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Application open until: 13 January 2022

Candidates shortlisted by: January 2022

About the EPP Group

The EPP Group is the largest and oldest group in the European Parliament. As a center-right group, the Group is committed to creating a stronger Europe, built on its people and working towards the benefit of all Europeans. It is aiming to reach a more ambitious and a more self-assured Europe where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. In its day-to-day business, the Group and its Members can rely on the multinational secretariat providing high quality political, administrative and technical support.

Department

The Finance Unit is responsible for the management of finances of the EPP Group and gives necessary administrative support and professional advice in view of the implementation of the budget to services and staff members of the Group secretariat as well the National Delegations and their Members represented in the EPP Group.

Job description

The Financial Assistant fulfils a supranational function within the EPP Group Secretariat and carries out, under the responsibility of the administrator, the following functions and duties:

• Providing support to the accounting team;
• Preparing financial statements and analysis;
• Verification of the presentation of the payment claims (incl. type of form, amounts, budget items, text of justification, beneficiary etc.);
• Evaluation of the supporting documents (incl. eligibility of reimbursement request, genuineness of supporting documentation, correctness of calculations, validity of the document with regard to author, dates, signatures, etc.);
• Drawing up and entering payment orders and recovery orders related to centralised and decentralised activities in the accounting system;
• Supplying any additional information/explanations requested by the ex-ante verifier on the transaction;
• Organising meetings, seminars and any other activities for the Unit;
• Filling out VAT exemption forms and order forms based on supporting documents from the different services in the Group;
• Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Finance Unit.

The post of Financial Assistant in the Secretariat of the EPP Group requires ability to work with figures, financial management and organisational skills, a methodical approach, a high degree of availability, discretion, adaptability to varying workloads as well as the capacity for teamwork in an international environment. Suitable candidates must, among other things, be capable of grasping wide-ranging problems and be able to respond rapidly to changing circumstances and communicate

effectively. Frequent travel outside the place of work is required, in particular several days per month in Strasbourg during the plenary session.

Job requirements

Candidates must have:

• a post-secondary education (preferably finance related or business school) attested by a diploma followed by at least 1 year's full-time professional experience similar to the duties as described in
• the job description OR a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to higher education followed by at least 3 years’ full-time professional experience, out of which at least 1 year similar to the duties as described in the job description;
• basic accounting knowledge would be an asset;
• a thorough knowledge of one of the EU languages (C2) for work purpose, a very good knowledge of English AND French are required (C1);
• a knowledge of other EU languages would be an asset;
• an excellent computer knowledge and experience in using Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
• and other accounting and date input software.

Compensation & benefits

• Health insurance;
• Accident insurance;
• Unemployment insurance;
• Personal and family allowances.

General admission conditions

Candidates must fulfil the following conditions (art. 12(2) of the CEOS):

• be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union;
• enjoy their full rights as a citizen ( have no criminal record);
• have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service;
• meet the character requirements for the duties involved;
• Please click here for further information about CEOS

General terms

The EPP Group ensures that applicants' personal data are processed in line with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, particularly as regards their confidentiality and security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision N° 1247/2002/EC.

Instructions for the candidates

RECOMMENDATIONS: Before filling in the online application form, please read the following instructions carefully. Under no circumstances should candidates approach the Selection Committee themselves, either directly or indirectly, concerning this recruitment procedure. It reserves the right to disqualify any candidate who disregards this instruction.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Candidates must provide the Selection Committee with all the information and documents it needs to verify the accuracy of the information given on the application form. Qualifications, professional experience as well as linguistic knowledge must be set out in detail in the application form and must be accompanied by supporting documents. Please note that the Selection Committee will base its decisions solely on the information given on the application form and substantiated by the supporting documents attached to it. The qualifications and professional experience which are not proved by supporting document(s) will not be taken into account.

Candidates must attach to the application form the copies of the following documents:

• secondary education and post-secondary education diploma(s);
• employment contracts (if applicable, both the initial contract and additional clauses in case of a fixed-term contract) or certificates, letters or attestations of appointment, indicating the exact nature of the activity performed and clearly indicating the start and end dates of periods of professional experience; (Please note that the traineeships, even paid ones, are not taken into account as professional experience);
• in the case of current professional activity, a copy of the most recent salary slip to enable the Selection Committee to calculate the length of professional experience;
• in the case of self-employed activity: tax forms, VAT forms, trade register, social security documents, invoices, etc., to prove the professional experience;
• documents proving the knowledge of the languages (certificates and diplomas). All claims regarding the candidate’s linguistic knowledge must be backed up by certificates and diplomas. In the absence of such documents, candidates must clearly explain, on a separate sheet, how they acquired this knowledge;
• ID card or Passport.

Please note that the documents proving professional experience must be accompanied by an unofficial translation in either English, French or German.

How to apply 

If you wish to apply for this position, please:

• Complete in English or French the online application form available on our website: www.eppgroup.eu/careers or via the URL link available at the end of this document. (Should you encounter any problems with the opening of the URL links included in this document, please download it first on your device.)
• Upload your photo in JPEG, PNG or GIF format (maximum size is 500 KB).
• Upload in PDF format a table of contents; Note that each page of the supporting documents attached to your application must be numbered and one single table of contents giving a description of each document and the corresponding page number(s) must be included.
• Upload in PDF format the supporting documents grouped into 5 separate files:

1. Proof of education (copy of your diplomas & other certificates),
2. Proof of professional experience,
3. Proof of linguistic knowledge,
4. ID card/Passport,
5. Other documents.

Note that the maximum size of attachment is 5 MB per file. Candidates with a physical disability are requested to enclose on a separate sheet, the details of any arrangements they may consider necessary to help them take the tests (to be uploaded under “Other document”).

• Click on the “Submit” button. You will receive shortly afterwards an acknowledgement email confirming that we have received your application.

The address indicated by the candidate in the application form will be considered as the location from which the candidate will depart to travel to the place of the interview. It is the candidate's responsibility to inform the Selection Committee's secretariat in writing to the here under e-mail address, and in due time, of any change in personal data and/or address.

All correspondence relating to the selection procedure, including the invitation to the tests will be sent to the e-mail address indicated by the candidate in the application form.

Any urgent communication from the candidates must be transmitted to the Selection Committee's secretariat by email (epp-recruitment@europarl.europa.eu ). Candidates are asked NOT TO TELEPHONE.

Admission to the selection procedure

The selection will be based on qualifications and interviews.

1. The Selection Committee will draw up a list of the candidates who have submitted applications in

the form required and by the closing date.

2. Candidates who:

• do not meet the conditions for admission and job requirements;
• do not duly complete the online application form;
• do not include an unofficial translation of the supporting documents proving their
• professional experience, either in English, French or German;
• do not attach the supporting documents proving their qualifications and professional
• experience or remove/black out any content of the supporting documents;
• do not attach a copy of the ID card/Passport;

will be eliminated.

Selection procedure 

• The Selection Committee will consider the applications, draw up the list of candidates who meet the job requirements and whose qualifications and duly attested periods of professional experience best match the tasks to be carried out. It will base its decision on the information given on the application form and substantiated by the supporting documents attached to it.
• Candidates will receive an email informing them of the Selection Committee’s decision on whether they have been admitted to the next step of the procedure. The best matching candidates will be invited for interview(s) with line manager(s)/HR.
• If, at any stage in the procedure, it is established that the information given in your application form is incorrect or is not substantiated by supporting documents, or that all the conditions set out in the recruitment notice are not met, you will be disqualified.

Conditions of recruitment

Recruitment will be as contractual agent in function group (FG) III for one year with a possibility of extension up to six years and basic salary ranges from 2.780 € to 4.550 € depending on the length of previous professional experience. Benefits apply.

Link to the online application form can be found here.

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