Detail of the vacancy notice

  • Directorate: ​​ Directorate for Human Resources and Finance
  • Management: no
  • Unit/Service: ​​ Unit E.4 – Financial management 
  • Grade: AST1-AST9  
  • Location: Brussels

Your job and responsibilities

Are you highly organised, trustworthy and someone who enjoys taking ownership of critical processes? Do you like working independently, becoming the go-to expert in a specialised field and playing a key role in protecting an institution's financial systems?

If you are looking for a position where accuracy, autonomy and responsibility truly matter, this is your opportunity: join us as Local Authorisations Manager for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR).

As Local Authorisations Manager (LAM), you will be responsible for managing user access rights to the financial management systems in accordance with the applicable security and internal control requirements.

The post offers responsibility for a specialised function that is essential to the Institution’s financial governance and involves regular cooperation with a broad range of internal stakeholders.

Under the supervision of the Head of Sector, you will receive the necessary training to develop specialist expertise and progressively become the Institution’s focal point for this area of activity.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting Authorising Officers by Subdelegation with the appointment of financial actors;
  • Manage the complete lifecycle of financial access rights for staff members;
  • Ensure that all financial profiles and authorisations are created, updated and removed accurately and in compliance with the decisions and internal rules;
  • Advise colleagues on access rights and financial roles;
  • Organising and maintaining the LAM's teamsite up to date and managing the archiving of LAM documents;
  • Support the transition from ABAC to the new financial management tool SUMMA (planned for 2027) with the creation of new profiles and access rights;
  • Support the development of the new digital tool for managing financial and operational actors by defining business requirements and liaising with IT colleagues throughout the project;
  • Liaise with other EU Institutions (EC DG BUDG, EESC).

Subject to evolving service needs and taking into account your skills, experience and interests, you may be assigned other responsibilities within Unit E.4 as determined by the Head of Unit.

Are you the talent we are looking for?

GENERAL ABILITIES AND CAPACITIES REQUIRED

  • Think with a critical spirit, analyse and solve problems pragmatically.
  • Assess critically credibility and reliability of sources, data and information and use relevant digital tools to carry out the duties.
  • Organise own work, demonstrate responsibility, identify priorities, take appropriate decisions and deliver results. 
  • Adapt to an evolving working environment, demonstrate commitment and adopt constructive attitude at all times. Remain effective and flexible even during periods of heavy activity.
  • Take initiative to achieve individual and shared objectives, demonstrate ownership and work autonomously.
  • Learn and professionally develop to continuously enhance job performance and knowledge of the organisation and working environment.
  • Work together with others in a constructive way by contributing to diverse and inclusive working environment. Demonstrate respect and courtesy at all times.
  • Convey information and relevant opinions clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, facilitate interaction and engage effectively with others. Treat confidential or sensitive information accordingly.

JOB-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

  • You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another of the EU official languages. For functional reasons, a high level of English is required and a good level of French desirable.
  • You pay close attention to details and are able to work in a structured and organised way.
  • You have a good command of IT applications and tools, such as Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, including AI tools in a secure environment.

ASSETS

  • You have experience in administrative, coordination or support functions.
  • You have experience working with IT systems, user access management or business applications.
  • You have experience with SharePoint or similar collaborative platforms.
  • You have experience with ABAC, SUMMA or other financial management applications specific to the EU institutions.

This position is particularly suited to candidates interested in developing specialist expertise. While it includes recurring administrative tasks, it also offers considerable autonomy, continuous learning opportunities and a key role in supporting the Institution’s financial governance.

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Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify. Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.