Internal Vacancy Announcement: Finance Associate, GS6, FT, Amman, Jordan Country Office

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.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 2,384 USD.

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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, Support.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is leader in the region for the rights of its children. Working closely with the Government of Jordan, civil society, the private sector and communities, UNICEF Jordan Country Office aims to sustain results achieved for children to date, and strive to further improve policies, national institutions and programmes, for the well-being of every child in Jordan, in line with Jordan's Vision 2025 and the National Human Resources Development Strategy (2016-2025) towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Our programmes focus on improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the Kingdom, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or background. Our main pillars include: Child Protection; Education; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Adolescent and Youth Engagement; Health and Nutrition; Social Protection; and Operations.

How can you make a difference?

Under supervision of the NOB Accounting and Finance Officer the incumbent performs specialized tasks in the accounting and finance functions. Specific tasks are highlighted below:

1. Receive invoices from programme and other sections, verify accuracy, correctness including coding and completeness of documents and including checking the availability of adequate funding as appropriate.

2. Work as focal point to the Global Shared Service Center (GSSC) in Budapest for submitting all country office invoices, payment requests and general accounting cases.

3. Follow up banking issues and requesting replenishments for the JCO & MENARO bank accounts and resolve reconciling items resulted from the monthly bank reconciliations for bank accounts maintained by JCO & MENARO.

4. Checking all Direct Cash transfer (DCT) requests, liquidations and reclassifications, Participate in HACT assurance activities by conducting spot checks for Implementing Partners (IP).

5. Perform the monthly payroll activities from identifying funding shortages to confirming accuracy of the payment of the month with the coordination with HR and budget teams.

6. Analyze open items in General Ledger account balances as part of the monthly closure activities.

7. Submit all Fixed Assets disposal transactions to GSSC in compliance with the current SOPs.

8. Submit the monthly bank reconciliation needed sheets for GSSC and ensure completion of the bank reconciliation report.

9. Review requests for change of funding source and other adjustments and submit requests for change of funding source and other adjustments to GSSC.

10. Assists higher level officers in all aspects of accounts maintenance and providing reports on financial status, procedures, costs and expenditures, and potential funding problems.

11. Support the HACT assurance activities (spot checks) to implementing partners.

12. monitor the petty cash account and perform the transaction and complete the monthly reconciliation and cash count.

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

Education: Completion of secondary education. Ability to operate calculator or other machines used to maintain accounts. Additional relevant commercial training is desirable. Bachelor degree in related area is an asset.

Experience: Six years experience in accounting and finance work is required.

Language: Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF offers a wide range of benefits to its personnel, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. The UNICEF Jordan Country Office has an elevator as well as accessible bathrooms. Core hours in Jordan Country Office are from 09:00 to 15:00 (excluding lunch break), from Sunday to Thursday.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion to deliver the best results for children. For the position, suitable female candidates will receive preferential consideration and selection, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements stated above.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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

Child Safeguarding remarks

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.