Job Specifications
Primary Location
Belgium-Brussels
NATO Body
NATO International Staff (NATO IS)
Schedule
Full-time
Application Deadline
19-Oct-2025, 9:59:00 PM
Salary (Pay Basis)
10,742.69
Grade
NATO Grade G22
SUMMARY The Office of Financial Control (OFC) is responsible for the management of financial and budgetary control systems for several NATO entities, primarily the NATO International Staff (IS) and its civil budget.
As the custodian of member Nations' funds, the OFC provides reliable and value adding financial and procurement services in support of IS Divisions and offices, as well as a number of extra budgetary funds (including trust funds) and bilateral arrangements, enabling them to achieve Organization's objectives. It works to comply with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and other best practices, including the management of enterprise risk.
The OFC's main goal is to be a proactive financial partner, providing insightful analysis and collaborative guidance that enables the Secretary General and NATO IS organization as a whole to achieve its strategic objectives, maximizing the efficient and effective use of financial resources while ensuring compliance.
The OFC is organised around five functions, with a Front Office overseeing these functions:
Budget, Procurement and Reporting;
Accounting and Finance, including Missions (Duty Travels);
Treasury;
Business Management Systems & Control; and
Programmes & Business Support.
The Business Management Systems & Control Branch (BMS & C) is responsible for providing direction and oversight over user aspects of design, development, implementation, and operation of the ERP system and other financial and procurement systems. It takes overall responsibility for the design, implementation, and testing of an effective Internal Control Framework to ensure sound financial practices are applied.
The Branch provides first-line support to a variety of NATO Financial systems (including Oracle EBS, Hyperion, Notilus and the Treasury management System), providing a holistic and integrated solution to support finance, procurement, budgetary and human resources business processes, while safeguarding controls, managing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance. The Branch plays a key role in supporting the production of the annual financial statements and leads the generation of the annual Statement of Internal Control.
The Branch Head is responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading change with regard to modernising NATO Financial systems, tools and processes as the Alliance progresses with its digital transformation agenda. In addition, the incumbent ensures that the OFC is a leading example across the NATO enterprise in relation to the control environment. The incumbent ensures that up-to-date techniques are implemented to optimise and strengthen our internal controls to ensure compliance with the relevant standards and best practices (NATO Financial Regulations, IPSAS, CPRS, Code of Conduct, etc).
Key challenges facing the successful candidate for this post during the next 2-3 years will include:
Integrating a number of currently dispersed financial systems and tools in line with a, to be developed, vision and roadmap, maximizing its potential and strengthening the Internal Control environment across the OFC and it's area of responsibility;
Leading on the scoping, sourcing and implementation of a next generation ERP system for the NATO IS, covering the full spectrum of business support functions (Budgeting, Procurement, Accounting, Human Resources, Facilities & Asset Management, and General Support functions).
Identifying innovative tools and implementing changes to streamline processes and procedures and enhance productivity through the implementation of automation technology, including the introduction of Artificial Intelligence.
Enhancing the knowledge, skills and expertise of the staff in the Branch, across the OFC and the wider NATO user community to ensure the IS capitalises on changes and ultimately improves efficiency, increases control and quality, and enhances business partnering and collaboration.
In addition to the application form, candidates are expected to submit a Word or pdf document, maximum of two A4 pages, summarizing their views on the key challenges (and possible other) challenges, and how they would address them if selected for the position. This essay will be evaluated as part of the shortlisting assessment (see full instructions on how to apply at the end of this vacancy notice) .
Please note that the competition for this post is provisionally scheduled as follows:
Pre-selection testing mid November 2025;
Final selection mid January 2026, in Brussels, Belgium.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
The incumbent must:
have a university degree from an institute of recognized standing in management information systems, operations research, economics, accounting, business process engineering, business