Deadline: 21 February 2016
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Finance Associate in Brasilia, Brazil.
The Finance Associate will be responsible to promote a client-oriented approach consistent with UNOPS rules and regulations, ensuring effective and transparent utilization of financial resources.
UNOPS mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Finance Associate performs the following functions-
- Ensures implementation of operational strategies, adapts processes and procedures focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Full compliance with UNOPS rules and regulations of administrative and financial processes, records and reports and audit follow up.
- Implementation of the effective internal control framework.
- Elaboration of the content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Administrative and Finance.
- Ensures efficient budgetary and monitoring control, focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Extraction of required financial information from UNOPS project agreements and set up of necessary accounts in line with existing UNOPS financial policies and procedures.
- Information-gathering for budget preparation.
- Preparation and processing of project budget revisions.
- Maintenance of budget databases by verifying and entering approved budgets.
- Review and adjustment of project expenditures/obligations against approved budgets.
- Budgets in conformity with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations & procedures of the funding source.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Completion of secondary school or equivalent.
- Diploma or certification in finance-related subjects or business administration essential.
- 6 years of progressively responsible finance experience is required at the national or international level, especially as regards general banking and currency exchange transactions.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Office), advance knowledge of spreadsheet and web-based management systems.
- Fluency in written and oral English and language of the duty station required (Portuguese).
- Knowledge of Spanish is desirable.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNOPS.
