Finance Assistant

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

The salary for this job should be more than 1,349 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

Les unites d'appui administratif des bureaux de pays (CSU) ont ete mises en place dans la structure organisationnelle pour fournir un appui aux gestionnaires de programmes et aux membres du personnel afin qu'ils puissent assumer pleinement leurs responsabilites dans l'environnement du GSM et assurer le respect des politiques, procedures, regles et reglements relatifs a l'ensembledes questions administratives et financieres dans le contexte d'un systeme de planification des ressources institutionnelles (ERP).

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Le/la titulaire assiste l'Assistant Programme, Budget et Finances a traversles taches suivantes :.Tenir les documents financiers et lestransactions financieres dans l'environnement du GSM;2.Initier la mise en place de Plans des RH, identifier et inscrire les postes dans les plans des RH, actualiser les parametres des postes et les soumettre pour approbation;3.Mettre les postes en correspondance ave cles taches et les contributions (Tasks and awards mapping);4.Aider a la generation de rapports apartir du GSM; etablir egalement des rapports periodiques suivant les previsionset des rapports speciaux en cas de besoin afin de faciliter l'analyse de lamise en œuvre financiere;5 Effectuer les operations de paiementsde caisse suivant autorisation, tenirles livres de ces paiements et apurer les comptes au besoin;6.Assister les membres du personnel nouvellement arrives oule personnel en partance a ouvrir ou fermer leurs comptes bancaires, a faire lechange ainsi qu'a traiter d'autres questions financieres;7.Assister les membres du personnel nouvellement arrives oule personnel en partance a ouvrir ou fermer leurs comptes bancaires, a faire lechange ainsi qu'a traiter d'autres questions financieres;8.Executer toute autre tache assignee.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Cycle secondaire complet ou formation technique equivalente ou etudes commerciales avec une specialisation en comptabilite, budgetisation et finances. Desirable: Un diplome ou un brevet de l'enseignement superieur en comptabilite ou finances serait unavantage.

Experience

Essential: Minimum5 ans d'experience professionnelle dans des activites de finances, debudgetisation et/ou de comptabilite Desirable: Une experience dans une institution du systeme des Nations Unies ou dansune organisation internationale ou multinationale serait un avantage.

Skills

Capacite a planifier, organiser, coordonner etmettre en œuvre des apports de plusieurs sources; aptitude a exprimer ses ideesde maniere claire et concise, a l'oral comme a l'ecrit, a concevoir et a s'acquitter de taches sous une supervision minimale; aptitude a interpreter des regles etreglements financiers, et a creer et maintenir de bonnes relations de travailavec des personnes de cultures et de milieux differents.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of French. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of English. The above language requirements are interchangeable.

REMUNERATION

WHO offers staff in the General Services category an attractive remuneration package, which for the above position includes an annual net base salary starting at XAF 9,166,000 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• This post is subject to local recruitment and will be filled by persons recruited in the local commuting area of the duty station.