UN WOMEN Jobs - 83441- Budgetary Review Consultant for the UN Trust Fund

Budgetary Review Consultant for the UN Trust Fund

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2019

Application Deadline :

18-Feb-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

5 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women (the Trust Fund) is a multilateral grant-making mechanism established in 1996 pursuant to General Assembly resolution 50/166. It is administered by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) on behalf of the United Nations system.

The Trust Fund supports local, national, regional and cross-regional programmes to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against women and girls in all contexts. It provides funding for proven, innovative and catalytic multi-year programmes by national and local governments, civil society organizations and United Nations country teams. To date, the Trust Fund has awarded $95 million to 368 initiatives in 132 countries and territories.

The Trust Fund currently supports 92 initiatives in 78 countries and territories with grants totaling $65 million.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the UN Trust Fund Programme Specialist, following a client-oriented approach, the Budgetary Review Consultant provides support services ensuring effective and transparent utilization of financial resources and integrity of work in accordance with UN Women Financial Regulations and rules, UN Trust Fund operational guidelines and UN Women Policies, Finance Manual and instructions.

Duties and Responsibilities

In anticipation of high volume of upcoming financial reports from the current grantees, as well as expected budget proposals from the new cycle grantees, additional support for budget verification and financial review exercises is essential during April- August time period.

Under the direct guidance and supervision of the UNTF Grants Manager and Programme Specialist, the Budgetary Review Consultant will carry out the following tasks:

Effective support of the grants management project funds for the UN Trust Fund focusing on the achievement of the following results:

In coordination with UNTF Programme and Finance Analyst and Portfolio Managers, support the review of financial reports from grantees to ensure that expenses they are being properly recorded, money spent in accordance to UN Women financial rules and regulations and communicated to grantees.
Support in reviewing the accuracy of the financial reports by ensuring that the necessary documents submitted by grantees match the reported transactions.
Provide feedback and accounting advice to grantees and financial focal points in country and regional offices on technical accounting topics (ai. foreign currency exchange rates use, accruing staff costs, etc).
Prepare supporting documentation package and the necessary checklists for the approval of the Portfolio Managers and further processing by the Finance Analyst or Finance Associate
Support the Facilitation of disbursement of funds to grants recipients and follow up on successful receipt of funds by the grantees.
Support the Programme and Finance Analyst and Portfolio Managers in the budget management for UNTF grant projects: i) provide guidance and corrective recommendations on budgets
submitted by selected grantee organizations to the Fund for its approval; and ii) advise on any finance issues arising
Support the finance associate to monitor and reconcile advances to grantees which are not in accordance with the approved budget and report any non-compliance to UN Trust Fund Chief.
Provide feedback on NGO capacity assessments undertaken by UN Women field colleagues to ensure that the financial, operational and programmatic capacities of shortlisted applicants have been thoroughly vetted; and conduct similar assessments as requested. Raise any potential red flags to the Grants Manager and Portfolio Officers for further review and action.
Review submitted Full-Fledged proposals and project documents and provide detailed feedback on the requested budgets.
Ensure proper control of the supporting documents for donor agreements and grantee agreements.
Maintain internal tracking system tool to ensure that documents processed by the Finance Associate are matched and completed, accurately recorded, and are duly processed on a timely basis.
Timely response to requests to resolve financial data issues.
Keep abreast of and ensure full compliance with all UNW Financial Regulations and Rules, Operations manuals, Internal Control policies and procedures, Standard operating procedures, Finance manual, and Delegations of Authority to ensure consistency across UN Trust Fund and UN Women.
Other duties as required.

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles:

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.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values : Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity
Organizational Awareness : Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
Client orientation
Working in Teams: Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
Communicating Information and Ideas : Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
Self-management and Emotional intelligence : Creating synergies through self-control
Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements
Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others

Functional Competencies:

Ability to perform a broad range of specialized activities related to financial resources management, including non-core budgets and reporting;
Knowledge of financial rules and regulations, and accounting;
Strong IT skills;
Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new systems.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Completion of Secondary education with specialized training in finance. University degree in Accounting or Finance would be an asset.

Experience:

3years of progressively relevant work experience is required;
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and knowledge of database packages, working experience in web based ERP financial systems (i.e. SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SUN etc);
Knowledge of IPSAS and IFRS is desirable.

Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English is required; Proficiency in another UN language will be an asset.