Finance Analyst

General Information

Type of contract Fixed-term contract, which may be extended subject to individual performance and organisational needs

Who can apply? EU nationals

Salary E/F (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €4,869 plus benefits, for further information see what we offer.

Role specialisation Finance and Procurement

Working time Full time

Place of work Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date

Your team

You will be part of the Budgeting and Controlling Division in the Directorate Finance. Our Directorate has around 100 staff performing accounting, budgeting, controlling, financial reporting and procurement activities. We are currently working on our digitalisation roadmap, promoting efficiency and embracing innovation in the field of finance.

The Budgeting and Controlling Division has approximately 40 staff members organised into five teams. Our work includes facilitating the planning, monitoring and controlling of resources for all ECB business areas. We specialise in providing decision-making analysis, offering comprehensive support and advice to executive leadership, business area management and other stakeholders. We also provide secretariat services to three committees and oversee the supervisory fee framework. Furthermore, our Division plays a pivotal role in implementing systems innovation within the Directorate Finance and provides functional support for the ECB's procure-to-pay process.

We are currently looking for Finance Analysts to strengthen our team. The role will focus on financial data analysis and visualisation, forecasting and projections, the calculation of supervisory fees and controlling activities, with a particular emphasis on resource-related analysis, for example in relation to salaries and headcount.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As a Finance Analyst, you will:

• develop and maintain the analytical frameworks and tools used for financial and headcount data analysis and compilation, ensuring high-quality data for planning and monitoring purposes in different areas including operational planning, projects and cost allocations as well;
• analyse complex data from multiple sources, develop financial models and multi-annual projections ensuring consistency, accuracy as well as produce concise, coherent and harmonised analysis on multiple topics with state-of-the-art visualisation for decision-making bodies,
• contribute to the analytical work of the Division relating to the banking supervision fee framework, the preparation of financial reports, dashboards and forecasts, and the processing and analysis of financial/budgetary data and headcount allocation (using tools such as MS Excel, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW, Mendix or Tableau);
• provide analytical support and advice for the Division's interactions with other business areas regarding the efficient and effective use of resources, ensuring alignment with the policies in place;
• prepare, monitor and report on the salary budget, regularly analysing the salary and benefit expenditures against budget allocations and the headcount developments and preparing deep dives, impact and variance analysis;
• identify, propose and implement process improvements, advance data analytics and digitalisation initiatives in the context of the Division's goals and the Directorate's digitalisation roadmap.

For this role we are seeking candidates who demonstrate the potential for growth, and we will support the selected candidate(s) in their development of the required skills. We value a track record of diverse relevant experience gained through internal or external mobility and/or positions held prior to working at the ECB.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to work on a broad range of budgeting and controlling topics, to interact with different stakeholders and to actively share your knowledge within a team to further strengthen its performance. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

• a bachelor's degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, mathematics, computer science or another relevant field (see How you can join us for details on degree equivalences);
• in addition to the above, at least two years of experience in budgeting and controlling, financial and/or financial performance analysis gained in the financial services sector;
• proven professional experience in complex data analysis and compilation, forecasting, multi-annual projections, data visualisation, both at a high level and in detail for policymakers via dashboards, reports and presentations;
• proven experience in using corporate activity planning tools, analysing business activities and related resources to translate raw data into information for improving organisational performance;
• experience in using and digitalising financial processes with SAP, different project and resource management systems, advanced analytical tools (such as SAP Analytics Cloud, Excel and Mendix) to prepare reports, dashboards and financial analysis;
• an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:

• direct experience of/exposure to systems in the area of budgeting and controlling, especially experience in providing analytical support in budget and headcount planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, in an international financial institution;
• an understanding of budget or supervisory fee-related policies and practices as well as public procurement and purchasing processes;
• hands-on experience including development of tools for data management, data forecasting and financial analysis.

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people's diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB's mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Working modalities

We would be happy to discuss a part-time arrangement for this role.

Further information

The contract(s) offered will be fixed-term, the appointment being for 12 months as of the exact starting date of the selected person.

Temporary appointments may be extended or made permanent subject to organisational needs and budgetary constraints. This may result in a staff member with a non-convertible fixed-term contract being offered a convertible contract in accordance with the ECB Conditions of Employment.

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Nora Panyik, on on Thursdays between 12:00 and 13:00 CET until the closing date for applications.

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise, a presentation and an interview.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (see step 4 of How we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.

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