Overview
The Logistics Officer (Funds Management & Commodity Accounting) will support the effective planning, management, and oversight of funds utilization and commodity accounting activities, ensuring compliance with WFP corporate procedures, donor requirements, and internal controls.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate corridor-level budget design, grant setup, and issuance of PFIs for IPO creation and WINGS budget setup.
- Monitor and manage logistics funds, including transport, storage, handling, and related costs.
- Raise and manage Fund Reservations across the Supply Chain.
- Monitor fund utilization in compliance with IPSAS and WFP financial policies.
- Track expenditure against budgets, identify variances, and support corrective actions.
- Produce periodic and ad hoc financial and operational reports.
- Review and validate transport service provider invoices and other logistics-related payments.
- Oversee the end-to-end commodity accounting process, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely data entry in LESS and other corporate systems.
- Reconcile physical stock balances with system records through regular stock counts and verifications.
- Provide technical guidance to Country Offices on correcting data irregularities and resolving discrepancies.
- Prepare and submit periodic commodity accounting and funds utilization reports.
- Ensure proper documentation, verification, and archiving of all commodity accounting and funds management records.
- Lead and support training initiatives on LESS and related systems.
- Coordinate with cooperating partners, transporters, warehouses, and internal WFP units.
- Contribute to operational planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
- Support audit processes by ensuring that third-party inventory findings are addressed.
Required Experience
At least one (01) year of postgraduate professional working experience in supply chain management including funds management and/or commodity management. Additional years of experience are highly desirable. Understanding of WFP operations in the Haiti is an advantage. Experience in data management, analysis, evaluations, and assessments.
Qualifications
A university degree in Logistics, Procurement, Economics, Engineering, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
