Accounts Assistant GS-5, TA, GAU, Financial Management Centre, Supply Division, Cph

Contract

This is a G-5 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

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Accounts Assistant (GS-5)

GAVI Accounting Unit, Financial Management Centre, UNICEF Supply Division

Temporary appointment for 364 days

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child and has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world. Supplies are essential to fulfil children’s rights. UNICEF procures and supplies over 5,000 products to address the needs of children. Supporting child survival and development programmes around the world, UNICEF-procured supplies are critical in providing for children’s health, education and protecting them from abuse, exploitation and neglect.

For Every Child…a Sustainable Future

This position is placed in the GAVI Accounting Unit (GAU) of the Financial Management Centre in UNICEF’s Supply Division. GAU is responsible for financial management of ca. $1.5 billion annual GAVI procurement services operations focused on procurement of vaccines and vaccine related supplies for GAVI eligible countries.

The Accounts Assistant will support the Accounting Officer who is responsible for ensuring that the financial accounting and reporting of the transactions related to the ca. $1.5 billion Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) Trust Fund for procurement of vaccines and vaccine-related devices is accurate and in accordance with UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations and donor agreements. The Accounts Assistants tasks will support this by ensuring that accounting and financial reports (internal and external) are accurate and timely, period-end accounting procedures, reconciliations, monitoring and analysis of assigned areas are performed as required.

How Can You Make a Difference?

Under the supervision of the Accounting Officer, the Accounts Assistant will be responsible for the following key areas:

• Performs financial accounting and analysis for the Unit. Processes, reviews and analyzes the SAP transactions, payments and account balances for area of responsibility, and identifies and initiates required adjustments.
• Creates, reviews and maintain master data in SAP relating to areas of responsibility. Establishes budget planning limitations in SAP. Recommends budget revisions in accordance with Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations. Monitors project accounts for compliance with financial limitations.
• Prepares financial reports for internal management, external donors and other third-parties. Prepares exception and/or periodic reports, statements, schedules, summaries, analysis and document work papers relating to areas of responsibility.
• Monitors and ensures systems and reports comply with UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations, and third-party requirements.
• Performs the duties of a key-user for the Financial Management & Administration Centre, provides advice to staff on SAP processes and resolves error messages noted in the processing of the SAP transactions. Participates in the design, testing and implementation of new and revised systems relating to area of responsibility. Designs Excel spreadsheets and supports the monitoring of special projects.
• Identify and recommends system and process improvements identified during performance of duties and responsibilities.
• Executes period-end accounting procedures and reconciliations for area of responsibility.
• Performs other ad hoc tasks in related areas as required and provide back up support to colleagues within the respective unit.

To qualify as a Champion for every Child you will have…

Required:

• Valid work permit and residency in Denmark at the time of submitting the application. Note that the selected candidate is responsible for obtaining any required extension of their residency permit as an extension cannot be dependent on an employment with UNICEF.
• Secondary education and relevant courses in accounting
• A minimum of 5 years of broad experience in accounting, preferably in an international / governmental (non-profit) organization.
• Proficiency in computerized accounting application systems and procedures and PC software, e.g. Excel, Word.
• Fluency in English

Desirable:

• University level courses in accounting, business or finance.
• UN working experience
• Experience in project management and systems development.
• Experience in project and/or trust fund accounting
• Knowledge of SAP (GM, FM, CO, FI, SD, MM)
• Knowledge of IPSAS
• Fluency in another UN working language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish)

To qualify as a Champion for every Child, you will demonstrate...

Core Values attributes

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability

Core competencies skills

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Works collaboratively with others

To view our competency framework, please click here: https://www.unicef.org/careers/get-prepared

Remarks

The closing date is 18 July 2021. Please be informed that all applications should be in English and that applications outside of the online recruiting system will not be accepted. Kindly also note that diversity and gender balance are factors in the selection process. Queries can be directed to Lilia Winkel-Petersen at [email protected].

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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