EBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Vacancy: EBA Executive Director

Location: Paris, France

About us

The EBA is an independent European Union Authority.

The EBA’s mission is to contribute to the stability and effectiveness of the European financial system through simple, consistent, transparent, fair regulation and supervision that benefits all EU citizens.

The EBA’s multi‑annual priorities at the 2028 horizon are: (1) Rulebook: contributing to an efficient, resilient and sustainable single market (2) Risk assessment: developing tools, data and methodologies to support effective analysis, supervision and oversight (3) Innovation: enhancing technological capacity and fostering innovation for all stakeholders.

Key purpose

The Executive Director is a full‑time independent professional, working directly with the EBA’s Chairperson as part of the Authority’s Senior Management staff.

The Executive Director is in charge of the management of the Authority and is responsible for the tasks laid down in the Regulation establishing the EBA.

Main responsibilities

• Prepare the work of the Management Board which is responsible for ensuring that the Authority carries out its mission.
• Prepare multi‑annual and annual work programmes for the Management Board and Board of Supervisors and implement them.
• Prepare the human resources and financial budget requests of the Authority to be submitted by the Board of Supervisors to EU budgetary authorities and implement them in compliance with EU financial regulations.
• Manage the EBA staff according to EU staff rules and adopt internal measures for the functioning of the Authority.
• Interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare an annual draft report on i) the regulatory and supervisory activities of the Authority and ii) financial and administrative matters and implement audit follow‑up measures as necessary.

Selection criteria

Essential criteria

• Thorough knowledge and proven expertise of the sectors of relevance for the activities of EBA, in particular relevant to financial supervision and regulation.
• At least 5 years of management experience at a senior level with a wide range of responsibilities.
• Proven capacity to take decisions, both at strategic and operational level.

Advantageous criteria

• Thorough understanding of the EU institutions and EU decision‑making process.
• Thorough understanding of EU and international matters of relevance to the activities of the EBA.
• Extensive experience of budgetary, financial and human resources management.
• Work experience in a multicultural environment.

Behavioural competencies

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate clearly and present complex subjects simply, both orally and in writing, whether in public or in meetings with staff and internal or external stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the capacity to deal and negotiate with high‑level stakeholders.
• Strong sense of responsibility, integrity, initiative, self‑motivation and commitment to work in the public interest and serve the EU as a whole.