Antecedentes

Deberes y responsabilidades

Summary of key functions:

1. Managerial leadership of the budget team;
2. Budget planning and preparation;
3. Budget monitoring and control and reporting;
4. Knowledge product development and innovation;
5. Representation and networking;
6. Capacity building and training.

• Participate in the strategic planning/discussion in the Office of Financial Management. Establish the annual work plan accordance with strategic plans together with the budget team, set objectives, performance measurements, standards and results. Monitor operations and oversee progress according to work plans and business needs;
• Keep the supervisor informed and advised on strategic and operational aspects of budget planning, preparation and management to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness and recommend courses of action to align operations with evolving business and client needs;
• Supervise staff members by providing them with clear objectives and goals as well as direction and guidance to enable them to perform their duties and responsibilities effectively and efficiently. Assess performance according to clear objectives and foster performance excellence and development.

• Plan, organize and manage the preparation of the budget exercise. Provide technical guidance and supervise the process to ensure that annual regular, non-core and Institutional budgets are results-based and that it reflects corporate goals and objectives as stated in the UN Women Strategic Plan;
• Prepare budget directives and guidelines and provide technical guidance in its interpretation and application;
• Review the analysis and evaluation of past/current fiscal operations, revenues and expenditures, trends in patterns of resource allocations, records of present/past operations, budget proposals for budgetary objectives and submit/finalize budget submissions for Senior Management and approval and submission to the Executive Board;
• Support the presentation of the budget to the Executive Board and the Advisory Commitee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) through technical assistance and providing response to substantive and technical budget queries;
• Approve budgets in ATLAS.

• Manage/issue allotments and authorize redeployment of funds to ensure appropriate expenditures;
• Develop, install and maintain budget systems to facilitate budget monitoring and control to ensure expenditures remain within authorized limits and ensure the integrity of the budget management system;
• Monitor extra-budgetary resources and agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations, rules, policies and procedures;
• Submit budget performance report at the end of financial year that includes an analysis of gaps, trends, problems and statistical information.

• Constantly monitor and evaluate operational policies, procedures, methods, tools and associated systems to ensure its utility, applicability and efficacy in budget management. Recommend, set and/or develop new policies and procedures and introduce innovation and best practices in budget operations to enhance efficiency;
• Provide technical direction for Atlas Project/Budget Module enhancement and modification to ensure UNW needs and interests are taken into account in systems development and updates;
• Provide advice to UN Women senior management on budget issues, processes and procedures;
• Collaborate with UN Women internal and external partners, colleagues and stakeholders to keep abreast of evolving trends, development and needs, share ideas for improvements and align services according to needs;
• Provide advice to the Director and/or senior UN Women management on the expansion of the funding base and contribute to development of policies and standards of agreements to facilitate resource mobilization, including cost-sharing and trust fund agreements.

• Represent UN Women in inter-agency and external meetings/bodies as appropriate to contribute/collaborate on common initiatives and technical discussions on budget/financial management and operations;
• Collaborate with internal and external partners, colleagues and stakeholders to keep abreast of evolving trends, development and needs, share ideas for improvements and align services according to needs.

• Plan and implement a strategic capacity building plan for learning and development in budget management and results based budgeting;
• Lead/organize training events and design/set training agenda. Determine and make available sufficient and expert resources for training events.

Impact of Results:

Competencias

• Integrity: Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
• Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

• Ethics and Values: Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents;
• Organizational Awareness: Building support and political acumen;
• Developing and Empowering People / coaching and mentoring: Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
• Working in Teams: Building and promoting effective teams;
• Communicating Information and Ideas: Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
• Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;
• Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements: Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards;
• Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
• Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking.

• Strategic and conceptual knowledge and expertise in budget financial planning and management principles and approaches;
• Solid and broad knowledge of complex budgetary and financial rules and a regulations, preferably UN/UNDP/UNW   Rules and regulations;
• Demonstrated business acumen and judgment;
• Demonstrated success in leading and implementing process re-engineering, management systems development, policy design, innovation, knowledge product development in large and or multinational organizations/corporation;
• Solid knowledge and experience in the application of complex management and financial systems and modules (such as Atlas) and its application and impact on enhancing budget and financial management efficiency and efficacy.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

• Advanced university degree in finance, administration, accounting, economics, business management or other related field is required.

• At least 10 years of extensive experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in financial planning/budgeting, financial management and operations in a large international and/or corporate organization preferably in the UN system and its organizations.

• Fluency in oral and written English is required. Proficiency in another UN working language is highly desirable.