Consultant - Finance Manager, Financial Reporting, Division of Finance & Administrative Management, UNICEF New York HQ

Contract

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, hope

The Finance Manager is responsible for efficient financial resources management and the provision of accurate, thoroughly researched and documented financial information and transparent utilization of financial resources. He/she analyzes and interprets the financial rules and regulations and provides solutions to a wide spectrum of complex financial issues. The Finance Specialist promotes a client-oriented approach consistent with UNICEF’s Rules and Regulations.

How can you make a difference?

Assignment Tasks

1. Corporate financial statements
2. Financial oversight and monitoring
3. Internal and external audit coordination support

Expected Deliverables

CORPORATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

• Prepare corporate financial statements, in compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), including all the necessary supporting schedules and notes.

• Prepare analysis and feedback to queries from internal and external stakeholders related to corporate financial statements.

• Provide expert advice and support in regular book closure and year-end closure process

• Take lead in monthly, quarterly and year end closing schedule and calendar of activities

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING

• Exercise periodic monitoring over transactions and account balances to ensure recording and reporting in accordance with UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable Organizational Procedures and Instructions.

• Take a proactive approach in identifying issues related to data quality and liaise with related parties in the organization to ensure timely and necessary corrections.

• Maintain a log of issues identified, analyze data and draw a holistic action plan to improve processes and establish necessary controls based on lessons learned.

• Contribute to developing and maintaining strong control environment around financial reporting.

• Ensure that all deadlines applicable to book closure and reporting are met.

3. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT COORDINATION SUPPORT

• Collaborate with oversight bodies (e.g. UNBOA, OIAI, Evaluation Office, JIU, donors, etc.) to provide answers and to follow to resolution of audit observations and recommendations

• Provide support to Chief of Financial Reporting during Internal and External audit processes.

• Monitor, manage and take follow-up actions on both Internal and External audit recommendations with HQ Divisions and field offices.

Duration of the consultancy: 4 months from the start date.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education

Professional certification in accounting from an internationally recognized accountancy body (CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA etc.) or equivalent is desirable; or an advanced university degree (Master's) in financial management related fields such as Accountancy or Finance or related field.

Years of relevant experience

A minimum of 5 years of post qualification professional experience in financial management or audits in an international organization and/or large corporation is required. Experience in a UN system agency is an asset.

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.