Overview
This position supports asset management, inventory management, and financial reporting, ensuring accuracy of asset data within the UNOPS ERP system. The role involves reviewing transactions, preparing reports, and contributing to a strong control environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead quarterly reconciliation and analysis of in-transit asset data.
- Manage review and approval workflow for asset recognition, movements, and derecognitions.
- Monitor, coordinate, and execute asset management workflows during quarterly and year-end financial closure processes.
- Oversee documentation review processes to enforce compliance with internal control frameworks.
- Direct substantive planning, execution, and post-verification phases of the bi-annual physical asset verification process.
- Drive organizational knowledge management strategy for asset management by designing, overseeing, and delivering training programs.
- Author and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and institutional process maps.
- Represent the function in cross-functional working groups and Communities of Practice.
- Critically evaluate asset management systems, tools, and policies; formulate strategic feedback and implement system enhancements.
- Establish, monitor, and enforce internal control to detect and prevent unauthorized asset disposals.
- Serve as the primary focal point and subject matter expert for internal and external auditors.
- Validate and sign off on inventory data submissions, ensuring accurate periodic capitalization transactions and systematic data collection.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience is work in accounting, financial reporting and/or related areas.
- Demonstrable proficiency in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems.
- Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
- Experience in asset management and/or inventory management is desired.
- Experience in the usage of ERP systems is desired.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or other disciplines with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree (or equivalent) in any of the above disciplines with 2 years of relevant experience is required.
