Overview
Assist in budgeting and accounting functions within the United Nations Office at Nairobi, supporting financial management services.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in data collection and preparation of cost estimates and budget proposals.
- Support monitoring of budget implementation and performance.
- Ensure requisitions align with authorized budgets.
- Assist in reviewing requests for positions and recruitment.
- Assist in execution of cost recovery and collection of receivables.
- Extract and prepare open commitments reports.
- Review and reconcile billing statistics for clients.
- Process financial documents including accounts payable, payroll, and accounts receivable.
- Audit accounting transactions for correctness and adherence to regulations.
- Assist in review and analysis of accounting data.
- Scrutinize supporting documents for completeness and accuracy.
- Process accounting adjustments and corrections.
- Assist in analysis of Open Item Managed accounts and initiate corrective action.
- Perform reconciliation of general and subledger accounts and clear suspense accounts.
- Receive and distribute documents.
- Respond to queries and draft correspondence.
- Assist in ensuring functioning accounting and internal control systems.
- Assist with data extraction, analysis, and report preparation.
- Assist with collection and consolidation of data for billing.
- Perform duties as backup for other team members.
- Supervise junior members of staff and interns.
- Assist with visualizations and updating information material.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, budget, programme management, data analysis or related area is required. The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced by two (2) years for candidates who possess a first-level University degree. Working experience with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and finance system such as Oracle or SAP is desirable. Experience with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is desirable. One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Qualifications
Completion of high school diploma or equivalent is required. Supplementary training in finance, administration, information technology, computer science or project management is desirable.
