Vacancy title:
Associate Finance and Budget Officer, NOB

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
UN-Habitat

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, November 6 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 15 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities

• Medium-term plan: Reviews, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialized intergovernmental bodies.
• Provides advice and support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan and its revisions; assists in securing approval from the General Assembly.
• Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets.
• Budget preparation: Reviews, analyses and assists in the finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements; ensure compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates.
• Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Provides support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review; assists in securing approval from the General Assembly and the Executive Board.
• Budget administration: Prepares allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
• Monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
• Reviews requisitions generated by the Umoja system for goods and services to ensure (a) correct objects of expenditure have been charged, and (b) availability of funds.
• Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Assists in the preparation of budget performance submissions.
• Reviews and assists in finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
• Assists in providing substantive support to intergovernmental and expert bodies.
• General: Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme and/or peacekeeping budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, accounting, or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required.
• Working experience with an accounting module like Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) system e.g. Systems Applications & Products (SAP) is required.
• Experience in implementation of Accounting Standards, including International Public Sector Accounting Standards, (IPSAS), is required.
• One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

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