Financial Officer

We are

The position offers candidates with an interest in financial markets – and more specifically public debt management – the possibility to become part of the Commission’s financial operations in Luxembourg. Over the last 5 years, the Commission has built up a professional debt management capacity resembling the operational capacities housed in national debt management authorities. This operational framework is deployed for mobilising the financing for a number of high-profile EU financial assistance programmes, notably NextGenerationEU, support to Ukraine and support under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme. These operations are now organised under a unified funding approach, including the related internal governance and risk management structures. The Commission’s funding approach foresees the organization of funding operations through a common pool, complemented with a dedicated liquidity and payment management. The funds are mobilised through different funding channels (syndicated transactions, auctions) as well as the entire maturity spectrum (short-term and long term funding). The Commission also issues NGEU Green Bonds under a dedicated Green Bond Framework. The successful candidate will join the Directorate, which undertakes market operations on behalf of the Union budget (“Financial Market Operations”). This Directorate, the bulk of whose activities are located in Luxembourg, forms part of DG BUDG.

The position offers candidates the possibility to become part of a dynamic, innovative and high profile team in Luxembourg.

We propose

The Commission is seeking reinforcing its capacities for data management and data analysis assistance to the front-line team of EU’s borrowing and lending operations. Data management is a critical function of the Commission’s borrowing and lending operations team, feeding into internal analysis as well as in communications with loan beneficiaries, with the market and with other relevant stakeholders, including rating agencies, investors, investment banks and other EU institutions. A focal point for the jobholder will be to support the front office team through the consolidation and extraction of information related to EU borrowing operations, reinforcing the existing resources in this area. The jobholder will have to establish and maintain close contact with all the team members and with other DG BUDG teams responsible for data management, such as the middle and back office. The jobholder will also need to become familiar with the Commission’s corporate systems for data storage and data management as well as with external systems used by the Commission. The successful candidate will enjoy important responsibilities in his/her respective field of competence. S/he will enjoy considerable autonomy and room for initiative in the achievement of agreed objectives while being fully integrated and working within the organizational/management structure of the Directorate.

We look for

The successful candidate should have a sound track record of financial data management/analysis and a strong team spirit, a sense of initiative and strong communications skills. Advanced skills of relevant IT systems (Excell, Python, etc.) as well as AI-based tools would be helpful. Previous experience in the management of financial operations in a private or public entity would be helpful. The jobholder will join a dynamic and diverse team comprising of Commission officials, contract agents and Seconded National Experts and will have the opportunity to enjoy considerable autonomy and room for initiative in the achievement of the agreed objectives.

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:

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

2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:

1. your CV

2. completed application form.

Please send these documents by the publication deadline to BUDG-MAILBOX-F01ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (BUDG-MAILBOX-F01[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) indicating the call for interest reference EC/2026/BUDG/464688 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.

Read full vacancy notice attached below.