Finance 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 168,113 USD and 216,746 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Department of Finance's objectives are to support Country Offices, Regional Offices and Headquarters in all financial matters to ensure precise and timely services to colleagues throughout the Organization, including hosted entities. The department of Finance (FNM) is responsible to set financial policy and guidelines to ensure accurate, timely and complete revenue, and expenditure recording. Financial services include Treasury, investments, Staff Health Insurance, pension and other insurances. To, issue annual financial statements, donor reporting and manage WHO external audit; to maintain financial integrity, transparency, accountability and trust in WHO by all stakeholders. To provide the best customer service possible, facilitating access to benefit entitlements for the WHO family worldwide and efficient processing of all related benefits using innovative technology. Within the Department of Finance (FNM), the Accounts, Policy and Reporting Unit ensures that the Organization has established accounting policies in line with IPSAS requirements, ensures proper accounting policy and processes are adhered to across all levels of the organization, manages the general ledger and expenditures, performs timely financial consolidations, closure and prepares consolidated financial and management reports, and facilitates the external audit. The BMS project concerns the replacement of the present ERP system (Oracle) with Workday, and integration of all financial and related systems and requires a large amount of input from teams within the Department of Finance, Regional Offices and Hosted Entities. A temporary position has been established i) to support regular positions whilst they work on the business input for the BMS project and ii) to assist with testing, data cleaning etc as necessary.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

SME and team tasks assigned as required, for example:

• Performing accounting and business policies and procedures necessary to close the books and prepare financial statements, including; the monthly/quarterly/annual closing, reviewing accounts and balances, preparing reconciliations, supporting and maintaining various division and business unit financial processes, preparing and maintaining various summary reports.
• Monitor and analyze global, regional and country level financial management (based on reported financial information and audit reports) to identify anomalies and exceptions and follow up where further involvement is required.
• Recommends and formulates policy revisions and adjustments relating to global, regional and country level recording of expenditure, as needed.
• Perform accurate and consistent accounting compliance with IPSAS and corporate policies and procedures.
• Provide management with timely and accurate information to support business decisions.
• Supporting the external audit process including prepare replies / provide compiling and coordinating data from regions / Global Shared Services (GSC), preparation of management reports.

BMS assigned tasks, for example:

• Preparation of test scenarios for end-to-end system testing; Data clean up and conversion and quality control; Update of documentation e.g. Standard operating procedures for the system changes.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential:

• Advanced level University degree in financial management, accounting, business administration or closely related other field.
• Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA or other equivalent qualification.

Experience

Essential:

• At least 7 years experience with relevant financial management responsibility, including some international and/or field/country based experience.
• ERP experience.

Desirable: Experience in ERP implementation projects would be an asset.

Skills

• Demonstrated managerial, supervisory and leadership skills.
• Expert knowledge, skills and experience of principles and practices of international accounting and financial management including a strong understanding of IPSAS or IFRS.
• Very good knowledge of and skills in the use of integrated IT accounting systems (e.g. Oracle, Workday).
• Strong ability to analyze financial data including large financial data extracts,summarize results, produce reports and recommend appropriate actions.
• Ability to plan and organize tasks on an autonomous basis.
• Strong skills analyzing large financial data extracts.
• Sound judgment, integrity, tact and discretion in dealing with internal stakeholders.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills with finance and non-finance staff.
• Thorough knowledge of financial policies, procedures and regulations.
• Strong skills in the area of Office packages in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Knowing and managing yourself

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 75,602 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 4952 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

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.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• 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.

• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.