Deadline: 8 April 2016
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Head, Accounts Division in Geneva, Switzerland. The duration of this post is 2 years.
ITU is committed to connecting the entire world’s people – wherever they live and whatever their means, through protection and support to everyone’s fundamental right to communicate.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Head, Accounts Division performs the following functions-
- Is responsible for organizing, managing, monitoring and overseeing the Union’s accounts, including:
- The Union’s budgetary accounts, special accounts and accounts for voluntary funds.
- The Union’s insurance fund accounts.
- Debtors’ accounts.
- Accounts payable.
- The accounts of world and regional telecommunication exhibitions and forums.
- Any other accounts that may be established as required.
- Prepares balance sheets for the above-mentioned accounts and liaises with external auditors in the course of their audits.
- Establishes and refines working methods and accounting procedures, bearing in mind the possibilities offered by information technology systems.
- Assists and deputizes for the Chief of the Department in his/her capacity as Secretary of the Budget Control Committee during ITU conferences.
- Participates in inter-organizational meetings and represents ITU at meetings on, among other things, accounting standards and the standardization of financial statements.
- Advises the ITU management on financial and accounting practices.
- Prepares studies, reports, and documents on financial and accounting matters for the Secretary-General, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Council, the Plenipotentiary Conference and the United Nations.
- Assists in the drawing up of ITU’s financial rules and regulations, ensuring that they comply with generally accepted accounting standards.
- Provides general assistance to the Chief of the Department in regard to all the above-mentioned tasks.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree in accountancy, finance, business administration or a related field OR education in a reputed college of advanced education with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of an advanced university degree in one of the fields above.
- A first university degree in one of the fields above in combination with fifteen years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree for promotion or rotation purposes (For internal candidates).
- At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in the field of accountancy, including at least five at the international level.
- A Doctorate in a related field can be considered as a substitute for three years of working experience.
- Knowledge of one of the six official languages of the Union (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish) at advanced level and knowledge of a second official language at intermediate level.
- Knowledge of a third official language would be an advantage.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit ITU.
