Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Finance and Budget Assistant

Responsibilities
PROJECT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT:
• Verify documents for overall budgetary accuracy, consistency and uniformity in presentation and ensure comprehensiveness and compliance with formats prescribed; Cross-check consistency of figures in tables with the text of the reports, and verify references to other reports and documents, suggest corrections to be made to the Fund Management Officer and Programme Manager concerned;
• Co-ordinate with other finance and programme staff in preparing budgets with respect to project documents;
• Liaise with Programme Management Team and UNON to obtain and review banking details forms, F.249 and required supporting information.
• Coordinate input of data in the Integrated, Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Tool to facilitate Results Based Management Reporting

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION:
• Prepare/review funding documents for budget allotments,
• Review expenditure reports from executing agencies to ensure:
• correct expenditure coding block has been charged
• validity of charges
• availability of funds;
• Prepare fund commitments in Umoja Extension 2, review and process cash advances, UNDP authorizations and fund transfers to EAs, ensuring that the advances are within the approved budget and approved by the FMO;
• Initiate processing of cash advances and expenditures through UMOJA and follow up with UNON for remittances of funds and approval of recorded expenditure reports and liquidation of issued advances.
• Assist FMO with regular review of UNDP IOVs to ensure that they have been properly recorded; - Review of UNOPS Expenditures and process payments and ensure recording of expenditure.
• Notify payees on status of payments and investigate complaints of non-receipt.
• Monitor expenditures to ensure they remain within authorized levels; prepares adjustments as necessary
• Analyse variances between approved budgets and expenditures and prepare requests for adjustments as necessary;
• Reviews requisitions for goods and services to ensure (a) correct objects of expenditure have been charged,and (b) availability of funds.
• Monitors integrity of various financial databases.
• Assist in preparation of annual project revisions and supporting schedules;
• Reconcile project accounts against independent audit certificates received from executing agencies.
• Review/prepare project structure and commitments in Umoja;
• Conduct project management training on use of various project reporting templates during the inception workshop.
PROJECT EVALUATION AND CLOSURE:
• Update project database with relevant project information on revision/closure of projects;
• Provide financial information required in Project Implementation Review (PIR), Mid-term review/evaluation and Terminal Evaluation;
• Assist in the preparation of project completion and closing revision and supporting schedules.
• Process disposal of non-expendable equipment in accordance with UNEP procedures before closure of projects.
• Prepare request for refund of unspent balances for approval by Fund Management Officer; Track receipt of expected income through Treasury deposit report and ensures credit is posted correctly to the proper Trust Fund.

GENERAL
• Provide general administrative support to Fund Management Programme Management Officers and other team members;
• Drafts or prepares correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant financial and budget matters
• Provide guidance and training to colleagues and supervise other General Service staff as required;
• Archive documentation as required, Keep log of archived files and track of archived information.
• Track and follow-up on administrative processes in progress; Maintain and keep up-to-date project files.
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned.

Competencies
PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of, and ability to apply financial rules, regulations and procedures in the UN environment. Knowledge, skills and ability to extract, interpret, analyse and format data across the full range of finance and budget functions, including programme development and database management, claims and treasury operations. Ability to identify and resolve data discrepancies and operational problems. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work.
COMMUNCIATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Education
• Completion of High school diploma or equivalent. Finance related training would be an advantage.
• Passing the Global General Service Test (GGST) is a prerequisite for recruitment consideration in the General Services and related categories in the United Nations Secretariat. Successful passing of the Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT) in English at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) or International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) may be accepted in lieu of the GGST.
• The GGST is administered to applicants when required before the administration of a written assessment and/or interview.

Work Experience
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services or related area is required.
• Experience with SAP or similar Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) is required.
• Experience with Global funds such as GEF, AF and GCF is required.
• Experience with an international organization is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
Deadline: 19 May 2022

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

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