Overview
The Finance Specialist will provide financial services to FAO Decentralized Offices, acting as a point of contact for bank reconciliation matters and performing routine financial administration support.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a point of contact for CSF and Decentralized Offices for matters related to bank reconciliation.
- Perform routine financial administration support and transaction processing tasks including calculating, inputting and checking information for correctness and communicating discrepancies to supervisor(s).
- Monitor the workload and track the progress of tasks assigned to the bank reconciliation team, and report the updates to supervisor.
- Verify accuracy of data including researching and reporting any irregularities, discrepancies or processing issues to supervisor(s).
- Assist with reviewing transactions, investigating errors and taking corrective accounting actions.
- Extract details of transactions from the accounting system to support the analysis and verification of accuracy and validity.
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts by acting as focal person for the Continuous Improvement Team for the analysis, testing and implementation of new financial process automations.
- Ensure smooth processing of invoices, payments, returns and payment rejections.
- Contact FAO’s corporate banks in case of payment issues.
- Draft and prepare correspondence to respond to queries.
- Create and maintain standard operating procedures in the area of work.
- Provide procedural guidance to managers and staff; provide communication and advice to other finance support personnel, as needed.
- Perform other duties as required.
Required Experience
Four years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, cash management and/or asset management related support work.
Qualifications
Secondary School Education
