Principal Assistant (Head Travel)

Principal Assistant (Head Travel) at International Military Staff (NATO IMS) in Brussels, Belgium. The Principal Assistant (Head Travel) oversees the work of the travel team and leads combined functions of

Department: International Military Staff (NATO IMS)

• The Principal Assistant (Head Travel) oversees the work of the travel team and leads combined functions of transportation booking services and travel claim computation, settlement, and accounting activities, to ensure
• Up to the level delegated by the Financial Controller perform approval and control functions related to
• Commitments, such as ensuring that requested commitments are within the appropriations and contract authorities available, that they are in accordance with all relevant policies and regulations and that they are
• Expenditures, such as authorising expenditures in execution of each commitment following the confirmation by the requirement holder that the services were delivered by the supplier
• Payments, such as authorising payments of invoices received from suppliers including pre-payments on certification that the payments are within the limit of the commitment, that they are arithmetically accurate and that
• Oversee travel-related processes and the actions of the travel team, determining workloads and schedules of the team

• Have a minimum of 6 years' recent experience in accounting, budgeting, finance or related field, coupled with at least 4 years' experience in supervision and direction of staff
• Have sound knowledge of financial regulations governing an international organization or a public sector entity
• Have experience performing accounting and financial transactions using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System (preferably Oracle) and data management using office automation software
• Have team working experience while able to work with minimal supervision
• Have experience with instructing and assisting less experienced ERP users, resolving user level problems and reporting other problems for further action
• Completion of higher secondary level education or equivalent
• At least two years full-time technical training in accounting, budgeting, finance, cost control principles or related field

• Definite duration contract which may be renewed. If the successful candidate is seconded from a national administration, public institution or the armed forces of a NATO member state, he/she will be offered a three-year