Senior Finance and Budget Assistant at 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.

Education

• 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.