Finance Officer

Org. Setting and Reporting

• These positions are located in the Finance and Budget Section (FBS), in the Programme Support and Management Services (PSMS), at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Geneva. The incumbents report to the Chief of the Finance and Budget Section.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Finance & Budget Officers will be responsible for the following duties:

Organizational Management plan:

• Reviews, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the extrabudgetary financial data for the Organizational Management plan and its revisions on the basis of divisional submissions.

Budget preparation:

Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from Divisions at headquarters and in the field, including programmatic aspects.

• Provides detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Reviews, analyzes and finalizes program budget/financial implications to the Human Rights Council statements in light of additional mandates.
• Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review; assists in securing approval from the General Assembly.

Budget administration:

• Issues allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
• Manages and monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
• Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Prepares budget performance submissions.
• Reviews and finalizes budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.

General

• Provides advice and guidance, including training, to headquarters and field staff on budgetary and financial policies and procedures, including results-based budgeting.
• Participates in inter-departmental meetings and/or technical survey missions on matters related to resource requirements, programming and budgetary issues.
• Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to program budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
• Drafts reports for management on budgetary issues, and correspondence.
• Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or modifications.
• Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4 to ensure that proposed obligations and expenditures are in accordance with approved budgets and established regulations and rules.
• Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them.
• Provides support with respect to representation of the High Commissioner in meetings of legislative organs.
• Represents OHCHR in inter and intra-departmental meetings.
• Plans, organizes, manages and supervises the work of the Unit/Section assigned.
• Incumbents may be asked to perform other related duties.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in finance, business administration, or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required. Experience with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), or similar accrual accounting standards is required. Experience with financial processes and budget preparation for large international organizations as well as responding to queries or issues raised by oversight bodies is required. Experience in coordinating with internal and external auditors, as well as other oversight bodies, is required. Experience in drafting complex and comprehensive financial and budgetary or Adhoc reports is desirable. Experience with the finance and budget modules of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/240664?language=en