transactions;
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Maintenance of supporting files for compliance;
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Contributes to accounts reconciliation analyses and statutory reporting;
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Assists in process and procedures improvements;
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Establishes partnership and vendor/client relationship.
For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site. Please note the post is internally called Finance Assistant (Accounts Payable and Receivable).
About you:
The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:
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Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience;
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Demonstrated experience in transactional sub-ledger entries - Accounts Payable, preferably in Oracle R 12 EBS;
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Experience with Accounts Receivable will be an advantage;
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Knowledge and hands on experience with ERP systems;
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Knowledge and hands-on experience with Business Intelligence tools (Power BI preferred);
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Understanding of accounting standards (IPSAS or IFRS/IAS);
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Experience working in an international public organization will be an asset;
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Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
What we offer:
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Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
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3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;
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Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
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Excellent private health insurance scheme;
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Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
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NATO Pension Scheme;
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Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.
To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.
The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.
Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.