Overview
The Finance Senior Analyst - Treasury and Investment Management role supports the management of UNOPS’ banking, investment, and cash management operations, acting as deputy team lead for the Treasury Middle Office.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor global bank accounts, cash positions, and forecasting; lead initiatives to enhance cash management accuracy and efficiency; review and optimize the Payment Bank Matrix; collaborate to resolve payment discrepancies; partner to resolve unidentified transactions; authorize payment instructions; collaborate to test and implement bank connectivity; support financial book closure; manage banking portal access; oversee bank account lifecycle management; track and analyze bank charges and interest; cultivate treasury relationships with offices; contribute to banking policy improvements; design dashboards, monitor treasury risks, and provide analytical insights on banking and cash management.
- Lead, coordinate, and oversee the timely execution of daily financial transactions within Treasury systems; review and approve financial transactions; develop dashboards, monitor risks, and provide analytical insights on treasury transactions; support year-end closure processes and financial statement preparation; facilitate responses to audit inquiries.
- Propose enhancements to treasury processes, solutions, and systems; translate business needs into detailed requirements for treasury systems and process improvements.
- Provide advisory support to field offices regarding alternative payment solutions and escalated treasury-related queries.
- Contribute practical knowledge to practice policy developments; maintain knowledge systems and share information and knowledge across regions; provide training on processes, rules/policies, and systems; recommend solutions and process efficiency initiatives; contribute to the development and maintenance of corporate systems and tools; contribute to the development and introduction of innovation; contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned.
Required Experience
- 4 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree.
- Relevant experience is defined as work in Finance in Banking or Treasury.
- Experience using a Treasury System (e.g. TMS) is required.
- Experience in middle office/back office operations is highly desirable (incl. but not limited to cash management and forecasting, payments workflows, reconciliations and investigations, financial transactions).
- Knowledge of financial instruments (Fixed Income, Money Markets, and options) transaction processing is desirable.
- Experience using single and multi-bank platforms is desirable.
- Experience using Confirmation Matching Services (e.g. Finastra) is desirable.
- Experience using SWIFT is desirable.
- Experience in working with UN organizations is desirable.
- Exposure and experience working with other treasury technology (e.g., trading platforms, payment connections) and implementation experience is a strong asset.
- Exposure to treasury in fragile contexts and developing/frontier markets is a strong asset.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field OR a Master's degree (or equivalent) in any of the above disciplines.
