Overview
The Finance and Budget Officer will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and finalizing the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions, as well as budget preparation and administration within the United Nations Environment Programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Reviews, analyses, and finalizes the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions.
- Provides substantive support to intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan.
- Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into program budgets.
- Reviews, analyses, and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals.
- Provides detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions.
- Reviews, analyses, and finalizes program budget/financial implications.
- Issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, and ensures appropriate expenditures.
- Manages and monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds.
- Monitors expenditures to ensure they remain within authorized levels.
- Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources.
- Prepares budget performance submissions.
- Reviews and finalizes budget performance reports.
- Leads the annual Financial Progress Report process and manages audit processes.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns.
- Provides advice and guidance on budgetary and financial policies.
- Participates in inter-departmental meetings and/or technical survey missions.
- Keeps up to date on documents/reports/guidelines related to program matters.
- Drafts reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues.
- Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures.
- Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4.
- Liaises with the UNEP's Corporate Services Division, UN Secretariat, UNDP, and UNOPS offices.
- Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and controls.
- Provides support with respect to representation of the Law Division in meetings of legislative organs.
- Represents the Division in inter and intra-departmental meetings.
- May plan, organize, manage and supervise the work of the Unit/Section assigned.
- Incumbent may be asked to perform other related duties.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required. Working experience with Systems Application and Products (SAP) system or another Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is required. Experience in preparing/analyzing financial statements with application of private sector or public sector accounting standards such as International Financial Report Standard (s) (IFRS) or International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) is required. Experience in providing financial management and administrative services to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and/or International Environmental treaties (i.e. Montreal protocol) promoted by the United Nations is required. Experience with data analysis, reconciliations, and reporting is required. Experience in the preparation of reports to intergovernmental bodies or donors is desirable. Experience in an international organization such as the United Nations or a similar international organization is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, accounting or a related area is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable. Finance or accounting qualification, such as Certification in Public Accounting (CPA) or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is required.
