Finance & Budget Officer at United Nations

Responsibilities

A.Contributions:
     • Monitors and records extra-budgetary contributions to Science Division;
     • Identifies discrepancies concerning contributions to Science Division and resolves them;
     • Serves as financial focal point for all Science Division’s contributions.

Budget Preparation

• Reviews and analyses data with respect to the finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements for Science Division projects;
• Provides support to managers with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions;
• Provides substantive support to relevant inter-governmental and expert bodies in their budget review; assists in securing approval from the General Assembly;
• Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets.

Budget Administration

• Issues requests for redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures;
• Monitors Science Division’s budget implementation and determines/recommends reallocation of funds when necessary;
• Monitors Science Division’s expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels;
• Analyses Science Division’s expenditure data for trends and adherence to the Programme of Work;
• Reviews legal instruments with partners to ensure their compliance with UN Financial Regulations and Rules, and UNEP’s Standard Procedures;
• Approves all requisitions for goods and services to ensure correct objects of expenditure have been charged, ensuring availability of funds;
• Certifies Science Division’s Environment Fund and extra –budgetary project expenditures;
• Administers and monitors core and extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures;
• Prepares relevant documentation with respect to budget performance submissions;
• Reviews and makes appropriate recommendations with respect to the finalization of budget performance reports analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures;
• Provides substantive support to inter-governmental and legislative bodies.

General

• Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme, ensuring compliance with inter-governmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures;
• Monitors and supervises the work of subordinate staff as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.