Business Analyst, P-3, (FT), # 19059, Finance, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built, we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) leads revenue generation and advocacy from the private sector to fund UNICEF programmatic activity and drive results for children. PFP is projected to generate over$ 7 billion for programmes during the 2022-2025 strategic plan.

Within the Finance section of PFP, the Budget and Analysis Unit (BAU) supports the work of PFP in the following areas:

1. Formulation, administration, and management of the PFP divisional budget.
2. Provide PFP revenue projections by fundraising streams and markets, review National Committees and UNICEF country offices performance through comparative analysis of actuals against established Joint Strategic Plans and Private Sector Plans and provide data analysis to PFP and UNICEF senior management for strategic business decisions.
3. Provide advanced and affordability studies of UNICEF country offices for investment/loan decisions and administer and manage PFP investments in fundraising.
4. Identify, design, develop and implement business intelligence to capture, consolidate, organize, analyze and report financial and non-financial information for PFP.

This role will specifically focus on assigned aspects of points 2 and 4, selecting data analysis and presentation methodologies and making justifying assumptions. It will support the enhancements of the revenue and expenditure projections of the National Committees and UNICEF’s country offices, which become the source of the UNICEF private sector resources and measures of the PFP financial performance. Given the significant current and future investment, this role will ensure robust oversight, due diligence, transparency, profitability analysis, and reporting of the National Committees’ and UNICEF country offices’ fundraising results.

For every child, a Champion

Under the overall guidance of the Finance Manager, the Business Analyst is responsible for analytical input on financial planning, forecasting and review of National Committees’ performance, and for the analytic input on targets and results in country offices.

Follow-up and monitoring through comparative analysis of actual performance against established Joint Strategic Plans (JSP) and Private Sector Plans (PSP). Assess and analyze the performance and cost structure of National Committees and UNICEF country offices based on RERs and other reports submitted, thus providing meaningful data to support the strategic development of these partners through the JSP, PSP and the PFP Strategic Plan.

Provide data analysis as a basis for strategic business decisions, identifying data requirements and designing templates (for scorecards, JSP, PSP, budgetary reviews, benchmarking, KPls, etc) for effective presentation of info.

Optimize PFP’s Business Intelligence (BI) capacity (i.e., data modelling, data validation) and business optimization projects.

How can you make a difference?

1. Supports the Finance Manager in preparing, collecting, forecasting, simulation, monitoring, benchmarking, and reviewing financial data

• Conduct financial analysis of JSP, QFS (Quarterly Financial Scorecard), and RER (Revenue and Expenditure Report).
• Comment on variance to the JSP, PSP, and projected PFP targets.
• Develop and simulate financial planning for revenue generation strategies. Analyze and benchmark against the financial statements of global competitors.

2. Ensures timely and consistent preparation of periodic performance reports (internal and external) and data validation/verification

• Year-end results, annual targets, and forecasts in QFS and RER reports, benchmarking, rankings, Per Capita, Contribution Ratio, RR ratio.
• Exchange rate impact vs real growth.
• Participates in projected revenue consolidation/verification regularly to ensure up­ to-date projections in various PFP, DFAM arid UNICEF Board documents and to support RR resource management as required.

3. Designs financial templates, presentations, and periodic reports for different forums (PFP Cabinet (SMT), Standing Group, NatCom Consultation, Budget reviews, Fundraising Forum, Finance Officers meeting, etc.,)

4. Provides training in Budget & Analysis related issues to NatCom and PFP staff, and documents related procedures.

To qualify as a Champion for every child you will have…

Education:

• An Advanced University degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or another relevant technical field is required.
• A valid professional qualification and membership in an internationally recognized accountancy body (Certified Public or Chartered Accountant, ACCA, CIPFA, etc.) will be considered in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Training in SAP (FM and FI modules), business intelligence tools and data warehousing is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience in the fields of accounting and business analysis in industrial/commercial or equivalent environment, preferably at international level is required.
• Familiarity with computerized accounting environment is required. Knowledge of SAP or a similar financial accounting package is an asset.
• Proficiency in database management, business intelligence tools, and data warehousing is an asset.

Language requirements:

• Proficiency in English is required.
• Working knowledge of French or another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2) are required.

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: our competency framework. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks: 

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to delivering the best results for children.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.