Historique
Devoirs et responsabilités
- Provide Accounting Services for UN Agencies Service Clearing Account ( SCA);
- Process expenditure data in UN Agency Project Clearing Account ( PCA);
- Provide guidance related to Agency financial arrangements;
- Preparation of Agency reconciliation;
- Preparation of year-end schedules.
- Reconcile the SCA transactions and balances to the GL (for example, analyse the balance in fund 12000 to ensure that entries are correct and included in the SCAs);
- Support maintenance of accounting procedures for fund 12000 transactions – e.g. RLA, MPOs, MIPs, etc.
- Examine accounting records and ensure that the commitment control system for monitoring the funding is correct and consistent with the SCA balances.
- Monitor the submission of Project Delivery Reports( PDRs) in accordance with the specified format and ensure they submit on time;
- Perform timely recording of agency PDRs and communicate rejected PDRs and the reasons to the agency clients;
- Reconcile the submitted agency PDRs to the agency expenditure in the PCA and in the GL – for both UNDP and for trust funds;
- Liaise with Agencies on reconciling issues.
- Ensure compliance with UNDP and Agencies accountability requirements;
- Contribute to the resolution of disputes, by conducting thorough research and compiling the pertinent supporting documents.
- Prepare detailed and comprehensive financial working papers to support the relevant Schedules for the corporate Financial Statements.
Compétences
- Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Shares knowledge and experience;
- Encourages office staff to share knowledge and contribute to UNDP practice areas;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
- Ability to perform a broad range of specialized activities related to financial resources management, maintaining Accounts Payables, and reporting –Sound knowledge of UNDP Financial Rules and Regulations and UNDP Finance policies and procedures;
- Ability to provide input to select business processes for the ATLAS system;
- Strong analytical skills and sound judgment as well as strong IT skills.
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexity;
- Ability to work on tight deadlines under pressure.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions;
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexity;
- Ability to work on tight deadlines under pressure.
Qualifications et expériences requises
- Secondary Education with specialized certification in Accounting and/or Finance;
- University degree in Finance, Business Administration or Accounting desirable, but it is not a requirement;
- Part-qualified accountants from an internationally recognized institute of accountancy will have a distinct advantage.
- Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting related functions; prior banking or treasury operations experience an asset;
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Office) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems;
- Experience with EPR financials (preferably PeopleSoft) desirable, in particular the General Ledger and Account Payable Modules;
- Knolwdge of IPSAS and/or IFRS required.
- Fluency in written and spoken English required. Knowledge of French or Spanish highly desirable.
- Applications should be submitted on line and include UNDP Personal History Form (P11) posted at http://sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.doc. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
- Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.