Overview
The Finance Assistant provides financial services ensuring high quality, accuracy, and consistency of work, promoting a client-oriented approach consistent with UNDP rules and regulations.
Tasks Summary
- Support implementation of operational strategies, ensuring full compliance of financial processes and financial records with UNDP POPP and strategies.
- Provide input to the Finance unit and office management in preparing and reviewing CO business processes mapping and elaboration of the content of internal standard operating procedures in finance.
- Support functioning of the optimal cost-recovery system by providing inputs for preparation of cost-recovery in Quantum and follow up.
- Provide accounting and administrative support to the Finance unit, including control of supporting documents, preparation of invoices, maintenance of filing systems, and management of cash receipts and bank reconciliation.
- Ensure proper functioning of CO cash and Treasury management systems, serving as alternate for timely review of cash position and maintenance of liquidity.
- Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO by participating in training and providing contributions to knowledge networks.
Experience Requirements
- 3 years (with high school diploma) or 1 year (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible finance and accounting experience at the national or international level is required.
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advanced knowledge of spreadsheets and web-based management systems such as ERP financials and database packages.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Secondary education with specialized certification in accounting and/or finance.
- A university degree in finance or accounting is desirable.
- Part-qualified accountants from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy will have a distinct advantage.
- Candidates with accountancy certification from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy will have a distinct advantage.
