FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 142,550 USD and 183,789 USD.

Please keep in mind that the salary displayed here is an estimation by UN Talent based on the location and the type of contract. It may vary depending on the organization. The recruiter should be able to inform you about the exact salary range. In case the job description contains another salary information, please refer to this one.

Org. Setting and Reporting This position is located in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, with duty station Juba. Juba is classified in the "E" category and as a non-family duty station. The incumbent serves as one of the two Team leaders of the Budget Unit, Finance and Budget Section, and reports directly to the Chief Finance and Budget Section.

Responsibilities Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Finance and Budget Officer will perform the following duties: Planning and strategic support:

•Provides advice on the Mission’s business planning horizon in alignment with the current and prospective major resource priorities. •Analyzes and synthesizes the critical issues of financial performance and budgetary elements to assist management in the process of informed decision-making. •Monitors, reports and brings issues of strategic importance to the attention of senior staff members. •Recommends alternative actions for the Mission’s direction on management of resources. •Keeps abreast of major changes in terms of mandate and operational decisions and analyzing the impact on the resource requirements.

Budget preparation:

•Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements in the field, including programmatic aspects ensuring compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates. •Provides detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions. •Reviews, analyzes, and finalizes Mission budget/financial implications to the various reviewers in light of additional mandates. •Provides adequate responses with justifications and explanations to the Controller and Legislative bodies in their budget review. Budget administration: •Issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate authorization and procedures. •Manages and monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary. •Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels. •Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.

Budget performance reporting:

•Reviews and finalizes budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures. •Provide responses to queries from the Controller and Legislative bodies.

General:

•Provides advice and guidance, including training, to field staff on budgetary and financial policies and procedures, including results-based budgeting. - Keeps up to date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to peacekeeping budgets, ensuring compliance with recommendations and decisions of the Legislative bodies as well as with United Nations policies and procedures. - Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or modifications. •Acts as Approving Officer under Financial Rule 105.6 to ensure that proposed commitments and expenditures are in accordance with approved budgets and established regulations and rules. •Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them. •Plans, organizes, manages, and supervises the work of the Unit/Section assigned. •The Finance and Budget Officer will be asked to perform other related duties.

Competencies Professionalism:

Knowledge of financial and budgetary principles and practices, budget development and financial administration of resources. Ability to develop budgetary policies, procedures and new programmes. Expert knowledge of the Enterprise Resource Planning System and excellent analysis skills on expenditures and their budgetary implications. Ability to formulate new strategies and technical approaches to budgetary matters. Shows pride in work and in achievements; 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.

Planning and Organizing:

Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Communication:

Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; Proven ability to write high level analytical reports and strategic papers focusing on the key budget priorities, planning assumptions and resource drivers. Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; Tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Managing Performance:

Makes sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member; monitors progress against milestones and deadlines; regularly discusses performance and provides feedback and coaching to staff; actively supports the development and career aspirations of staff; appraises performance fairly.

Education Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, accounting, economics or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required. Management level experience in supervising and coordinating a team of staff working in budget and/or finance area is required. Proficiency in use of Umoja or another Enterprise Resource Planning system is required. Several years of experience in budget development and financial administration or resources at the international level is desirable. Experience in application of Results Based Management or a similar performance management methodology is desirable.

Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required.

Assessment Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.

Special Notice - This position is temporarily available for six (6) months with the possibility of extension subject to to availability of funds.If the selected candidate is a staff member from the United Nations Secretariat, the selection will be administered as a temporary assignment.

• While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post.

• Subject to the funding source of the position, the eligibility for this temporary job opening may be limited to candidates based at the duty station.

• This temporary job opening may be limited to “internal candidates,” who have been recruited through a competitive examination administered according to staff rule 4.16 or staff selection process including the review of a central review body established according to staff rule 4.15.

• Staff members of the United Nations common system organizations who will reach the mandatory age of separation or retirement within the duration of the current temporary need period are not eligible to apply.Submitting an application or selection for the current temporary job opening does not delay or increase the mandatory age of separation.

• Retirees above the mandatory age of separation who wish to be considered for the current temporary job opening must indicate the reason for their last separation as "retirement." Such retirees shall not be employed by the Organization, unless (a) the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by staff members who are qualified and available to perform the required functions; and (b) the proposed employment would not adversely affect the career development or redeployment opportunities of other staff members and represents both a cost-effective and operationally sound solution to meet the needs of the service.

  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.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

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.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.