Chief Financial Reporting

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• Manage the monthly and annual closure of accounts and the preparation of UN Women monthly, yearly and quarterly financial statements and reports. Review and approve the Statutory Financial Statements, reports and ensure Financial Donor Reports are reviewed and cleared before submission to Deputy Director.
• Ensure financial reporting team analyzes and monitor the financial status of financial resources and keep stakeholders and clients informed for timely actions/decisions to ensure optimum utilization of regular and non-core resources and donor funding.
• Prepare and issue guidelines for interim and annual donor reports in accordance with required timelines, donor agreements and any other financial reports required by Trust Funds and other cost sharing arrangements.

• Review, on a regular basis, all financial accounts relating to UN Women’s financial operations to ensure correctness thereof, identify problem areas and inform responsible offices – to take corrective action as required and highlight issues identified to the Deputy Director.
• Lead professional and support staff in processing, validating, recording, reviewing, analyzing, and reconciling accounting entries, data and balances relating to UN Women’s financial transactions.
• Ensure efficient processes are in place for award creation and management with focus on enabling offices to deliver on the programmatic objectives.

• Provide authoritative advice to field offices on all developments and changes within the organization regarding accounting policies, procedures, systems, and instructions.
• Create proposals for and assist with the development of appropriate training materials and activities for HQ and field office staff involved in accounting regarding all such developments and changes.

• Develop, review, update and recommend for approval accounting policies, procedures, systems and accounting instructions in conjunction with the other relevant sections and departments in response to business requirements and as required to improve and promote the standard of financial accounting.
• Manage and oversee the financial business processes mapping and elaboration of the content of internal standard operating procedures and use of Quantum ERP to ensure proper management of financial transaction by UNW staff and the timely flow of financial information in UNW for management, monitoring, and oversight purposes.
• Recommend and/or implement cost saving and reduction strategies including cost recovery strategies and cost-effective financial arrangements. Work collaboratively with the payment team and regional finance specialists as well as other sections and departments in achieving this objective.

• Co-ordinate audit responses related to Financial Management and ensure quality and consistency of responses to audit queries and observations.
• Ensure that appropriate audit recommendations on accounting matters accepted by management are implemented as appropriate and included in the formulation of policies and procedures as well as in the development of new systems.
• Review the financial reports which are required for external purposes (e.g. UN Women Annual Report, Executive Director’s Annual Report, CEB, OECD reporting etc.) and clear financial information shared externally e.g. in transparency portal, IATI etc. for consistency with UN Women’s audited financial statements.

• Prepare the work plan for the Financial Reporting team. Establish priorities, timelines, targets and standards for monitoring results.
• Manage the performance of personnel under their supervision by provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership as well as performance feedback and coaching. 
• Ensure performance assessment are completed on time and identify learning and development opportunities to support personnel’s engagement. 
• Ensure all personnel under their supervision are fully aware of UN Women’s workplace relations policies.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

• The incumbent will lead a team of 10, with three direct staff (one P4 and two P3). The team in addition includes the Virtual Global Service Center with 7 staff members with 80% their time working in donor reporting and benefits from support from regional NOBs that contribute 20% of their time to award management.

• Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in Finance/Accounting, or a Professional accounting qualification from an internationally recognized institute of accountancy, Chartered Accountant, or Certified Public Accountant is required.
• Successful completion of the UN Women Accounting Technical Test, as part of the selection process.

• A minimum of ten (10) years of extensive and progressively responsible experience in financial management and operations, at least 3 years of which should be at the supervisory level, in a large international and/or corporate organization is required.
• Experience of IPSAS or IFRS environment with experience in producing financial statements and notes is required.
• Experience in the application of complex financial ERP systems and modules (preferably Oracle Cloud) is required.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience leading and coaching staff in international settings is required.
• Experience with IT development automation of financial systems and reports is highly desirable.
• Experience in the UN system and its organizations is desirable.

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

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