Overview
To support the stewardship of WFP’s resources, monitoring budgets, forecasting, analyzing, reporting and providing core administrative support to enable effective management of funds, and ensure assistance to beneficiaries is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Support corporate finance and resource management strategies and major ongoing programmatic initiatives.
- Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes.
- Analyse and report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects.
- Monitor and analyse budgets for new and ongoing projects.
- Perform bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures.
- Deliver core administrative services, working with contractors.
- Undertake basic human resource functions related to staff benefits, recruitment of local staff, and training.
- Collate and analyse data for the preparation of accurate and timely reporting.
- Track and analyse data to identify opportunities for improvements to policies, systems and procedures.
- Deliver financial controls and insight into WFP performance.
- Guide and supervise more junior staff.
- Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events.
- Follow standard emergency preparedness practices.
Required Experience
- Has experience reviewing and analyzing financial statements.
- Has experience implementing accounting and internal control processes.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience.
