Finance Assistant - Tenders Global

Finance Assistant

  • Contract
  • Bangkok
  • Posted 7 months ago

UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services

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Job categories Administration, Finance
Vacancy code VA/2024/B0049/27899
Department/office MP, SSC, BSSC, Bangkok Shr Serv Centre
Duty station Bangkok, Thailand
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-4
Duration Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.
Application period 11-Apr-2024 to 01-May-2024
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

  • Accounting and administrative support

  • Implementation of operational strategies and procedures

  • Knowledge building and sharing

1. Provide accounting and administrative support, focusing on achievement of the following results:

  • Assist within proper control of the supporting documents for bank and balance sheet reconciliation and financial reports.

  • Follow-up with field finance users, UN entities and financial institutes for information relating to payments and invoices.

  • Prepare routine correspondence, bank reconciliation report, following standard operating procedures.

  • Maintain the proper digital filing system for financial records and documents.

  • Assist field offices by performing monthly bank and investment reconciliations for all their accounts.

  • Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly reports for any unreconciled transactions at the bank level.

  • Monitor the prepaid and MasterCard transactions and, in case of any suspicious payments, promptly escalate to the supervisor. 

  • Assist with prepaid and MasterCard monthly reconciliation and prepare the Bank to book reports for submission to HQ.

  • Flag any discrepancies with bank statements or the cash book, liaising with the Treasury team to rectify issues.

  • Assist with reconciliation of UN entities’ and financial institutes’ statements on a monthly basis and prepare the adjusting entries for gain and loss. 

  • Help improve controls and systems to help capture financial information.

  • Assist BSSC by performing ad hoc administrative duties, as needed, to support the office operations.

  • Follow-up on all unreconciled items and provide regular update to supervisor.

  • Maintain and control the automatching rate to be at a high level.

  • Provide information for reports related to Bank Reconciliation as audit’s request.

  • Assist with monthly reconciliation for service clearance account and prepare the posting for an adjustment and direct charges.

  • Prepare the adjusting FX gain and loss for CITI World Link Payments.

  • Assist to reduce the number of unreconciled items for each period.

2. Ensure implementation of operational strategies and procedures, focusing on achievement of the following results:

  • Full compliance of financial processes and financial records with UNOPS rules, regulations, policies and strategies.

  • Improvement the efficient reconciliation process through auto-matching by Kyriba system.

  • Facilitation the offices to the correct Internal Standard Operating Procedures in Finance for any particular issued unreconciled transactions.

  • Improvement the efficient reconciliation process for Service Clearance Account by corporation with UNDP.

3. Ensures facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing, focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Participation in the Finance-focused trainings

  • Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education:

  • Completion of Secondary education is required. 
  • A Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting or related fields is desirable, and may substitute some of the required years of work experience.
  • Specialized training in finance is desirable.
Experience:
  • With a high school diploma, a minimum of 4 years of relevant accounting and financial experience is required.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (G Suite) and knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages is desirable.
  • Experience in handling web-based management systems is desirable.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in written and oral English is required.
  • Knowledge of the second UN working language is desirable.

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