Deadline: 11 January 2016
World Food Programme (WFP) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Finance Officer in Cairo, Egypt.
The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Finance Officer will perform the following functions-
- Support the corporate finance and resource management strategies, through contributing to the development of strategically aligned policies, and participating in key programmatic initiatives, and embedding value for money in these initiatives through advice on financial assessment, reporting and accounting.
- Advice and support COs in implementing finance, budgeting and resource management policies and plans in order to ensure transparent and efficient utilization of WFP’s financial resources and identify areas for savings in current financial or business processes.
- Carry out regular visits to Country Offices as appropriate and assist in clarifying and improving proper application of policies and procedures, and oversee preparation of reports on findings with improvement action plans.
- Oversee the provision of financial assessment of partners, service providers, and other entities as needed, providing conclusions to management to enable them to make informed decisions.
- Design, implement, monitor and analyze budgets for new and ongoing projects according to established corporate procedures and requirements.
- Ensure that bank reconciliation, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures are performed regularly and in accordance with corporate requirements.
- Where necessary, manage and coordinate administrative services, negotiating contracts and following standard processes to provide cost-effective, quality and timely services to WFP staff.
- Consolidate and analyze financial data, identifying potential trends and issues, presenting clear recommendations and influencing management to tackle complex or regional problems.
- Develop and oversee the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, undertaking periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks.
- Lead, motivate and coach a team of finance professionals and general service staff to enable continued development and high performance.
- Represent unit at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required.
- Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
- Contribute to preparedness actions such as early warning, risk analysis and contingency planning and make recommendations. Periodically monitor the management of risks and report on any action taken.
- Other duties as required.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.
- At least eight years (3 of which are international) of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in finance with great independence and decision making authority and complex budget.
- In-depth knowledge of financial management and reporting.
- Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems, including SAP and other ERP systems.
- General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration is desirable.
- Fluency in oral and written English with an intermediate knowledge of Arabic is
- Another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is an advantage.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit WFP.
