Finance Assistant |G5| - UNHAS Kabul

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is well known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need. To continue responding effectively to challenging contexts while also contributing to longer-term efforts to end hunger, WFP’s Strategic Plan focuses on better understanding of national food and nutrition security challenges and reshaping its engagement through support to national safety nets and social protection systems, to help host governments with their hunger-fighting strategies.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This post is based in WFP Kabul UNHAS. The job holder reports to Finance Officer.

This job provides broad finance, budgeting and accounting services. The Job holder at this level will operate with minimal supervision and provide guidance to junior staff to ensure that operation and project objectives are achieved. The Job holder is heavily involved in day-to-day activities and analytical work, and provide advice on issues, applying rules and regulations and expertise in making determinations and recommendations across a range of activities. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

JOB PURPOSE

To support effective delivery of finance, budget and administration support services in order to facilitate transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Assist in providing the procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations. 2. Monitor monthly expenditure forecasts and provide expenditure reports in order to facilitate informed decision-making. 3. Monitor the sub-imprest bank and petty cash accounts regularly, to ensure that adequate funds are available and appropriately disbursed. 4. Verify vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate procurement procedures, to ensure that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP finance rules and regulations. 5. Assist in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics. 6. Retrieve, format and validate information obtained from various financial information systems and bring any discrepancy or inaccuracy to the attention of the supervisor and follow up corrective actions. 7. Perform administrative duties related to the monitoring and recording of fixed assets, spend on fuel and spare parts for vehicles and generators, to ensure that the databases are accurately updated. 8. Maintain the web-based register for all invoices and payment transfers and record paperwork, to ensure that all documents are maintained and filed in compliance with WFP standards and guidelines. 9. Monitor and record all expenses in line with the approved budget in order to ensure that correct expenditure costs are charged and payments to external suppliers, cash grants and other supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner. 10. Provide guidance and on-the-job training to other support staff, to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

  • Has experience collecting and monitoring financial data on projects and programmes, assessing financial health and status, and reporting findings to senior leaders.
  • Hands on experience in UN or NGO financial management environments will be an asset.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Public Administration.

Experience: Minimum of 4 years of work experience in finances and accounting including experience collecting and monitoring financial data on projects and programmes, assessing financial health and status, and reporting findings to senior management.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language, plus Pashto and/or Dari, preferably both.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position Title: Finance Assistant Grade: General Service - Level 5 (GS5) Contract: Fixed-Term (FT) - 12 months RENEWABLE Duty Station/travel: Kabul UNHAS, Afghanistan with travel inside Afghanistan Salary: Competitive remuneration package Medical Plan: International valid medical plan valid also for staff, spouse and dependents children under 18 years

WFP Work Envirionment WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services and participation in decision making roles.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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