Sapienza’s Financial, Scheduler and Project Control Jobs at ESA

Sapienza Consulting is a leading provider of space mission and project support through people, software and services. We are currently recruiting for some exciting job opportunities at the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Netherlands, UK, France and Germany.

We can help you find the job that suits you or make the career move you need just right now. If you are a project controller, who wants to work on innovative cutting-edge technology in a vibrant and amazing international environment, then keep reading!

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Financial, Scheduler & Project Control

Every organization needs controller of some kind, and the European Space Agency (ESA) is no exception. With a 2019 budget of €5.72 billion, 22 member states, 8 ESA sites and dozens of missions (future and current) a variety of project controllers, financial controller and schedulers are needed to ensure that milestones are met on time and on budget.

Typical requirements in this domain include:

  • Preparing, maintaining and reporting on the overall programmatic aspects (cost, finance, schedule, industrial return, risk, progress control as well as general project administration) of the project/missions;
  • Perform schedule analysis through Critical Path Analysis, Trend Chart Analysis and simulations;
  • Maintenance of related work/procurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans;
  • Assisting in the preparation of long-term, medium term and in-year resource plans;
  • Monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports;
  • Cost at Completion (CAC), financial planning and associated reporting activities;
  • SAP (ESA-p), MS Project, Primavera, Excel;
  • IPSAS.

If it sounds like you, and interested in working at the forefront of cutting edge technology development in the space industry, explore our open positions and apply today.

General requirements:

  • Fluency in English. Knowledge of another member state language is an advantage;
  • Master’s degree in Finance or relevant;
  • 4 years of relevant professional experience in a relevant field;
  • Eligible to work in the EU;
  • EU Secret Security clearance is considered an advantage;
  • Candidates without the required degree or years of experience are encouraged to send in their CV as well as these are not hard requirements.

About Sapienza Consulting

Do you want to work as a project or financial controller for the European Space Agency (ESA) across Europe? Sapienza Consulting now offers many exciting job opportunities in the engineering field exclusively via the Space Defence Security Jobs platform. Working at one of the ESA’s site via Sapienza Consulting offers more than a promising career; it brings you close to the latest innovations of the European space industry.