Senior Finance Associate

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT: This position is located in Global Headquarters (GHQ), operating under the Global Finance Field Support Branch (CFOFF) two-layer service model. It reports to the Head of Unit, Finance Field support Officer, oversight to learning offices, or designate.

At this level job holders have independent responsibility for technical, specialized work including planning, organization and coordination, and setting objectives. They deal with issues that are often undefined and involve areas of uncertainty and complex inter­relationships. The instructions received are broad and the job holders are expected to consistently demonstrate a high degree of responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries. Job holders have a level of expertise and knowledge to adapt and develop systems and processes in order to continually improve the level of support provided.

They are expected to motivate and develop a team of support staff and/or are responsible for specialized support service(s) where the work is undertaken with the help of specially designed techniques, methods and processes.

This position is based in Regional Office- Cairo Egypt.

To plan and coordinate financial management services, operational backstopping, and service delivery for the Regional Director’s Office (RDO), outposted global functions, and Country Offices (COs) under CFOFF; monitor financial risks and corrective actions ; and supervise support staff to ensure financial resources are used compliantly, transparently, and efficiently.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

• Act as an escalation point in providing procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.
• Participate in the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures, interpret and assess the impact of changes and make recommendations on follow up actions, to support setup and implementation of proper accounting procedures, systems and internal controls.
• Contribute to the improvement of internal processes, enhancement of corporate systems and design of tools, to support transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources.
• Monitor the daily cash position in order to optimize the use of surplus cash and maximize returns on investment through the liquidity portfolio.
• Ensure that payments are processed in a timely manner, resolve complex issues relating to the disbursement or replenishment of funds in line with WFP rules and regulations.
• Contribute to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of budgets, monitor expenditure and budget forecasts, to ensure that relevant future funding requirements are met.
• Co-ordinate with other teams in order to ensure that all financial and administrative services are being performed efficiently and in line with the needs of the wider team.
• Monitor account balances and oversee the recording of financial transactions in an accurate and timely manner to avoid the occurrence of an overdraft.
• Monitor, control and analyse general ledger accounts in order to initiate and achieve corrective actions.
• Prepare and analyse financial and statistical reports based on the established frequency and provide recommendations for further actions to the Finance Officer or other staff, to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Co-ordinate and supervise work of other support staff, and support their learning and development in management of financial resources (e.g. managing the petty cash/sub imprest account, review and analyse vendor and balance sheet accounts, etc.), to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.
• Remain on stand-by at all times and follow standard emergency preparedness practices in order to meet immediate emergency requirements for further service on job and in the field.

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Experience: Seven or more years of progressively responsible work experience in the relative business stream with experience in general administrative work.

Knowledge and Skills

• Has experience analysing, interpreting data and generating reports at national level.
• Coached and trained a new staff member in the RM function.

Language: General Service (GHQ): Fluency (Level C) in spoken and written English and the UN language in use at the duty station (Arabic). Knowledge of a third official UN language is highly desirable

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