This announcement is for internal candidates only.
The Finance Group (FG) is a critical and strategic business function in UNOPS and serves as an authoritative and integrated partner in the organization on strategic financial planning and budgeting, business strategy and practices, financial analysis and risk assessment, financial management services and long term organizational treasury and investments. As the steward of resources of a self-financing UN entity, FG is accountable for timely cost recovery and reporting to partners, maintaining the integrity and transparency of financial management of resources in accordance with the highest standards of ethics and organizational/international accountability framework and the accurate and transparent financial reporting to governing bodies, clients, partners and stakeholders.
The key results have an impact on the overall Financial Group efficiency in financial resources management and success in introduction and implementation of operational strategies. Accurate, thoroughly researched and documented financial information, timely and appropriate delivery of services ensure client satisfaction and enhance UNOPS credibility in use of financial resources.
Financial Oversight and Monitoring
Corporate Financial Statements and Audit
Capacity Building / System Improvements
Financial Oversight and Monitoring
Review reconciliation submissions and account balances to ensure recording and reporting compliance in accordance with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable Organizational Directives and Operational Instructions.
Coordinate and follow up with related parties and prepare issue reports for escalation
Support in quarterly and year-end financial closure processes
Review, monitoring and consolidation of UNOPS provision for bad debts, write off and contingent assets/liabilities and liaison with respective offices for timely updates
Review of finance data in General Ledger for completeness, accuracy, and correctness of accounting entries including Lease management and inventories
Exercise periodic monitoring and oversight on transactions and account balances in respective areas to ensure recording and reporting is made in accordance with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable Organizational Directives and Operational Instructions
Contribute to developing and maintaining strong control environment around financial reporting
Maintain a log of issues identified, collect and update data to consolidate and complete the issue log
Raise or review transactions in UNOPS ERP and any other cross functional support as needed
Corporate Financial Statements and Audit
Regular review and oversight on the IPSAS classification of projects within UNOPS to ensure an appropriate basis of revenue recognition is in place, in compliance with IPSAS standards
Assist the Specialist in preparation of interim and year-end corporate financial statements, by consolidating data, preparing working files and supporting schedules for notes to the financial statements
Provide support to the audit focal person during internal and external audit processes and new accounting standards as required
Prepare quantitative and qualitative analysis on interim and year-end corporate financial statements to report to UNOPS management and other stakeholders
Support in implementation of new systems and ERP
Capacity Building / System Improvements
Support in continuously improving and refining UNOPS financial processes to reduce manual work and enhance efficiency
Support process documentation and continuous improvements in the corporate system (Policy and Process Portal)
Maintain a log of issues identified, analyze data based on lessons learned and related dashboards
Become a subject matter expert in the UNOPS ERP system (OneUNOPS)
Contribute to the preparation of training materials in accordance to IPSAS standards and UNOPS Financial Rules & Regulations and deliver training sessions to finance practice members
Ad-hoc tasks as assigned
