Accounts Associate

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• Processes invoices and other transactions in accordance with UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations, and third-party requirements.
• Processes, reviews, and analyzes SAP transactions, payments and account balances for area of responsibility, identifies and initiates required adjustments. Performs financial accounting and analysis for the Unit using a MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.
• Attends to queries by suppliers and other business units and follow up on outstanding issues by communicating in email and phone.
• Prepares financial reports/schedules for internal management, external partners and other third parties (in MS Excel, MS Word, SAP). Prepares exception reports and / or periodic reports statements, summaries analyses. Prepares documentation and work papers to areas of responsibility.
• Reconciles Supply Division’s controlled materials in accordance with Divisional Procedure 41.
• Monitors and ensures systems and reports comply with UNICEF’s Financial Rules and Regulations, and third-party requirements. 
• Identifies and recommends system and process improvements identified during performance of duties and responsibilities.
• Performs other ad hoc tasks in related areas as required and provide back up support to colleagues within the respective unit.

• Completion of Secondary school.
• A minimum of Six (6) years of broad accounting experience.
• Good knowledge of MS Office package, particularly Excel.
• Fluency in English. 

• University-level courses in accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, Service Management, Business Communication, or other related disciplines
• Experience in SAP financial modules or other ERP systems.
• Proficiency in another UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish).
• Experience working in an international/ governmental (non-profit) organization.

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