UNV Budget and Finance Assistant

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Senior Administrative Officer, or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV - Budget and Finance Assistant will undertake the following tasks:

• Assist in the preparation of a results-based budget for the Ozone Secretariat for submission to the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and Vienna Convention
• Verify documents for overall accuracy, consistency and uniformity in presentation and ensure comprehensiveness and compliance, cross-check consistency of figures in tables with the text of the reports and verify references to other reports and documents and ensure that all necessary corrections are incorporated.
• Review budget utilization on a monthly basis and assist with the preparation of the report for management review and on yearly basis for submission to the parties
• Review income and analyse ageing of contributions on a monthly basis and assist with the preparation of the report for management review
• Review financial transactions every month for accuracy and correctness and propose accounting adjustments, if required

• Provide logistics support in the meetings as required

• Provide guidance to Implementing Partners on financial reporting as per the legal agreement and on the templates to be used for meeting the reporting requirements

• Initiate processing of cash advances and expenditure recording and follow up on remittances of funds and liquidation of purchase orders.
• Assist in the follow-up on outstanding financial and technical reports with the executing agencies.
• File and archive documentation in soft and hard copies and keep log of archived files.
• Draft/prepare routine correspondence with respect to enquiries related to relevant financial and budget matters.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

A bachelor's degree in business administration, finance or accounting is required

Required experience:

36 Months

Experience remark:

• Additional technical qualifications, certified public account (CPA) or equivalent are desired.
• Demonstrated experience of up to 3 years in preparing budget and financial reports for large organizations.
• Excellent writing skills and knowledge of budget preparation process desired.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and MS Word is required.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Finance, accounting and audit, Administration and administrative assistance, Other finance, economics and administration related experience

Area of expertise details:

Finance, Accounting, Business Administartion, CPA

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call for to which you would like to apply.

Application deadline: 29th January 2021