Senior Finance and Budget Assistant Job UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

  • Budget • Acts as Certifying Officers on behalf of and in the absence of programme management officers at offices outside headquarters. • Undertakes reviews, analyses and preparation of the programme plan and its revisions.
  • Reviews, analyses and assists in the finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements, including programmatic aspects; ensures compliance with the programme plan and other legislative mandates.
  • Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
  • Undertakes research and provides support to higher level Finance & Budget Officers with respect to budget reviews of relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies.
  • Provides input into the preparation of allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
  • Monitors budget implementation/expenditures and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary including the regular review of commitments against budget.
  • Reviews requisitions for goods and services to ensure correct objects of expenditure have been charged and confirms availability of funds.
  • Monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans for cost recovery activities, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
  • Assists in the preparation of budget performance submissions.
  • Assists in finalization of budget performance reports, analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
  • Monitors integrity of various financial databases.
  • Verifies accuracy of input data, ensuring consistency of data in previous allotments to new allotments issued.
  • Co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports. Finance
  • Analyses complex and/or unusual cost recovery accounting transactions and difficult claims.
  • Makes recommendations to Chief of Unit/Section on appropriate follow-up procedures.
  • Assists with the processing of billing related to internal work/service orders, client support and external parties.
  • Reviews and reconciles various clearing accounts to ensure appropriate balances.
  • Investigates erroneous/invalid entries and takes appropriate corrective accounting action.
  • Assists the Master Data Management Team and service providers to establish the cost of services and maintains cost accounting master data, allocation rules, allocation cycles and statistical key figures;
  • Assists in the preparation of financial statements for various funds, e.g., general, technical co-operation, trust funds, revenue and other special accounts.Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures. •Performs other related duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Completion of High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, budget, accounting or administrative services is required.
  • The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced by two years for candidates who possess a first level University degree.
  • Working experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system such as Oracle or SAP is required.
  • Experience with the UN Financial rules and regulations or similar organization is desirable. Work experience in post management is desirable.
  • Experience working with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is desirable 1 year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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