Budget Officer - SESAR JU

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Jobholder is part of the Finance and Budget Sector and reports to the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking Chief Resources (Head of Unit). Under the supervision of the Head of Sector, the Financial Officer shall carry out the tasks that will be assigned to him/her, in particular:

• Preparation of the budget by using BLUEBELL in close collaboration with the operational administrative units

• Contribute (financial and budgetary aspects) to the preparation of the Work Programmes of the JU and the Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR)

• Ensure the follow-up of budget monitoring and financial execution

• Prepare periodic reports on the budgetary and financial execution

• Provide financial advice on the implementation of the EU Financial Regulation

• Establish financial and budget procedures and maintain updated relevant manual and guidelines

• Act as Financial Initiating Agent (FIA) and/or Financial Verifying Agent (FVA) on commitments, payments and recovery orders for budget lines as required (and ensuring back-up as required)

• Act as Financial Initiating Agent (FIA) and/or Financial Verifying Agent (FVA) on the functional role of ILM (Inventory Local Manager) in all the processes that affect goods from their creation to their retirement and create the relevant transactions in the system

• Monitor the respect of priorities and deadlines for the processing of financial transactions and prepare late payments statistics

• Provide financial advice and support to operational (or non-financial) teams in Horizon Europe context (EMI, COMPASS, SYGMA, HE Reporting tools)

• Act as Verifying Agent (VA) in Horizon Europe context (EMI, COMPASS, SYGMA, HE Reporting tools)

• Preparation, registration, and consolidation of documents requested by the Accounting Officer for the establishment of the Annual Accounts (Accounting and Budgetary parts)

• Preparation and consolidation of documents requested by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and the external auditors