Finance Associate, GS6 (Post # 95461) Finance Section (General Accounting Stream), UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary

Contract

This is a G-6 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 6 years of experience, depending on education. More about G-6 contracts.

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, a calling.

We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it’s a calling.

UNICEF's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary provides services to UNICEF offices globally in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Information Technology. For more information about GSSC please visit our webpage at Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) and check this YouTube.

How can you make a difference?

The General Accounting Stream is responsible for grant creation of public partnership agreement, monthly bank reconciliations, asset maintenance, change of funding source, clearing of advances, VAT, US tax invoice and staff PAR balances including staff on reimbursable loans. We are looking for a positive individual, self-motivated and excited by the opportunity to help the mission of UNICEF. The Finance Associate will review and post transactions in ERP as well as provide support to Finance Assistants and client offices with guidance on how to close out cases based on SOPs and finance policy.

Key functions, accountabilities, and related tasks:

• Review grant creation for posting and monitor the unapplied contributions receipt and communicate to business partners to clear on a timely basis
• Review and support the monthly reconciliation of various bank accounts of UNICEF and provide guidance to client offices to resolve open items
• Review and post transactional cases drafted by processors for various accounting case type Analyze and follow up on open outstanding items
• Support implementation of various stream projects and reporting requirement
• Act asfocal point for assigned function and provide training support to processors as needed
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and maintain up to date the SOPs

Please check the JD for general information.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical courses related to the scope of the job is required. A university (Bachelor’s) degree in a relevant field is an asset.
• Minimum of six (6) years of professional experience in finance and accounting is required. A completed university degree from an accredited institution will be counted as 4 years' work experience.
• Working knowledge of accounting standards and technical prerequisites relevant for revenue recognition, bank reconciliations, journal voucher processing, asset maintenance, clearing of VAT, Advances and staff PAR balance processing is required.
• Experience in ERP systems such as SAP and MS Office package, especially Excel is required.
• Fluency in both spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

As an advocate for every child, you will receive

• UNICEF offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting net HUF 587,257 per month. Please check SalCalcLocal (undp.org) for simulation.
• Holidays and leave, including 30 days of annual leaves per year for fixed-term positions.
• Parental leave
• Dependency allowance
• United Nations sponsored medical insurance plan
• Pension plan
• Optional life insurance plan
• Access to professional development and learning programs, online learning and learning path
• Access to staff well-being support
• Access to career development support

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

Please visit Compensation and Benefit site on UNICEF Career page

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.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.

Requirement for internal applicants

Internal applicants from GSSC are required to complete the courses of Learning Paths that are identified as essential when applying to the level of this post. Please visit the L&D Portal Learning and Development (sharepoint.com) for more information.

Remarks:

General Service (GS) staff are locally recruited staff and therefore, candidates are personally responsible for any travel and accommodation arrangements. UNICEF does not facilitate MFA accreditation for locally recruited staff.

Applicants must be nationals of EU countries or in possession of a valid work permit. Please attach a copy of your work permit to your application submission.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with

UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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