Management Accounting and Inventory Unit

The Directorate-General for Finance, hereinafter DG FINS, is responsible for Parliament’s budgetary and financial management. Based in both Luxembourg and Brussels, it draws up Parliament's budget, keeps Parliament’s accounts and prepares its financial statements, manages Members' allowances and entitlements, and finances Parliament’s political groups, as well as political parties and foundations at European level. DG FINS consists of three Directorates, 17 Units and the Central Secretariat. DG FINS plays a key and varied role in Parliament’s administration and is a trusted interlocutor for Members and political authorities. Joining DG FINS as a trainee will certainly boost your career. We value diversity, promote equal opportunities, and foster inclusion. 

The Management Accounting and Inventory Unit is responsible for the general and budgetary accounting, recording suppliers' invoices received by the Parliament for all the DGs, as well as for managing and controlling the inventory records of the European Parliament. 

• Working in SAP, Parliament's accounting and financial management system, both with supplier invoices and supplier master data; 
• Carrying out a strict check regarding the legality and regularity of invoices and the registration of invoices to SAP;
• Checking, recording and validating supplier’s Legal Entity data to SAP (using the Financial identification form and a proof of the bank details);
• Drafting detailed and comprehensive answers, both orally and in writing, to all questions raised in relation to the application of the Financial Regulation (invoices and legal entities);
• Preparing reports and statistics.

You should:

• Be an open-minded team player with good organisational skills, flexibility and the ability to work with
  deadlines;
• Have first accounting or financial knowledge;
• Be familiar with working with figures and have a flair for details;
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel) and capable of working with a computerised
  accounting/financial system;
• Have good communication skills and language proficiency in English or French.