Senior Finance Officer

The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for grants management, payments and travel, treasury, and procurement committee support within the Division of Financial Resource Management. The role supports the green industrial recovery project for Ukraine funded by the Government of Japan, ensuring financial integrity, compliance, and effective budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the establishment and maintenance of master data for the projects in ERP grants management module.
• Overall management of released and un-released budget of the projects.
• Oversee compliance control of budgets and subsequent budget revisions.
• Lead the development and implementation of financial monitoring and control mechanisms to identify, assess and mitigate financial, compliance risks on budget implementation.
• Direct and oversee the management of financial reporting to the donor ensuring accuracy, transparency and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Serve as Focal point for advice on grants management and use of funds within the established implementation budgets.
• Supplement the capacity of Treasury to manage the significant Japan contribution as per the UNIDO Investment policy, including direct support for the Treasurer; secretariat support for Investment Committee meetings; coordination of expedited solutions for IT related items; and other support as required.
• Oversee financial controls related to payments, vendor master data verification for the projects, ensuring compliance with UNIDO policies, donor requirements and internal control standards.
• Monitor and manage financial reporting related to the projects (statement of account), identify emerging risks or irregularities and recommend corrective measures to ensure financial integrity and accountability.
• Lead the review of exceptional and high-risk payment of travel requests related to the project and recommend appropriate courses of action to ensure compliance and efficient programme delivery.
• Provide substantive financial analysis and strategic advice to the Director, Financial Services on preparation for selected Procurement Committee meetings.
• Perform other project related assignments as per instructions from the Director, Financial Services.

Requirements

• First-level university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in economics, finance, accounting, business administration or another related field is required.
• An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) or Doctorate in the same fields are accepted with a reduced requirement for years of professional experience.
• A minimum of professional experience aligned with the educational level is required: First-level university degree (Bachelor’s): at least 10 years of relevant professional experience; Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent): at least 7 years of relevant professional experience; Doctorate: at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Progressively responsible relevant professional experience in financial management, including proven team leading experience at the international level is required.
• Demonstrated experience in broad range of financial management areas, including grants and budget management, donor financial reporting, treasury operations, financial compliance and internal controls, is required.
• Proven experience in management of extra-budgetary funds and technical co-operation is required.
• Experience in field-based organizations is desirable.
• Experience in applying financial regulations, rules, policies and procedures in an international organization or comparable public-sector environment is required.
• Experience with ERP-based grants management, budgetary control, treasury or financial reporting systems is desirable.
• Experience supporting treasury operations, investment-related analysis or investment committee processes is desirable.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Fluency in or working knowledge of other United Nations language(s), particularly French is desirable.

Skills

• Finance Management
• Grants Management
• Budget Management
• Donor Financial Reporting
• Treasury Operations Oversight
• Financial Compliance
• Internal Controls
• Extra-Budgetary Funding Management
• Technical Cooperation
• Financial Regulations
• ERP Grants Management
• Budget Control
• Financial Reporting Systems
• Team Leadership
• Investment Analysis
• Procurement Committee Support

Languages

English, French