Key Responsibilities:

• Full compliance with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations, the Finance Manual and Finance and Budget Technical Instructions in all financial transactions, recording, reporting, etc.
• Routine monitoring of financial exception reports for unusual activities, transactions, and analysis of anomalies or unusual transactions with further actions if required.
• Implementation of cost saving and reduction strategies in consultations with office management.
• Ensure that budgets are prepared in the right format with clearly written assumptions, within the required timeframe and with a high level of accuracy.
• Coordination of the preparation of project budget; review of budget submissions, regular analysis and monitoring of expenditures against budget allotments and reporting on variances;
• Identification of administrative budgetary requirements; provision of guidance on guidelines for budget preparation.
• Monitoring of budget implementation, expenditure levels against allotments and determination/recommendation of reallocation of funds when necessary.
• Flagging any potential risks to the Finance Specialist when required so that timely corrective actions can be taken.
• Timely review of cash position for local accounts to ensure sufficient funds on hand for disbursements; identification and recording of receipts for income application.
• Provision of support to ensure efficient local banking arrangements and compliance with local financial and banking regulations;
• Analysis of trends and forecasting of ETMCO cash needs with coordination of the program team.
• Ensuring full compliance with Financial Rules and Regulations and UNOPS procedures with regard to financial processes, financial records, reports, and audit follow-up;
• Control of the Accounts Receivables and follow up with internal/external stakeholders on liquidation of advances, deposits creation in ERP and their application to AR pending items.
• Proper control of the supporting documents for payments; preparation of all types of vouchers; Pay Cycle and payments execution.
• Ensuring of proper maintenance of the Office financial accounts; preparation of financial records, periodic statements, and reports as required;
• Provision support to the organization and conduct of training for the operations/ projects staff on Finance
• Filing of lessons learned and best practices in Finance
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Minimum Requirements:

  Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
  • A Master’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is an asset.

  Experience:

  • A minimum of two (2) years of relevant working experience in financial management and accounting is required.
  • Experience in preparation of financial reporting is an asset.
  • Experience in budget preparation and monitoring is desirable.
  • Experience using an ERP system is an asset.
  • Experience in the usage of Google Suite applications is an asset.

  Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in written, reading and oral English is required.
  • Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.