Finance Officer

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Description

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The Shared Services Centre (SSC) recommends and administers process management and procedures that need to be executed effectively; ensures the management of quality assurance activities associated with the transactional processes and implementation of service delivery; continuously improves the satisfaction of its customers, internal or external, while pursuing a continuous improvement agenda that will drive up service excellence while driving down the costs of service delivery through process standardization, process automation and self-service capabilities.

Key Functions

• Advises on and support the Head of SSC Finance Unit with respect to all areas of finance and accounting.
• Supervises the activities of an operational team in the area of banking, accounts payable, assets, bank reconciliation, and any other team defined in the SSC Finance Unit.
• Participates in work planning within the SSC.
• Ensures that financial transactions comply with organizational rules, regulations, policies and procedures; acts as certifying officer.
• Leads the creation and maintenance of Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) in the area of banking, accounts payable assets and bank reconciliation.
• Monitors the performance management of the finance function within the SSC, ensuring timely completion within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and tracking of statistics.
• Coordinates the development of training and related training materials and promotes best practices and capacity development at headquarters and in Decentralized Offices.
• Coordinates process improvement initiatives and undertakes requirements gathering activities in the assigned area of work in collaboration with Decentralized Offices and the Finance Division.

Minimum Requirements

• National of Hungary.
• Advanced university degree in a field related to business or public administration and three years of relevant experience in office management, administration, accounting and/or audit, budget or finance OR a first level university degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field, five years of relevant experience and completion of professional qualification in accountancy (CA, CPA, ACCA) or investment professional (CFA).
• Working knowledge (proficiency – level C) of English and Hungarian.

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2501121

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