Finance and Budget Assistant

The Finance and Budget Assistant supports the Budget Unit within the Mission Support Services of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. The role involves assisting in budget preparation, monitoring budget implementation, reviewing financial transactions, and ensuring compliance with regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the review, analysis and preparation of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of mission's resourcing requirements such as staff and non-staff requirements, including programmatic aspects.
• Assists with the review of justification for resource requirements for budget submissions in coordination with relevant Sections/Offices on related issues during preparation of the budget proposals.
• Assists in monitoring extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Monitors budget implementation/expenditures and assists with the reallocation and re-deployment of funds as necessary.
• Verifies accuracy of input data, ensuring consistency of data in previous allotments to new allotments issued.
• Prepares budget performance submissions and provides support with the finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
• Drafts or prepares correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to budgetary and financial matters.
• Assists in the maintenance of fixed asset register, as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Technical or vocational certificate in accounting, finance, budget or related fields is required.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in International Organizations or in the private sector in accounting, budgeting and financial management or related area is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to 5 for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
• Expertise in working with spreadsheets and in modules of SAP is required.
• Experience in monitoring financial transactions and identifying and analyzing trends in line with IPSAS is required.

Skills

• Accounting
• Budgeting
• Finance Management
• Financial Transaction Monitoring
• Trend Identification
• IPSAS Compliance
• SAP
• Spreadsheet Management
• Budget Preparation
• Budget Implementation Monitoring

Languages

English, Arabic