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The University of Nicosia invites applications for UNIC Athens Campus for the role of Senior Finance Project Manager.The Senior Finance Project Manager will lead the financial management of a major, multi-phase university capital project in Athens involving the development of new teaching and research facilities for UNIC Athens.The postholder will be responsible for end-to-end financial oversight across the project lifecycle, including financial planning, budget control, integrated cash flow and liquidity management, funding coordination, financial governance, lender and funding-party interface, procurement support, contract-related financial oversight, risk monitoring, and executive reporting.In addition, the role is expected to actively contribute to broader financial decision-making, particularly in relation to funding strategy, liquidity positioning, investment structuring, and financial risk.This is a highly collaborative and non-standalone role, requiring the ability to operate through and coordinate a multidisciplinary network of finance, accounting, legal, procurement, and administrative stakeholders, ensuring consistent financial oversight across a complex and evolving project environment.The role requires a senior finance professional with substantial experience in large-scale, complex capital projects, capable of working closely with executive leadership, project teams, consultants, contractors, external advisors, and funding counterparties.Key Responsibilities:&nbsp;Financial Planning and Control<ul><li>Lead integrated financial planning across project phases, ensuring that budget, forecast, and funding</li><li>assumptions remain aligned as the project evolves across multiple project entities</li><li>Develop and maintain medium-term and long-term liquidity projections to support strategic decision-making and delivery planning</li><li>Lead the preparation and maintenance of the overall project budget</li><li>Develop cost forecasts, cash flow projections, and financial scenarios</li><li>Monitor actual spend against approved budgets and committed costs</li><li>Identify variances, cost pressures, and financial risks; recommend corrective action</li><li>Maintain accurate forecasts of final project cost and funding requirements</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Project Finance and Funding<ul><li>Oversee project cash flow and liquidity planning</li><li>Coordinate funding requests, drawdowns, and supporting financial documentation</li><li>Monitor payment schedules, contractual obligations, retention balances, and approvals</li><li>Ensure timely and accurate processing of project-related financial commitments</li><li>Act as a key finance contact in relation to lenders and other funding stakeholders</li><li>Monitor compliance with funding requirements, reporting obligations, and approval conditions</li><li>Support the financial structuring of project phases and the alignment of funding availability with delivery milestones, including contribution to funding strategy</li></ul>Procurement and Contract Support<ul><li>Support procurement activity through financial analysis of tenders, pricing, and commercial terms</li><li>Review the financial implications of contractor and consultant appointments</li><li>Assess variations, claims, change orders, and other cost events in coordination with project and legal teams</li><li>Maintain oversight of committed costs and future financial exposure</li><li>Provide financial input into major procurement and contracting decisions, with particular focus on affordability, risk allocation, payment structures, and long-term cost exposure</li></ul>Governance, Reporting, and Compliance<ul><li>Establish and maintain strong financial controls across the project and across relevant entities</li><li>Ensure compliance with company policies, approval procedures, and relevant statutory</li><li>requirements</li><li>Prepare regular financial reports for senior leadership, committees, and other stakeholders</li><li>Support audit activity and maintain clear, accurate, and complete financial records</li><li>Contribute to financial decision-making by providing clear analysis and recommendations.</li><li>Support a demanding governance framework through high-quality reporting, decision papers, and financial analysis for senior internal stakeholders and external parties.</li><li>Ensure that financial oversight keeps pace with project complexity, programme phasing, and evolving investment requirements</li></ul>Stakeholder Management<ul><li>Act as the principal finance contact for the project.</li><li>Work closely with internal stakeholders, external consultants, contractors, and advisors.</li><li>Support leadership discussions on affordability, cost risk, contingency use, and funding sufficiency.</li><li>Work closely with executive stakeholders on project affordability, funding strategy, liquidity risk, and financial implications of major delivery decisions.</li><li>Coordinate effectively across multiple workstreams and stakeholders to ensure consistent financial information, reporting, and control.</li><li>Coordinate effectively across multiple entities and multidisciplinary teams finance, accounting, legal, administrative.</li></ul>&nbsp;Professional Qualifications and Experience:<ul><li>Professional accounting or finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent</li><li>Significant senior-level finance experience in construction, infrastructure, real estate development, or major capital projects</li><li>Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, cost control, and financial reporting</li><li>Knowledge of Greek regulatory, tax, and reporting requirements relevant to capital projects</li><li>Experience supporting procurement, contract management, and commercial decision-making</li><li>Strong understanding of financial governance, internal controls, audit, and compliance</li><li>Proven experience in large, high-value, multi-phase capital programmes</li><li>Experience operating within multi-entity project structures</li><li>Strong experience in liquidity planning, funding coordination, and financially supporting projects operating within complex governance frameworks</li><li>Experience engaging with lenders, external funding parties, or similarly demanding financial counterparties</li><li>Ability to operate credibly at executive level and provide financial leadership in a complex, evolving project environment</li><li>Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary project teams</li><li>Ability to coordinate and influence multidisciplinary teams in a non-standalone role</li><li>Excellent written and spoken Greek and English</li></ul>Personal Attributes:&nbsp;<ul><li>Ability to manage financial complexity while maintaining clarity, control, and delivery focus</li><li>Strong judgement in balancing project needs, funding constraints, governance requirements, and commercial risk</li><li>High level of integrity and accountability</li><li>Clear and concise reporting skills</li><li>Strong analytical capability</li><li>Effective stakeholder management</li><li>Ability to operate confidently in a complex project environment</li><li>Strong organisational and problem-solving skills</li></ul>

Senior Finance Project Manager – UNIC Athens

Procure to Pay (PTP) process: Analyses and evaluates PTP process and procedures, in order to automate the end-to-end process while ensuring a controlled environment. Timely identifies potential areas for improvement, proposing and follows-up on initiatives to automate processes focusing on a continuous monitoring of controls.Procure to Pay (PTP) data: Checks the quality of master and transactional data related to the PTP process, ensuring data is accurate, timely, up-to-date, and compliant with regulatory and Group policy requirements. Performs regular audits to ensure compliance by applying data mining techniques and possibly AI tools to ensure data quality.Procure to Pay (PTP) systems: Analyses and tests financial systems configurations and re-designs, in order to automate and increase efficiency of the end-to-end process. Participates in the testing procedures of each new finance automated process prior of going live. Develops and maintains documentation including system designs, operational manuals, and process workflows. Guides and educates the wider teams across the organization on PTP process excellence and supports ERP users.Digital tool integrations and automations: Targets a broader integration with machine learning and intelligent digital tools aiming for autonomous finance operations activities and a wider integration with 3rd parties across the PTP process (Vendor Portal, e-Invoicing, E-Banking).Team collaboration: Focuses on internal communication and strong collaboration with all departments across the organization, and in particular the IT department. Coordinates with various teams to ensure business objectives.Process excellence &amp; support: Contributes to ensuring PTP process excellence, guiding teams, supporting ERP users, and maintaining alignment of automated processes with business objectives.What will you bring?Education: University degree in Business, Finance, Data or Computer Science or a related field. A Master’s degree will be considered a plus.Experience: 3–5 years of proven experience within a similar position that requires applying knowledge of business process management and PTP automation technologies. Experience with ERP systems and with AP automation tools. Experience in a multinational business environment will be considered an asset.Skills: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. A collaborative mindset and the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams. Excellent knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel.Digital tools &amp; technology: Familiarity with AI tools and other digital tools will be considered an asset. Knowledge of Internal Audit standards and procedures will be considered an asset. Exposure to APQC or other related process taxonomies and benchmarks will be considered an asset.Certifications: Professional Certifications (ex. ACCA, CIA, CIMA, Six Sigma) will be considered an asset.Languages: Fluency in English, both spoken and written, at a professional corporate level. Fluency in Greek and Spanish Language will be considered a plus.What we offerTeamBecoming a member of an organization that cares about its people, the environment, and the local communities.Grow&nbsp;Have room to grow and develop via numerous opportunities for learning, professional development, and career advancement.CareCompetitive remuneration package.Private health insuranceFlexible working model

Finance Process Improvement Specialist

Are you a finance professional who enjoys working at the intersection of financial management, reporting, compliance and audits? Do you thrive in complex, international environments and want to make an impact through robust financial governance? We are looking for a Head of Finance to strengthen the finance function and support high-value programmes, contracts and projects. You will work in an international, high-impact environment, contribute to sound financial governance and play a key role in shaping financial processes and controls across the organisation. If you are interested in the above, then we are waiting for your application for this Head of Finance role!You are responsible for<ul><li>Prepare, produce and distribute high-quality financial reports, ensuring accurate records, archives and databases, with a strong focus on delegated budgets</li><li>Analyse, review and process complex financial transactions, including commitments, amendments, payments and recoveries</li><li>Lead the financial review of upcoming contracts and contractual amendments, ensuring accuracy, compliance and value for money</li><li>Review administrative and financial documentation related to projects and programmes, including Consortium &amp; Partnership Agreements, Grant Agreements and Amendments, as well as partners’ financial documentation</li><li>Coordinate and lead the year-end cost cut-off exercise, working closely with contract managers to validate inputs and provide clear guidance on cost eligibility and recognition</li><li>Independently manage the full lifecycle of internal and external audits, including coordination with auditors and counterparts in other EU bodies, preparation of documentation and follow-up on findings and recommendations</li><li>Design, improve and implement financial processes, procedures, reporting tools and dashboards to enhance financial management and efficiency</li><li>Provide sound financial advice and ensure compliance with the EU Financial Regulation and applicable internal rules</li><li>Collaborate closely with other departments, particularly</li><li>Administration, supporting corporate activities such as planning, reporting, financial &amp; budget management, risk management and administration</li></ul>Your Education &amp; Qualifications are<ul><li>BSc / MSc in Accounting, Finance or related field</li><li>Solid experience in finance, reporting and/or audits within Consulting, Technology, Research Center, EU agencies Private sector, Professional Services or similar organisations</li><li>Strong Excel skills and experience with complex data and reporting</li><li>Experience in procurement and contract management</li><li>Excellent command of written and spoken English</li></ul>You are a professional with<ul><li>Strong organisational skills and a proactive, problem-solving mindset</li><li>Excellent organisational and planning skills, with a proactive, problem-solving mindset</li><li>Attention to detail</li><li>Ability to work independently and within a team</li></ul>The company offers<ul><li>Highly competitive fixed salary</li><li>Extra Benefits according to Compensation and Benefits company’s plan</li><li>International, collaborative, and friendly working environment</li><li>Career development and growth opportunities within an industry leader</li></ul>

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