Senior Finance Assistant

World Health Organization - WHO HQ/GSC Global Service Centre BOS

Staff Closes 31 Jul 2026 8 days left

Overview

The Senior Finance Assistant provides specialized services in finance, processing requests, and administering assigned tasks to ensure quality and accuracy. The role supports the WHO Global Service Centre in Malaysia.


Key Responsibilities
  • - Deliver responsive services to customers and stakeholders in alignment with the GSC Service Catalogue.
  • - Process requests received in ERP workflow, Corporate systems, or assigned directly by Supervisors.
  • - Follow up on pending tasks to resolve within response times.
  • - Seek advice or guidance from Supervisors and provide advice or guidance to other staff.
  • - Communicate with colleagues within or across departments to seek confirmation or clarification.
  • - Respond to enquiries and provide support, advice, and guidance to clients.
  • - Assist with identification of system issues or enhancements, and in testing fixes and solutions.
  • - Reconcile General Ledger accounts; prepare journal vouchers and accounting entries.
  • - Analyze financial records and produce accurate management reports.
  • - Make recommendations on improvement of work processes.
  • - Perform team-specific duties related to Payroll and Pension, Accounts Payable, Awards, or Financial Reporting and Controls.
Required Experience

At least 8 years of recent relevant experience in administration of which at least 2 years working in the field of accounting, finance or payroll. Hands-on experience in the use of an ERP system such as Oracle is desirable.

Qualifications

Completion of secondary school education or its equivalent, complemented by training in accounting or book-keeping. A degree in Accountancy/Finance or any other professional certificate (ACCA, CPA, ICAEW, etc.) is desirable.

Other Details
Languages Required
Expert knowledge of English.
Languages Preferred
Intermediate knowledge of French.
Contract Duration
2 years, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and continuing need for the post
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
annual net base salary starting at MYR 86,519 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.
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