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The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.
We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.
If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.
Context And Mission
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is seeking a BSC AI Factory Controller to be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable State Aid regulations in relation to the BSC’s activities and services, as well as monitoring the costs associated with service implementation and operations, ensuring proper cost traceability, allocation, and financial reporting. The role will also support the tracking of key BSC AI Factory figures, monitoring service performance, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting of project KPIs and services’ return on investment (RoI).
Working closely with the Project Coordination Team (PCT) the BSC AIF controller will play a key role in ensuring State Aid regulation implementation and also consolidating and analyzing project data, supporting reporting activities, and impact of the services delivered within BSC AIF
This project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101234399 and Spain, Portugal, Romania and Türkiye. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme. It is also co-funded by the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service and counts with the support of the Government of Catalonia.
Key Duties
- Ensure compliance with European and national State Aid regulations applicable to BSC projects, services, and infrastructures.
- Assess economic and non-economic activities, ensuring appropriate separation of costs and funding sources.
- Coordinate and maintain cost allocation methodologies and cost accounting models related to BSC services
- Monitor the financial performance of service implementation and operations, including variance analysis, forecasting, and reporting
- Monitor service performance indicators and contribute to the definition and follow-up of KPIs and RoI metrics
- Ensure accurate, consistent, and timely reporting on project KPIs, service performance, and return on investment
- Participate in the definition and review of pricing, cost recovery, and financial sustainability models for service
- Produce financial and regulatory reports for management and internal stakeholders
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Law, or a related field
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Previous experience in financial controlling, audit, financial compliance, or public funding management
- Knowledge of European State Aid regulations and public funding frameworks
- Experience in cost analysis, budget monitoring, KPI tracking, and financial reporting.
- Experience in research centres, universities, public institutions, or EU-funded projects will be considered an asset
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Knowledge of European funding programs such as Horizon Europe or Digital Europe
- Experience with full-cost or analytical accounting methodologies
- Familiarity with scientific, technological, or research infrastructure environments.
- Advanced knowledge of reporting and data visualization tools
- Competences
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
- Ability to coordinate and work with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication and reporting skills
- Ability to work with complex datasets and performance indicators
- Fluent English, both written and spoken
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
- We offer a full-time contract (35h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
- Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
- Starting date: July 2025
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:
- A full CV in English including contact details
- A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.
Development of the recruitment process
The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición"). The recruitment process consists of two phases:
- Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - 40 points
- Interview phase: The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources. In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated. - 60 points. A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.
The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.
In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.
The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes. For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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Deadline
The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R principles for selection processes
BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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