Finance Officer (General Ledger and Asset Accounting)

Primary Location

Belgium-Brussels

NATO Body

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

13-Mar-2025, 11:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

6,467.30

Grade

NATO Grade G15

Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

Based in Brussels, you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join The Office of The Financial Controller, which is responsible for all aspects of the financial management and related governance for the Agency covering customer funding for services and the associated customer rates and financial plan preparation, internal budgetary and fiscal activities, and the promulgation of financial policy and provision of financial advice. The Agency’s annual business volume is in excess of 900M Euro.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Finance Officer (General Ledger and Asset Accounting) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Assist the Section Lead in managing daily operations of the General Ledger and Asset Accounting team, including PPE and Lease accounting;
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions;
• Support the preparation of financial reports and analyses;
• Maintain and enforce internal controls and compliance with accounting standards;
• Coordinate month-end and year-end close activities;
• Identify and implement enhancements to accounting processes and systems;
• Provide guidance and support to team members, ensuring effective workflow and issue resolution.
  
  
  

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site .

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised /certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
• Recent staff management experience of at least 2 years;
• Experience and ability to develop and maintain financial data and contribute to financial statement preparation;
• Specific practical experience of 2 years in:
• leading financial statement tables/notes preparation;
• practical experience of managing inventory, fixed assets and lease accounting transactions within an ERP tool;
• monitoring and approving accounting transactions related to Property Plant and Equipment, Intangibles assets and assets under construction of an international corporation or international public sector organisation .
• Knowledge of IPSAS or IFRS or IAS;
• In-depth knowledge of MS Excel and BI tools;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken .
  
  
  

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
• Excellent private health insurance scheme;
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
• NATO Pension Scheme;
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more
  
  
  

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website .

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.