Financial Officer

The European Spallation Source, ESS, a partnership of European countries, is hiring motivated and inspired people to design, construct and operate the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek ambitious, talented people in different fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe.

ESS can offer a variety of things, such as passionate and international colleagues, a vibrant melting pot of diversity, and a challenging, exciting and high paced work environment. We value and need expertise, innovative minds and great ways of leading and interacting with people from all over the world.

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ESS is now looking for a Finance Officer to the Finance Group, organised within the Project Support and Administration Directorate. The Finance Group consists of 8 staff members, including this position. The main responsibility for the group is to ensure high quality of the general ledger in interest of the stakeholders; our member countries.

Job description

As ESS is a large research facility under construction, we are looking for a person who can drive our project for the development of our fixed asset register and eventually be responsible for this. A large part of the work consists of building a structure and improve the process and the system support for managing ESS facilities. It is therefore an advantage to have some technical knowledge as the work will involve regular contacts with our technical staff.

As a Finance Officer you will also work with quality assurance, particularly through controls in the day-to-day work to ensure high quality of the general ledger. You have a genuine interest and solid knowledge in accounting, both ongoing and legal. With your expertise, you will act as an advisor both within the Finance team and to ESS as a whole. You will be part of developing and improving the administrative processes within the team. Among your tasks are also to be a part of the monthly closing. As part of the Finance team, you will support in common work tasks in the group, and your tasks may vary and/or change over time.

In this position you will have a great possibility to develop your role together with the colleagues within the team.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:


• Master Degree in Industrial Engineering & Management or MBA Finance or similar
• At least 2 years experience of financial system support for managing larger facilities
• Experience of working in an international environment
• Very good oral and written English skills; knowledge of Swedish would be an advantage

We truly believe that you are driven and self-motivated. You have really good communication skills and you enjoy collaboration and can easily interact with different stakeholders. You listen to others, but are also happy to contribute with your own ideas. You are flexible and can adapt to changing circumstances and new ways of working. You are both a true team player and an independent contributor.

Duration & Location

The position is a permanent position with a 6 months probationary period.

Your work place will be situated in Lund, Sweden. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

Start date

The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

Application & Contact

Please provide your curriculum vitae in English by clicking on “apply” and follow the instructions. Please note that we only accept applications via the ESS website.

We apply continuous selection which means that we are happy to receive your application as soon as possible.

The deadline for applications is September 15th, 2020.

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment-process. 

For further information regarding the position, please contact the Recruiting Manager, Natascha Parnefjord, Group Leader for Finance, natascha.parnefjord[at]ess.eu.

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR Officer, Tina Nilsson, tina.nilsson[at]ess.eu.

For trade union information please contact Unionen / Conny Wendt at +46 46 888 34 63 or SACO / Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers/ Riccardo Bevilacqua at +46 46 888 32 28.

We look forward to receiving your application!