Would you like to help support the financial foundation of Denmark's foreign service, together with professionally skilled and dedicated colleagues?

Tasks and responsibilities

We are seeking an employee for the Finance Office's new economic partner team. The team contributes to ensuring coherent financial management across the offices in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen. The team supports the offices in Copenhagen with ongoing invoice handling, preparation of quarterly accounts, smaller purchases, and budget and expenditure follow-up in close collaboration with the other teams in the Finance Office.

A central part of the team's work is to prepare and communicate management information. In addition, you will contribute to the Finance Office's work to ensure optimal resource use in the ministry through ongoing analyses – from optimizing the individual units to larger cross-cutting analyses. There is a high level of professionalism in the office, a good collaborative climate, and sparring and competence development are prioritized.

The tasks may include

• Financial management, including ongoing budget and expenditure follow-ups, and preparation of the office chiefs' quarterly financial approval.
• Preparation and communication of management information.
• Advise, support and challenge the office chiefs regarding financial management and accounting tasks.
• Follow-up on reconciliations, preparation of posting adjustments and approval of invoices.
• Assist the offices with guidance in procurement below the threshold value.

In addition, there may be other tasks depending on your profile in relation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' financial management, including further development and streamlining of financial management tools, analyses of financial data, etc.

Who are you?

We expect you to have a academically strong profile within economics and social sciences. You may be a recent graduate or have several years of experience with economic tasks in the state, e.g. from a ministry or a agency.

Specifically, we emphasize that you

• Have good numeracy and be able to communicate issues in an easily understandable way both orally and in writing.
• Can build good relationships with partners.
• Are ambitious and have a high professional level.
• Have good understanding of accounting, procurement, budgeting and financial management in a strategic and political context.
• Are engaged and initiative-taking and thrive in a varied daily life where deadlines can sometimes be short.

Organizational placement

The position is placed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Finance Office, which handles the overall management of the Ministry's operating budget of just over DKK 3 billion annually.

The Finance Office consists of four teams: Budget and Appropriations, Accounting, Tendering, Procurement and Contract Management, and the Economic Partner Team, which handles tasks including budget and appropriation matters, ongoing efficiency improvements and optimization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' resource management, procurement, purchasing, the ministry's accounts, and support in the financial-administrative area.

Home working

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers the possibility of home working where compatible with solving the task.

Language skills

We seek employees with strong language skills in both Danish and English. Danish is the working language, but we also value that employees have good English skills. After the interviews, selected candidates will be asked to complete an English language test.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment will be as an AC trainee or clerical officer in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the state and the relevant trade union.

You will be appointed as a specialist for this position, i.e., you are employed without relocation obligation.

It is a condition of employment that you can obtain security clearance, and that you can maintain your security clearance during the employment.

Start date

As soon as possible.

Application deadline and contact

The application deadline is Friday, October 23, 2026. Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.

You apply under ”Job” at www.um.dk . You must submit a targeted and motivated application of a maximum of one page and a CV containing information about education, previous work and other qualifications, level of language skills, references, etc. Please attach your diploma/certificate. Attaching only a CV is not considered an application.

If you have questions about the position that are not answered in the advertisement or can be found at www.um.dk , you are very welcome to contact the team leader Felix Franz, [email protected] . If you have questions about salary and terms, you can contact HR consultant Thomas Hadrup, 3392 1008, [email protected].

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regards diversity as a strength and wishes to employ staff with different backgrounds. We therefore encourage all qualified individuals, regardless of personal background, to apply for a position at the MFA.

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