Accounting Specialist

at  ESO European Sourthern Observatory

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive ground-based astronomical observatory. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries.
ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in northern Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor (home to ALMA), and the ESO Headquarters are located in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory, and will host and operate the southern array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the world’s largest and most sensitive high energy gamma-ray observatory. ESO is a major partner in ALMA, and on Cerro Armazones, ESO is building the 39-metre Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will become “the world’s biggest eye on the sky” and whose operations will be fully integrated into the Paranal Observatory.
For its Finance Department within the Directorate of Administration, at its Vitacura office in Santiago, Chile ESO is advertising a local staff position of

KEY COMPETENCES AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential Competences and Experience:

• At least 4 years of related experience on international companies.
• Experience working with ERP systems and the Microsoft Office Package (especially MS Excel)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in a multicultural environment.

Desirable Competences and Experience:

• User experience of Microsoft Dynamics NAV

QUALIFICATIONS:

University degree in accounting or finance.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

The position requires a working level proficiency in both English and Spanish (written and spoken communication skills)

DIVERSITY

ESO has established diversity as an important value of the Organisation, is committed to providing an equal opportunities environment and is actively seeking to promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Please visit https://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/sustainability/dei-at-eso/ for further details.

• The key responsibilities shall be:
• Keep accurate accounting records of incoming and outgoing payments to the organization.
• Support payroll activities as required by the organization.
• Handle timely general ledger bookkeeping in compliance with ESO rules and regulations.
• Communicate with internal customers to discuss account statuses, charges or discrepancies.
• Support the weekly payment process.