Finance Associate

tendersglobal.net

Job Description

The Finance Associate will be responsible for providing a variety of specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Advise and assist on all aspects related to preparation of reports, compilation of data and answering queries on pledges recorded, funds received, adjustments made to ensure financial compliance, accuracy and completeness of data for its inclusion into statement of accounts and adjustment of budgets. Advise units of discrepancies and assist to resolve differences in their records.
Maintains financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
Selects and enters data from a wide variety of documents, verifying and ensuring accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data.
Prepares recurring reports as schedules and special reports, as required for budget preparation, audits or other reasons.
Close year-end account and assist in the preparation of year-end reports related to accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepayment, deposits, NEP and leave balances, etc.
Advises and assists international staff, experts and consultants on all aspects of allowances, salary advances, travel claims and other financial matters, and calculates and authorizes payments due for claims and services.
Initiates correspondence to verify data, answers queries and obtains additional information on accounts and financial transactions, as required.
Maintains liaisons with officials of local banks to obtain day-to-day information on exchange and interest rates, changes in procedures and regulations, and matters pertaining to maintenance of office bank accounts. This includes preparation of recurring reports and bank reconciliation.
Prepares detailed cost estimates, and participates in budget analysis and projects, as required.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Completed secondary education. Professional/university level courses in Accounting and Finance Administration will be considered as an asset.
A minimum of six years of clerical experience in the area of Finance and Accounting.
Fluency in English.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/569109

To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your cover/motivation letter where (tendersglobal.net) you saw this internship posting.

Next Senior Data Analyst - Project A (m/f/d) »

Previous « Country Director

Finance Associate

Job Description

Marketing Officer

Chargé de recette et support applicatif Link V2

Chargé.e des Déplacements Internationaux – Lyon

Marketing Officer

Environmental Campaign Organizer

Archaeology Crew Lead (NPS, Lava Beds National Monument)