Overview
The Finance and Budget Officer will provide strategic, technical, and operational support in budgeting, financial management, grants management, voluntary contributions, and implementing partner oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides substantive input into organizational strategic planning, results-based budgeting, and resource allocation processes.
- Reviews and analyses cost estimates and budget proposals.
- Supports intergovernmental and inter-agency processes.
- Monitors budget implementation and financial performance.
- Ensures utilization of resources is compliant with UN Financial Regulations and Rules.
- Prepares budget performance reports.
- Manages the approved staffing table.
- Implements and monitors cost recovery mechanisms.
- Reviews and validates contribution agreements.
- Monitors accounts receivable related to voluntary contributions.
- Provides expert advice on grants management policies and procedures.
- Ensures financial transactions related to grants are properly recorded.
- Supports audits.
- Reviews reconciliations, open item managed accounts, and suspense balances.
- Participates in development and enhancement of accounting policies.
- Oversees financial management of implementing partner agreements.
- Reviews and approves financial transactions related to implementing partners.
- Monitors implementing partner financial reports and utilization of funds.
- Strengthens financial assurance frameworks for implementing partners.
- Ensures disbursements to implementing partners are aligned with approved work plans.
- Provides guidance to stakeholders on financial management requirements.
- Reviews and analyses financial and operational reports.
- Provides advisory support to management on financial policies.
- Ensures accurate accounting records, audit trails, and internal controls are maintained.
- Responds to financial queries.
- Supervises staff, provides training and guidance.
- Acts as a quality assurance and knowledge focal point.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required. Supervisory experience with performance management is required. Experience with Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) systems specifically in the use of Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) ERP is required. Experience with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) framework is required. Experience in Implementing partner (IP) management, management of grants, trust funds and voluntary contributions accounting and donor financial reporting is required. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area with ability to create and customize reports is desired.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Professional qualification from a recognized accountancy body like Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Public Accountants (CPA), or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is required. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
