Overview
To support the stewardship of WFP’s resources, monitoring budgets, forecasting, analyzing, reporting and providing core administrative support to enable effective management of funds and ensure assistance to beneficiaries is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way possible. To support the continuous review and enhancement of internal controls, serve as the risk and compliance focal point and lead/coordinate the unit staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures, Guidelines and Policies to enhance financial management, management services, reporting and internal controls.
- Lead and coordinate the effective functionality of the Country Office finance, management services, TEC support staff.
- Prepare routine and adhoc financial reports and analysis to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Oversee allocation of expenditure to the programmatic budgets.
- Fund management of the DSC, Programme Support and Administration (PSA) budgets, Locally Generated Funds (LGF) and monitoring of the expenditure on the other programmatic activity budgets.
- Periodically review the staff cost allocations to the programmatic activity budgets.
- Support the continuous review and enhancement of internal controls.
- Support the routine payments process at the Country Office.
- Oversee the periodic Financial Reporting through the Monthly Financial Closure Process and related periodic reconciliations.
- Oversight over the Tax and VAT claims process at the Country Office.
- Represent the Finance Unit or Country Office at internal meetings, external meetings and events.
- Guide and supervise more junior staff.
- Perform other general financial and administrative duties as assigned.
- Manage the existing resources in the area of responsibility and estimate new requirements.
- Ensure the compliance of the services provided with the corporate Occupational Safety and Health Policy and other WFP Management Services standards.
- Contribute to the provision of recommendations to the management on improvements/changes.
- Support a culture of environmental sustainability throughout WFP.
- Serve as the risk and compliance focal point for the Country Office.
Required Experience
- At least 6 years relevant professional experience in performing complex financial analysis and financial reporting at a national and/or field operational level.
- Experience in reviewing and analysing financial statements.
- Experience in the use of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) like SAP.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across one or more dispersed and diverse teams is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience.
- Partial or Full Professional accounting qualifications with an internationally recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Public Accountants (ICPA) or their equivalent.
