Historique
Devoirs et responsabilités
- Establish detailed closing procedures, including due dates, responsibilities, disclosure updates, and accounts classifications.
- Establish a quality control and accountability plan, including standardized reconciliation processes (which include confirming the balances with third parties and reconciling sub-ledgers with the General Ledger).
- Ensure that the quality control and accountability plan covers all the areas which are included in the management representation letter issued to the External Auditors,
- Identify journal entries which are recurring in nature and propose standardization of them.
- Prepare a checklist of the standard closing journal entries to be recorded at the period-end.
- Prepare a standard corporate reporting format, to be used by all units/country offices in connection with the close.
- Establish a clear communication and status tracking process to be used to communicate with all the units/country offices throughout the year and at the time of year-end close.
- Streamline the cycles by effectively distributing workload and eliminating bottlenecks, redundant tasks and non-value added activities.
- Prepare working papers and assist with responding to audit queries. Track audit information requests and observations.
- Streamline the flow of information to support disclosures required under IPSAS.
- Detailed closing procedures/guidance
- Quality control and accountability plan (including new assurance procedures for reconciliation)
- Checklist of the standard closing journal entries
- Standard corporate reporting format
- Revised POPP chapter, as required
- Guidance and training materials, as required
- Validated 2012 reporting package
- Revised note disclosures for 2012
Compétences
- Demonstrates commitment to the mission, vision and values of the UN System.
- Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with agency staff at HQ and across all regions.
- Experience in preparation of policy and guidance documents.
- Detailed knowledge of accounting practices, risk management, assurance procedures, and process mapping.
- High degree of proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Contributes effectively in team-based activities.
- Effectively applies existing knowledge to improve performance.
- Analyzes problems logically leading to fact-based practical recommendations
- Shares knowledge and experience
- Good influencing skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
Qualifications et expériences requises
- Professional accounting qualification from an internationally recognized Institute of Accountancy (ACA/CA/CPA, etc.) or advanced university degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in accounting/audit, ideally within an ERP environment.
- Fluency and proficiency in English is required. Fluency in French or Spanish an asset.