Budget Officer

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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Org. Setting and Reporting This position is located in the UNODC Budget Unit of the Budget Section (BS), Financial Resources Management Service (FRMS), Division for Management (DM), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in Vienna. The incumbent will report to the Chief, UNODC Budget Unit and operate under the overall guidance of the Chief, Budget Section.

For more information on UNOV and UNODC, please visit our websites: www.unov.org and www.unodc.org.

Responsibilities Within delegated authority the incumbent will perform the following specific duties:

• With particular emphasis on UNODC voluntarily funded budgets, review and analyse cost estimates and budget proposals and monitor budget implementation.
• Provide support to managers with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Analyse divisional budget submissions, ensure compliance with legislative mandates and provide input into finalization of budget proposals and performance report.
• Prepare supplementary and other analytical information that allow FRMS to effectively justify budget and performance reports to the General Assembly budget review organs (Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Fifth Committee) and UNODC governing bodies.
• Analyse and present financial implications on business scenarios and resolutions of the General Assembly and UNODC governing bodies.
• Analyse, recommend and issue spending authority (allotments) and monitor implementation to ensure that expenditures remain within authorized limits.
• Continuously monitor budget implementation, cost drivers, financial projections and prepare comparative and variance analysis. Prepare regular financial monitoring reports with particular emphasis on project implementation and financial risks.
• Administer and monitor the management and support budgets of UNODC's Field Offices.
• Provide advice and guidance, as required, to all stakeholders on budgetary and financial policies and procedures, including results-based budgeting, and with particular emphasis on the use of voluntarily funded budgets and the funding of Field Offices. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Keep up-to-date on documents/ reports/ guidelines/ issues that have a bearing on matters related to the budgets of UNODC, as appropriate, ensuring compliance with inter-governmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
• Draft reports for inter-governmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues, and other correspondence. Undertake research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, make recommendations for changes and/or modifications and propose solutions to issues.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

• Perform other work-related duties, as assigned.

  Competencies Professionalism: Has knowledge and practice of budget development and financial administration of resources. Has ability to analyze and interpret data in support of decision-making and convey resulting information to management. Is able to formulate new technical approaches to budgetary matters. Understands and applies Results-Based Management methodologies in budget and performance reporting. Understands accounting and costing principles and their implication on budget formulation and performance analysis. Is able to independently conduct research and analysis, formulate options and present conclusions and recommendations. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Client orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Education An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, public administration, finance, accounting or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields and with an accounting qualification by an internationally recognized accounting body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job - Specific Qualification An accounting qualification by an internationally recognized accounting body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is desirable.

Work Experience A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in financial management within business administration, public administration, finance and accounting, financial project management, or related area is required.

Three years of experience in budget development and financial administration of resources at the international level is required.

Experience in the application of Results-Based Management or similar performance management methodologies is required.

Experience in the use of automated budgeting, costing and financial modelling is required.

Experience in the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems is required.

Experience with SAP/Umoja is desirable.

Work experience with large international level dynamic trust funds, technical assistance projects and voluntary contributions management is desirable.

Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable

Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.

Assessment Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise and a competency-based interview.

Special Notice This position is funded from extra budgetary resources. The initial appointment will be for a period of one year and any extension of the appointment will be subject to the availability of funding.

Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures.

At the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. The United Nations is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The United Nations recruits and employs staff regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds or disabilities. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when requested and indicated in the application.

The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Vienna is classified as an H and a family duty stations.

United Nations Considerations According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer, or promotion of staff shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. By accepting an offer of appointment, United Nations staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and assignment by him or her to any activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). In this context, all internationally recruited staff members shall be required to move periodically to discharge new functions within or across duty stations under conditions established by the Secretary-General.

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The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.

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