Officer, Accounting & Financial Reporting Policy

Brussels - Belgium

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

1. SUMMARY
The NATO Office of Resources (NOR) provides independent and integrated expert advice to the Secretary General NATO Resource Committees Allies and other stakeholders on the planning allocation and utilization of military common funding made available to achieve NATOs goals and objectives.

The incumbent will be part of the Resource and Portfolio Management (RPM) Branch. This Branch delivers advice and support to NATO resource committees in relation to the delivery of NATO common-funded capabilities across the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) and Military Budget. The Branch also supports the Head of Financial Reporting Policy in the central coordination and development of NATO-wide accounting and financial reporting policy in line with approved accounting standards and best practices in the field of public finance.

Within the Resource and Portfolio Management (RPM) Branch the incumbent is responsible for the development update and analysis of NATO accounting policies and practices including the development of elements such as chart of accounts financial statements layout etc. The incumbent engages with finance and accounting staff in the NATO entities and reviews issues of accounting and financial concerns.

2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The incumbent must:

possess a university degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration Business Management or relevant field(s) for the post;
have at least 6 years of experience in financial management or resource oversight functions (such as financial or resource management accounting or auditing reviewing and drafting financial reporting and accounting policy portfolio analyses) in international organisations governmental agencies or large corporations;
have a professional certification in a nationally recognised accountancy institution or membership in a society of a similar nature;
have good knowledge of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS);
possess the following minimum levels of NATOs official languages (English/French): V (Advanced) in one; II (Elementary) in the other.

The following would be considered an advantage:

experience interpreting laws regulations and directives and providing advice to committees;
be familiar with evaluation of the life cycle costs of major systems or investment programmes;
knowledge of NATO and/or national financial regulations.

3. MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Policy Development: Maintain the NATO Accounting Framework and related policies up-to-date and monitor their implementation and financial guidance. Develop harmonised financial reporting policy to the Financial Controller community in order to assist in the preparation of NATO financial statements long term financial planning and the integration of investment cost and through life-cycle support costs. As part of the observer role of the Head of Financial Reporting Policy (HFRP) in the IPSAS Board monitor changes decisions and/or the introduction of new standards and recommend policy changes as applicable.

Expertise Development: Identify issues of strategic nature for consideration by the resource committees including corporate financial governance and reporting policy issues and coordinate and prepare appropriate advice materials and proposals. Assess and consolidate complex technical financial information and communicate key messages effectively at all levels to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Stakeholder Management: Act as point of contact for the NATO Financial Controller community and the Accounting Working Group on NATO-wide financial reporting policy issues. Represent the NOR at committee meetings on financial issues.

Knowledge Management: Provide strategic assessment of the effectiveness in implementing common accounting and financial reporting policy across NATO entities. Research best practices and explore their relevance to financial governance systems across NATO.

Perform any other related duty as assigned.

4. INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Reporting line: The incumbent reports to the Head Performance Accounting and Audit Section.
Interactions: The incumbent will liaise with other NOR Sections and national committee representatives. The incumbent will also work with the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) national delegations the resource committees Financial Controllers across NATO as well as interact with external stakeholders (e.g. IPSAS Board).
Direct reports: n/a
Indirect reports: n/a

5. COMPETENCIES
The incumbent must demonstrate:

Achievement: creates own measures of excellence and improves performance.
Analytical Thinking: sees multiple relationships.
Change Leadership: expresses vision for change.
Impact and Influence: uses indirect influence.
Initiative: is decisive in a time-sensitive situation.
Organizational Awareness: understands organizational politics.
Teamwork: solicits input and encourages others.

6. CONTRACT

Contract to be offered to the successful applicant (if non-seconded): Definite duration contract of three years; possibility of renewal for up to three years during which the incumbent may apply for conversion to an indefinite duration contract.

Contract clause applicable:

In accordance with the contract policy this is a post in which turnover is desirable for political reasons in order to be able to accommodate the Organisations need to carry out its tasks as mandated by the Nations in a changing environment for example by maintaining the flexibility necessary to shape the Organisations skills profile and to ensure appropriate international diversity.

The maximum period of service foreseen in this post is 6 years. The successful applicant will be offered a 3-year definite duration contract which may be renewed for a further period of up to 3 years. However according to the procedure described in the contract policy the incumbent may apply for conversion to an indefinite contract during the period of renewal and no later than one year before the end of contract.

If the successful applicant is seconded from the national administration of one of NATOs member States a 3-year definite duration contract will be offered which may be renewed for a further period of up to 3 years subject also to the agreement of the national authority concerned. The maximum period of service in the post as a seconded staff member is six years.

Serving staff will be offered a contract in accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Régulations.

NOTE:Irrespective of previous qualifications and experience candidates for twin-graded posts will be appointed at the lower grade. Advancement to the higher grade is not automatic and will not normally take place during the first three years of service in the post.

Under specific circumstances serving staff members may be appointed directly to the higher grade and a period of three years might be reduced by up to twenty four months for external candidates. These circumstances are described in the IS directive on twin-graded posts.

7. USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING APPLICATION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Please note that we can only accept applications from nationals of NATO member must be submitted using e-recruitment system as applicable:

For NATO civilian staff members only: please apply via the internal recruitment portal (link);
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NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared in whole or in part by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools including and without limitation to chatbots such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT) or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared in whole or in part by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATOs sole discretion and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.

8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion and strives to provide equal access to employment advancement and retention independent of gender age nationality ethnic origin religion or belief cultural background sexual orientation and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations and strongly encourages women to apply.

NATO is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible working environment where all candidates living with disabilities can fully participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable accommodation please inform us during your selection process.

Candidates will be required to provide documented medical evidence to support their request for accommodation.

Building Integrity is a key element of NATOs core tasks. As an employer NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity transparency and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.

Due to the broad interest in NATO and the large number of potential candidates telephone or e-mail enquiries cannot be dealt with.

Applicants who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment to another post of a similar nature albeit at the same or a lower grade provided they meet the necessary requirements.

The nature of this position may require the staff member at times to be called upon to travel for work and/or to work outside normal office hours.

The organization offers several work-life policies including Teleworking and Flexible Working arrangements (Flexitime) subject to business requirements.

Please note that the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels Belgium is a non-smoking environment.

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Required Experience:

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1. SUMMARYThe NATO Office of Resources (NOR) provides independent and integrated expert advice to the Secretary General NATO Resource Committees Allies and other stakeholders on the planning allocation and utilization of military common funding made available to achieve NATOs goals and objectives.Th...