Chief of Section, Finance and Budget

Vor 3 Tagen

Geneve, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Programme Support and Management Services (PSMS), of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Geneva. The Chief of Section, Finance, and Budget reports to the Chief of PSMS.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Chief of Section, Finance and Budget will be responsible for the following duties:
Finance:

- Directs a complete financial function of the Organization which includes a number of different and diverse operations and interrelated accounts of the financial system.
- Undertakes special reviews of operational objectives and related financial guidelines and procedures affecting the Organization’s work. Takes the lead in designing and implementing required changes.
- Plans, integrates, and coordinates the work of supervisors responsible for portions of the finance programme, monitors achievement of objectives.
- Reviews accounts. Reviews financial schedules for inclusion in the UN Financial Statements to be audited.
- Provides authoritative advice, financial interpretations, adaptations, and corrective actions in response to audits and other queries to ensure adherence to UN Financial Regulations and Rules, International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), Staff Rules, Administrative Instructions, Bulletins and Circulars. Prepares request to designated officials for exceptions to standard policies and practices.
- Participates in assessment of ongoing or new mechanisms to ensure that there is adequate segregation of financial responsibilities.
- Participates in the development of the offices risk register and implementation of risk mitigation plan under area of responsibility.
- Manages staff, plans and discusses with staff individual work programs, and evaluates performance.
- Manages sections correspondence to divisions and individual staff members, on budgetary and financial related matters as required.

Budget preparation:

- Plans and co-ordinates review of budget submissions.
- Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements ensures compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates.
- Co-ordinates the preparation of budget submissions.

Budget administration:

- 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.
- Monitors variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
- Provides advice and support to relevant office governance bodies including the preparation of budget implementation and performance reports.
- Reviews and validates the statement of programme budget implications for draft resolutions proposed by the Human Rights Council or other legislative bodies.
- Provides general guidance and supervises preparation of the proposed programme budget submission and provides clarifications to queries raised on budget submissions.

General:

- Provides advice and guidance, including training, to Headquarters and field staff on budgetary and financial policies and procedures.
- Participates in inter-departmental meetings and/or technical working groups on matters related to resource requirements, programming financial and budgetary issues.
- Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to finance and budget, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
- Prepares/finalizes reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on financial and budgetary issues, and correspondence, including guidelines, and instructions.
- Acts as Approving Officer in accordance with established regulations and rules and delegated authority.
- Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them.
- Plans, organizes and manages staff and work programme; plans and discusses individual work programmes with staff and evaluates their performance.
- Performs other related duties, as assigned.

Competencies
- PLANNING & ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
- CLIENT ORIENTATION: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep in

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