JOB DESCRIPTION

24168 tendersglobal.net Registry

Posting Date:

24/09/2025

Deadline for Applications:

01/10/2025 (midnight The Hague time)

Organizational Unit:

Accounts and Treasury Unit, Finance Section, Registry

Duty Station:

The Hague – NL

Type of Appointment:

Short-Term Appointment

Minimum Net Annual Salary:

€71,193.00

Contract Duration:

To be determined

Special Notice:

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

Due to the short-term nature of the assignment, the ICC reserves the right to make an appointment at one grade lower than that stated in the vacancy with a modified job description.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context

The Associate Treasury Officer is a member of the Accounts and Treasury Unit within the Finance Section. Working in strict cooperation with the Budget Section, the goal of the Finance section is to:

• Ensure proper application and implementation of the Financial Regulations and Rules (FRR) as promulgated by the Rome Statute, any directives or administrative instructions and financial procedures.
• Prepare the Court’s and TFV’s Financial Statements in compliance with IPSAS for timely submission to the external auditors and to ensure an unqualified audit opinion is released at the end of a smooth audit procedure.
• Provide financial management needs for the smooth running of the Court’s operations and implementation of its mandate.
• Lead and implement financial management tools that will drive the Court in achieving its objectives while having absolute compliance with international public sector reporting standards.
• Provide financial services to all Organs of the Court and to advice, guide and lead finance related projects within the strategic goals and objectives of the Court.

Within this Section and under the overall supervision of the Chief of Finance, the Accounts and Treasury Unit is responsible for maintaining accounts and posting schemes for transactions, records and prepares the Financial Statements of the Court and of the Trust Fund for Victims. It manages assessed contributions, voluntary contributions and contingency funds for the operational and investment needs, and effectively monitors and reports on these in accordance with Assembly and donor requirements. In addition, it executes payments, ensuring that funds are available to meet cash needs through cash flow forecasting, and executes and monitors investments.

The Accounts and Treasury Unit also provides customer friendly treasury services which meet clients’ needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Within this framework, and under the direct supervision of the Head, Accounts and Treasury Unit, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Manage the investments of the ICC and Trust Fund for Victims surplus funds in the regular budget, trust funds and other funds, keeping the highest standard with regard to capital preservation, liquidity and rate of return of the invested funds, and in accordance with all Financial Regulations, Rules and Directives;
• Review all transactions affecting the cash holdings of the ICC and the Trust Fund for Victims. This includes ensuring that the method of outgoing payments is appropriate, i.e. cash, electronic transfers, prepaid cards, credit cards, and that the method of payment is the most efficient method and least costly in bank fees;
• Ensure incoming funds are recorded properly into the organisation’s accounts;
• Analyse, on a daily basis, the organisation’s cash position to ensure that sufficient funds are available and the rest is invested for optimum returns;
• Analyse short- and long-term cash inflows and outflows and prepare cash flow forecast reports in order to meet operational requirements;
• Review cash management procedures to ensure that the organisation’s funds are secure and that strong internal controls are in place to prevent loss and fraud;
• Make proposals for the organisation’s investment policy and recommend changes to the policy when necessary;
• Collect and analyse financial information with regard to interest rates, banks” credit ratings, and foreign currency requirements and their exchange rates and report this information to the Investment Committee on a regular basis along with the performance of the investments of the ICC and Trust Fund for Victims;
• Act as Secretary of the Investment Committee (IC) in charge of preparing and coordinating the regular Investment Committees and following up on the implementation of the IC’s recommendations;
• Manage the daily treasury operations;
• Prepare the daily bank position, cash flow forecast, and monthly investment and cash reports;
• Manage the banking relationships of the ICC and the Trust Fund for Victims and review and maintain the contracts with banks;

Essential Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced university degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of two years (four years with a first level university degree) of related experience in cash management, banking or accounting.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Essential:
  • Knowledge of electronic banking and financial software
  • Knowledge of relevant financial rules and regulations
  • Experience working with financial and ERP systems, in particular SAP
  • Knowledge of market investment products and of banking infrastructure.

  Desirable: Knowledge of practices within the UN common system is desirable

Skills and Abilities (key competencies):

• High level of integrity
• Good knowledge of cross-border banking operations, investments and currency markets;
• Proven communication skills: Ability to prepare management reports and to make effective presentations;
• Keeps abreast of the latest technology in banking and treasury areas;
• Discretion, tact, accuracy, and an eye for details are required;
• Personal qualities should include the ability to work harmoniously with colleagues from many different countries and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to plan and coordinate complex projects or programmes; complete assigned work within allocated time and supervise and monitor the work of others;
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial data, maintain accurate records and provide authoritative advice;
• Ability to handle large volume of work and make timely decisions under stressful conditions;

Knowledge of languages:

• Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, English or French, is required. Working knowledge of the other is an asset. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish) would be considered an asset.

ICC Leadership Competencies

Purpose

Collaboration

People

Results

ICC Core Competencies

Dedication to the mission and values

Professionalism

Teamwork

Learning and developing

Handling uncertain situations

Interaction

Realising objectives

Learn more about ICC leadership and core competencies.

General Information

– Candidates appointed to posts at a P-5 grade or in the Director category are subject to a maximum aggregate length of service of seven years. This is pursuant to a decision of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP Resolution ICC-ASP/23/Res.2) to implement a tenure policy at the Court as of 1 January 2025.

– The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with ICC policy. The PSC process will include but will not be limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check.

– Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site.

– Post to be filled by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which has signed and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process. This is pursuant to a decision of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP Resolution ICC-ASP/23/Res.3) to introduce a moratorium on the recruitment by the ICC of staff of non-States Parties’ nationality.

– In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC aims to achieve fair representation of women and men for all positions, representation of the principal legal systems of the world for legal positions, and equitable geographical representation for positions in the professional category.

– Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged.

– Personnel recruited at the General Service level are not entitled to all of the benefits granted to internationally-recruited staff;

– The International Criminal Court applies the Inter-Organization Mobility Accord and can support secondment of staff from organizations of the United Nations Common System.