National Consultant – Finance Support

Contract

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Background

UN Women grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

There has been significant growth in programme, budget, and personnel at UN Women Indonesia from 2019 to 2023. This expansion reflects the organization's expansion and increases operational capacity. The considerable increase in the budget allocated to UN Women Indonesia, which has doubled in size compared to 2019 resulted in the increasing of Finance task, including the processing of payment documents, to accommodate the expanded scope of activities and initiatives undertaken by UN Women Indonesia.

Objectives

The Finance Support Consultant will work on primarily to support Finance Associate in performing financial related task but limited to the non-Quantum tasks. The Consultant works in close collaboration with the operation team contributing in consistent service delivery and improvement of business process.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Finance Associate, and direct support to Operation Unit, the consultant will:

• Provide support in the process of reviewing transactions supporting documents
• Provide support in payment document preparation and monitoring payments status
• Provide support in VAT exemption process and disseminate VAT documents to respective units
• Be responsible for finance document (softcopies and hardcopies) filing and maintenance
• Provide support to another unit regarding financial documents
• Disseminate finance information to all staff as requested by OM or Finance
• Perform other financial related task as required

Key Expected Outputs

No

Deliverables

1

Submission of activity report on all tasks performed during a month including webinars, trainings & travels.

In the first month of consultancy, the consultant must complete all mandatory training

2-12.

Submission of activity report on all tasks performed during a month including webinars, trainings & travels

Duration of Assignment and Duty Station

The period of this consultancy is from 1 Dec 2023 – 30 Nov 2024. The consultant will be working at UN Women’s office.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Leading by Example

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor degree in economic or accounting/finance
• Working experience in accounting / finance/audit area minimum 2 years
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel
• Willingness to learn and adapt to dynamic working environments
• Detail oriented
• Demonstrated experience in supporting a team; and
• Fluency in oral and written English.

Submission of application

The submission package to be merged in one file pdf format, includes:

• Updated CV;
• Letter of Interest containing the statement on the candidate's experience in the field of recruitment;
• Personal History Form (P11), which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/aboutus/jobs;
• Latest education certificate;
• At least two references; and
• Financial proposal. The financial proposal shall specify a monthly rate (inclusive of any costs such as communication and transportation costs, etc). Tax payment & filling will be the responsibility of the consultant.

Applications without a financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payment will be made monthly based on the approved Certification of Payment.