Accounting Officer – eu-LISA

Applicants are invited for the position Accounting Officer at the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA).

The Accounting Officer will maintain the accounting and financial system of the Agency, prepare financial reports and records of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure, payments and other financial activities.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Accounting Officer will be responsible for:

• implementation of accounting operations and postings on SAP/ABAC-Accounting system;
• bank reconciliation and accounts’ reconciliation through the SAP/ABAC-Accounting system;
• management of payment orders execution and validation of Recovery Orders;
• collection of the revenue of eu-LISA (EU subsidy and other contributions);
• recovery of amounts and offsetting;
• supervision and reconciliation of asset management records to the financial records;
• treasury management, including cash management and coordination of cash-flow forecasting;
• laying down the accounting rules and methods and the chart of accounts;
• issuing and approving internal working instructions and documentation of procedures on accounting related issues;
• preparation of year-end records for input to the Commission’s consolidation package and the Agency`s annual accounts;
• preparation of annual financial accounts and participating in year change activities;
• responding to Accounting related queries both internally y and externally;
• opening and closing bank accounts in the name of the Agency with financial institutions or with national Central Banks or Treasuries;
• assisting on accounting related issues of budget implementation and financial issues;
• keeping, preparing and presenting the accounts; consilient reporting for the Management Board and the Executive Director of eu-LISA;
• laying down and validating the accounting systems and tools;
• organising and performing periodic control procedures for the quality of accounting data;
• handling accounting related issues in the preparation of the work programme and preliminary draft budget;
• designating Imprest Administrators (if applicable).

Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Application deadline: 06 July 2015

Read more and apply here.