Overview

To support the delivery of budget and resource analysis and programming activities, collaborating with and guided by managers to apply best practice approaches for the efficient, effective and compliant utilization of funds.

Tasks Summary

• Monitor WFP’s corporate systems ensuring that all budget-supporting documents are accurate, well developed and in line with recommendations.
• Lead and coordinate the CSP budget preparation/ budget revisions/ and implementation plans.
• Participate in CSPs/RBPs closure activities and work with spending units to highlight and close open commitments in a timely manner.
• Collate commodity pipeline requirements including Advance Financing requests in collaboration with stakeholders at the operational level.
• Prepare monthly pipeline reports and support the CO team in monitoring the resource pipeline.
• Check accuracy and monitor timely programming and utilization of funds based on operational priorities, funding proposals and donor conditions, proposing timely recommendations and possible corrective actions that enable reporting in collaboration with spending units.
• Monitor contribution balances, proactively identify potential unspent funds, and coordinate with relevant units to develop spending plans that ensure compliance with corporate policies and donor requirements.
• Perform and document fund sub allotments as per available procedures and guidelines.
• Lead the preparations and engagement process for the CO Resource Management Committee (RMC) as per agreed timelines.
• Collect inputs and generate accurate and timely reports, to enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to senior management and external stakeholders.
• Contribute towards the development and improvement of systems, techniques, tools, processes and procedures to better monitor, manage and report on WFP budgets and resources.
• Participate in internal meetings/committees/working groups as required, in order to obtain and provide information from a budget and resource programming perspective.
• Perform other relevant duties as required.

Experience Requirements

• Experience performing basic analytics and presenting the information to meet various audience needs.
• Some experience in preparing, managing and reporting on operational budgets and performance and willingness to strengthen skills.
• Experience working with large datasets, extracting information from them in an easy to interpret manner.
• Adequate analytical skills and resourcefulness, initiative and have learned tact in devising solutions to current and potential operational issues.
• Good understanding of information and financial systems and how those support the implementation of operations.
• Good understanding of operational planning and business processes, rules and procedures and apply them consistently in the implementation and support of programme interventions.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work patiently and tactfully in a team, with people of different backgrounds and expertise, to deliver as one toward common operational goal.

Qualification Requirements

Advanced university degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Finance, Economics or another relevant field. Additional professional training in project management, statistical analysis and/or operational planning and management is desirable.