Graduate (m/f)

The term of this contract will be until 31st December 2023. This position is linked to the EU-AFRICA ITF Partnership Panel interviews are anticipated for November – December 2021. Purpose As a Graduate, you will support the senior mandate officers in coordinating, supervising, executing and managing, as appropriate, a broad range of control and administration tasks for Mandate Management activities involving Decentralized Financial Instruments (DFIs) in order to ensure the highest standards of quality assurance across all aspects of mandate services related processes within the Division. Moreover, your responsibilities also include setting up and implement appropriate tools under the enhanced internal control framework in order to ensure the compliance with reporting, monitoring and control requirements as per EU regulations and contracts. Operating Network You will work in the DFI Strategy, Coordination and Management (DFI-SCM) Division and will report to the Head of the Mandates Implementation and Monitoring Unit as well as to the Head of Division, in cooperation with other Officers and Assistants. You will work within a multidisciplinary team and in close cooperation with various EIB Directorates (Finance, Financial Control, Risk Management, Transaction Management and Restructuring, Legal) and with Frontline specialists in the Operations Directorate. Accountabilities The key accountabilities include, inter alia, assessment of compliance, control and monitoring under EU regulations, the production of relevant reports for both internal and external counterparties, support on disbursements and repayments, and coordination of the payment of management fees, in order to enable the fulfilment of the accountabilities as described below in a timely and accurate manner.  Perform checks/controls of compliance with reporting requirements;  Ensure that inputs in the IT systems have the required level of quality, completeness and consistency;  Provide input to the FoF/HF (semi)annual progress reports;  Follow-up and compile financial and other information as needed;  Respond to enquiries from external counterparties to enable efficient completion of processes and positive customer feedback;  Follow contract amendments and waivers and document changes;  Contribute to the preparation of data for the annual FoF/JHFs audit reports;  Perform checks related to management fees and interest calculations;  Assist senior mandate officers so as to accommodate at best the audit requests coming from the Managing Authorities, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors;  Prepare, under appropriate supervision, questionnaires to be sent to the counterparts on a regular basis and follow-up on the replies;  Support the desk-based verification of counterparts. Qualifications  University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Finance, Audit or a related field.  Good understanding of financial products (equity, loan, guarantees), co-financing, grants and DFIs  Excellent drafting skills, analytical and synthesis skills.  Good understanding of EU policies.  Experience in working with financial products (loan, guarantees, and equity), co-financing and grants would be an advantage.  Proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Proficiency in VBA would be an advantage  Excellent command of English both written and oral.  Good command of Italian, Spanish or Portuguese is a strong asset.  Good command of French (*) and knowledge of other European Union languages would be an advantage