Business Controller; Reserve list; Noordwijk, NL

Business Controller (Reserve list) Location

• Noordwijk, NL
• Villanueva de la Cañada, ES
• Porz-Wahn, DE
• Darmstadt, DE
• Harwell, GB
• Frascati, IT
• Paris, FR
• Redu, BE
• Cologne, DE
• Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid)

Within the Directorate’s Business Unit Controlling Office, you, as Business Controller, will join a team of controllers in one of the Office’s sections, providing management support services across a range of operational units.

Each Business Controller also supports the continuous improvement of controlling and management support processes, digitalisation, management reporting including dashboards, transparency, efficiency, cooperation and knowledge-sharing.

You will interface with multiple entities within and outside ESA and will play a key role in supporting managers in strategic and programmatic decision-making. You will cooperate closely with managers implementing projects and/or activities and will directly interface with ESA corporate services, as well as with industrial contractors.

• leading the consolidation and maintenance of the Directorate’s resources and activity plans for the short, medium and long term, including reports on commitments, costs, cash, workforce, risk and geographical return;
• formally interfacing with internal and external stakeholders (including the European Commission and Member States) on matters under your responsibility, providing information, preparing formal reports and documents, and negotiating agreements;
• performing the Directorate’s workload planning cycle and supporting the preparation of the workforce plans and verification of Service Level Agreements across directorates;
• managing or coordinating external workforce framework contracts;
• performing management support and controlling tasks related to the business unit, for example by identifying deviations from plans, implementing mitigation actions and supporting risk management processes;
• implementing the financial planning and monitoring of the Directorate’s analysis centres and controlling the workforce rates;
• defining, maintaining and monitoring the Directorate’s management and controlling processes, ensuring correct implementation in corporate systems, and supporting the evolution of corporate IT solutions;
• leading the financial mid-year and end-of-year accounting closure, including coordination with the relevant stakeholders and completion of the related reporting;
• acting as the Directorate’s coordinator for fixed assets and inventory management;ensuring compliance with budgetary provisions and financial regulations and advising on best control practices, methods, processes and procedures;
• supporting financial audits;
• managing the charging policy for the Directorate’s services, its programme, project and cost centre structure, its funds and commitment ceilings, its cost at completion and the associated reporting;
• ensuring operational excellence and driving continuous improvement in your areas of responsibility.

• Knowledge of or experience in budgeting, cost control and resource and activity planning
• Knowledge of or experience in business analysis, digital tools and reporting
• Knowledge of or experience in schedule management
• Knowledge of or experience in risk management
• Knowledge of or experience in SAP-based ERP systems
• Knowledge of or experience in business process improvement and business change management
• Knowledge of or experience in fixed assets and inventory management
• Knowledge of or experience in financial regulatory frameworks, including accounting standards and auditing techniques
• Knowledge of or experience in ESA/EU procurement regulations

• Result Orientation
• Operational Efficiency
• Fostering Cooperation
• Relationship Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Forward Thinking

For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook.

A master's degree in a relevant discipline is required for this post along with four years of relevant professional experience.

• Professional experience as a controller, preferably at agency or industry level, is would be a distinct asset;
• Knowledge and/or…