R -- Job opportunity announcement for Administrator (Financial Reports and Management Accountant) at NATO/SACLANT, Norfolk, VA

Please direct any inquiries to: NATO Civilian Personnel Office at: (001) +1 (555) 000-0000 OR 3774. DO NOT contact the Purchasing & Contracting Division. 1. APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POSITION OF ADMINISTRATOR (FINANCIAL REPORTS AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT), NATO GRADE A-2, POST NUMBER HN-8230, ON THE STAFF OF THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ATLANTIC (SACLANT), NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, USA. THE POSITION IS ANTICIPATED TO BECOME AVAILABLE ON 1 JUNE 2003, SUBJECT TO FINAL MANPOWER APPROVAL. 2. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: RESPONSIBLE TO THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND TREASURER. A. IMPLEMENT, MONITOR AND MAINTAIN, AS APPROPRIATE, ACLANT, BI-MNC, AND NATO POLICIES ON FISCAL AND TREASURY MATTERS. B. ACT AS PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO THE ACLANT FINANCIAL CONTROLLER ON FISCAL TREASURY MATTERS IN THE ACLANT CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND TREASURER'S ABSENCE. C. PREPARE, REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATE ALL ACLANT CASH REQUIREMENT FORECASTS AND CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES. ENSURE TIMELY RECEIPT AND CONTROL OF FUNDS. D. ASSIST THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND TREASURER IN PREPARING, REVIEWING, CONSOLIDATING AND PUBLISHING THE ANNUAL ACLANT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. E. ASSIST THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND TREASURER IN PREPARING, REVIEWING, CONSOLIDATING AND DEFINING PERIODIC CURRENT YEAR BUDGET REVIEWS FORWARDED FOR EXAMINATION BY THE MILITARY BUDGET COMMITTEE (MBC). F. DIRECTLY SUPERVISE AND OVERSEE THE DAY-TO-DAY EXECUTION OF THE ACLANT U.S. DOLLAR BUDGETS. G. OVERSEE EXECUTION OF ALL OTHER ACLANT BUDGETS. H. PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO MSC FINANCIAL CONTROLLERS ON FISCAL TREASURY MATTERS. I. REVIEW ACLANT BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR COST EFFECTIVENESS. J. PERFORM OTHER RELATED DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. 3. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: A. A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT EDUCATION WITH A MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING OR CLOSELY RELATED SUBJECT. B. THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTS. C. HIGHLY DEVELOPED ANALYTICAL SKILLS COUPLED WITH ABILITY TO APPLY FLEXIBILITY TO PROBLEM SOLVING. D. AT LEAST FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT OR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTING. E. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF COMPUTERIZED FINANCIAL SYSTEMS OPERATION AND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE. F. PRACTICAL USER EXPERIENCE OF MODERN PC OFFICE AUTOMATION PRODUCTS, SPECIFICALLY MS OFFICE PRODUCTS. G. MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR A NATO SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE. H. MUST HAVE AN EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH (BOTH VERBAL AND WRITTEN) (SLP 4343). 4. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: A. UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANIZATION, COMPOSITION AND OPERATION OF NATO MILITARY STAFFS COUPLED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATO BUDGETARY AND CONTROL PROCESS. B. EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OF ORACLE OR CLOSELY RELATED SOFTWARE. C. ABILITY TO PERFORM IN MULTINATIONAL CONFERENCE SETTINGS. D. EFFECTIVE TACT AND DIPLOMATIC SKILLS FOR DEALING EFFECTIVELY AND COURTEOUSLY WITH PERSONNEL OF MANY DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. E. ABILITY TO WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH CONSTANT CHANGE OF STAFF (MILITARY ROTATION). F. MULTILINGUAL ABILITIES, PARTICULARLY IN ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH. 5. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: A. CAPABLE OF WORKING HARMONIOUSLY IN A MULTI-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, WHILE REPRESENTING AND PROJECTING THE NEEDS OF ACLANT IN A TACTFUL AND FIRM MANNER. B. MUST BE PREPARED TO TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY IN SUPPORT OF THE LISTED DUTIES. 6. MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: SUPERVISE A MULTINATIONAL STAFF OF TWO NATO CIVILIANS. 7. PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS: MUST BE ABLE TO LIASE EFFECTIVELY, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL UP TO THE RANK/POSITION EQUIVALENT OF REAR ADMIRAL/MAJOR GENERAL. 8. THE STARTING BASIC MONTHLY SALARY FOR AN A-2 IN THE U.S.A. AS OF 01 JANUARY 2003 IS U.S. DOLLARS 4946.00 TO WHICH RELEVANT ALLOWANCES WILL BE ADDED. 9. HQ SACLANT APPLICATION FORMS IN TRIPLICATE, QUOTING VACANCY POST NUMBER HN-8230, AS WELL AS COPIES OF CERTIFICATES COVERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION REQUIRED BY THE JOB DESCRIPTION SHOULD BE MAILED TO THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OFFICER (HN-113), HQ SACLANT, 7857 BLANDY ROAD, SUITE 100, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23551-2490, U.S.A.. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 17 JUNE 2003. APPLICATIONS ARRIVING AFTER THE CLOSING DATE WILL BE ACCEPTED PROVIDED THEY ARRIVE BEFORE THE SELECTION BOARD MEETS FOR THE SCREENING PROCESS. THE APPLICATION FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT WWW.SACLANT.NATO.INT (UNDER SACLANT ORGANIZATION, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES). A HARD COPY CAN BE REQUESTED BY CALLING (001) +1 (555) 000-0000 OR 3774. SERVING NATO CIVILIAN STAFF ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THEIR APPLICATION FORMS THROUGH THEIR OWN CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OFFICE. ADVANCE APPLICATIONS MAY BE FAXED TO (001) +1 (555) 000-0000, BUT ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS IN TRIPLICATE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED. 10. SERVING STAFF WILL BE OFFERED A CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS. NEWLY RECRUITED STAFF WILL BE OFFERED AN INITIAL THREE YEAR DEFINITE DURATION CONTRACT. 11. NOTE FOR PERSONNEL OFFICERS: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUALIFIED REDUNDANT STAFF OF SAME GRADE, PLEASE ADVISE SACLANT BY MESSAGE NOT LATER THAN 10 JUNE 2003. THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH PRIORITY. IF A REDUNDANT STAFF MEMBER IS APPOINTED, THIS VACANCY NOTICE WILL BE WITHDRAWN.