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

Responsibilities

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

• Ensuring that project proposals are in line with GEF and UNEP requirements and within resources allocated to the project and its GEF approved budget;
• Drafting project documents and revisions in conjunction with Programme Officers, ensuring that the project documents/revisions are coherent and correspond with the agreed format;
• Ensuring that project documents/revisions are formulated and managed within the UNEP and the UN Financial Regulations and Rules;
• Corresponding with external executing/collaborating bodies during preparation of project documents/revisions; and e. Checking and clearing project documents/revisions before processing them internally and externally, including submission to the Project Approval Group (PAG)
• RESOURCE MONITORING
• Certifying availability of funds against financial resources;
• Requesting Finance Section to disburse funds to implementing bodies in line with project requirements; c. Soliciting financial and progress reports from implementing partners;
• Checking financial and progress reports and querying discrepancies;
• Monitoring, checking and follow up of project receivable balances;

Education

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in financial management, accounting, public or business administration is required.
• A first-level degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies in combination with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years experience in financial and administrative management and planning of which minimum three years in large public or private international organizations is required Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems such as SAP or other similar systems is required.
• Experience working with the United Nations or other similar organizations is desirable.
• Experience with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is desirable.
• Experience with auditing is desirable. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.