Finance Assistant

vor 3 Wochen

Fribourg, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Finance Section, Financial Resources Management Service, Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva. The Finance Assistant will report to the Chief of Unit.

**Responsibilities**:
Under the supervision of the Chief of the Unit, the incumbent:

- Reviews and processes incoming Inter-Office Voucher transactions from UNDP country offices, and submits relevant Umoja documents to the Supervisor or the Finance Officer for approval.
- Reviews supporting documents of Fund Commitments received from other offices for approval by the Finance Officer.
- Reviews and processes requests for billing to clients and prepares accurate monthly billing statements for each client for approval by the Finance Officer.
- Processes applied deposits and refers unidentified cases to the Supervisor for advice.
- Assists in processing payments due by the Organization and settlement of staff members’ entitlements:

- Processes payment requests in connection with purchase of goods and services after ensuring compliance with all relevant rules and instructions, and proper documentation and certification.
- Processes travel claims in conformity with travel authorization, ensuring compliance with relevant rules and instructions, and proper documentation and certification.

Competencies

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals. Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others. Places team agenda before personal agenda. Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position. Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

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 informed and anticipate problems. Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects. Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Job - Specific Qualification
Advanced level of excel is desirable.

Work Experience
At least three (3) years of financial and accounting experience are required.

Experience Entreprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP or Umoja, is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English or French is required; and knowledge of the other is desirable.

Assessment

Special Notice

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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