JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Budget Assistant – Business Analysis assistance

in DG BUDG of the European Commission

Job title: Budget Assistant

Domain: Budget, Finance and Contracts

Where: Unit BUDG.D4 – “Financial Reporting and Data Management“, Brussels

Function Group: FG III

Contract Type: 3b

Express your interest until: 17.01.2026 – 12.00 (Brussels time)

WE ARE

The Directorate-General for Budget (DG BUDG) is the central service of the European Commission in charge of the management of the EU budget throughout the annual and multiannual cycle; from the preparation of the draft budget and Multiannual Financial Framework to its implementation and the final discharge by the European Parliament. DG BUDG is also responsible for the legal framework applicable to the implementation of the EU budget by the different institutions, agencies and Member States, and it plays a key role in promoting sound financial management and a performance culture that focuses on maximizing the results of public expenditure on the ground.

The Unit BUDG.D.4 “Financial Reporting” is the central reporting unit of the DG Budget, responsible for preparing reports required by the Financial Regulation and the Budget Authority, as well as management reports and other ad-hoc reports for internal and external stakeholders. It is also responsible for developing corporate financial reporting tools.

This unit manages the Central Data Warehouse, provides technical support and guidance for reporting requests, and ensures the quality of data. As the Business Process Owner/Expert for analytics, data migration, budget framework, and master data governance, the unit is currently implementing a new financial system, SUMMA, for the European Commission and other EU bodies. This project, which will continue for several years, will provide a more robust, efficient, and effective financial system.

The financial reporting unit is undergoing a modernisation process, which includes improving data visualisation, supporting data-driven decision making, reinforcing its corporate financial reporting role, and ensuring data quality and governance. This modernisation will result in the unit becoming the centre of competence for financial reporting for the European Commission and its agencies.

Our unit operates on a matrix-based structure and works collaboratively across teams. We are a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team of 23 colleagues located in Brussels.

Following the 2023 staff survey and Commission-wide awards, DG BUDG is recognised for its staff engagement, quality of its Middle Management and greening efforts. Ensuring staff engagement remains high on our agenda, which is why we are keen to provide support for career development, specialised training and ensure smooth newcomers’ integration.

WE PROPOSE

Contribute to the implementation of the SUMMA Master Data Management Strategy

Collaborate with different DGs and Agencies to understand their financial reporting needs, transforming these needs into specific data requirements, and subsequently analyze and interpret the data to offer insights that facilitate operational and strategic choices.

Contribute to the timely preparation of SUMMA master data and synergies with migration efforts.

Supervise the development of new reports and dashboards, as well as supporting the transition of existing reporting solutions to the new central financial system, SUMMA.

Keep up-to-date the financial business rules to be implemented in SUMMA

Analyse and provide input for the processes and IT systems optimizations with the impact on financial and budgetary reporting.

Prepare reports or replies to information requests from the hierarchy and external stakeholders.

Contribute on the promotion of the single version of the truth and the re-use of standard indicators within and out the Commission.

WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a proven capacity to prioritise and organise work and with a strong sense of responsibility. He/she should be able to work pro-actively with a sense of initiative and responsibility and be quickly operational. He/she should have excellent written and oral communication skills. The candidate should have experience in managing meetings with team members from different units. He/she should also be acquainted in working with data and database tools.

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following address: . Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the CAST permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.

You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:
1. your CV 2. motivation letter 3. duly filled in application form.
Please send these documents by the publication deadline to indicating the call for interest reference EC/2025/BUDG/435139/GFIII in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.