The Position:
The Finance Specialist position is part of the Finance Branch of the Division for Management Services. The Finance Branch is responsible for global finance, including financial and data management, key financial policies and processes, accounting and treasury services; overseeing improvement efforts in areas of financial operations; and ensuring the ERP and related systems are configured to manage, monitor and report on key financial processes and information. The Branch also plays a key role in the custody and distribution of financial resources and the monitoring of expenditures. The incumbent of this position will supervise the staff and activities of the Data Management Unit and work in close collaboration with other units of the Finance Branch (Statutory Reporting, Revenue and Donor Reporting and the Global Monitoring and Advisory Team) as well as the Information Technology Solutions Office as a key partner. You will report directly to the Chief, Finance Branch
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The Data Management Unit is responsible for designing and maintaining IT system integrity of financial management, accounting and reporting processes; acting as the knowledge leader of the design and functioning of the ERP and related systems as it relates to finance; contributing to system and business process efficiencies and preparation of key Statutory Reports.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Advanced university degree in Information Systems, Finance or Accounting, etc. is required. A first level university degree combined with a professional accounting designation (CPA, CA) may be acceptable in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Knowledge and Experience:
- 7 years progressively responsible experience in financial information systems design, implementation and/or management, financial business process design and financial statement preparation at the national and international level.
- Progressively responsible experience of supervision of professional staff and positive engagement and relationship management with business focal points in an IT change management environment
- Experience in maintaining and managing ERP system applications, preferably Oracle.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to listen to client feedback, design business processes to balance control needs and efficiency and to translate business requirements into logical systems specifications.
Languages:
Fluency in English is required; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.
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