Finance and Budget Assistant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Responsibilities

PROJECT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT:

• Review figures in Project Identification Form submissions. Verify documents for overall accuracy, consistency and uniformity in presentation and ensure comprehensiveness and compliance, cross-check consistency of figures in tables with the text of the reports and verify references to other reports and documents and ensure that all necessary corrections are incorporated;
• Assist in preparation of budgets with respect to project documents;
• Initiate set up of third-party banking details for executing agencies.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION:

• Track circulation of new project internalization and all project revisions through UNEP clearance and approval process;
• Prepare budget documents for budget allocations;
• Review expenditure reports from executing agencies to ensure:
• correct amount and objects of expenditures have been charged;
• validity of charges;
• availability of funds.
• Prepare Purchase Orders (POs) and Fund Commitments (FCs); 

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible work experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services, or related area, is required.
• The minimum number of years of relevant experience is reduced by two (2) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
• Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is required. Experience in financial transactions analysis and reporting is desirable.
• Experience working in an international organization is desirable.
• A minimum of one (1) year or more experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.