Finance Senior Analyst - Financial Statements and Board of Auditors relations

The Finance Senior Analyst supports HQ finance functions focusing on grants advances and liquidation, inventory monitoring, and financial oversight. The role assists IPSAS specialists and contributes to maintaining financial integrity and compliance within UNOPS.

Responsibilities

• Review reconciliation submissions and account balances to ensure recording and reporting compliance in accordance with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable Organizational Directives and Operational Instructions.
• Coordinate and follow up with related parties and prepare issue reports for escalation.
• Support in quarterly and year-end financial closure processes.
• Review, monitor and consolidate UNOPS provision for bad debts, write off and contingent assets/liabilities and liaise with respective offices for timely updates.
• Review finance data in General Ledger for completeness, accuracy, and correctness of accounting entries including Lease management and inventories.
• Exercise periodic monitoring and oversight on transactions and account balances to ensure compliance with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable directives.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining a strong control environment around financial reporting.
• Maintain a log of issues identified, collect and update data to consolidate and complete the issue log.
• Raise or review transactions in UNOPS ERP and provide cross functional support as needed.
• Support audit readiness initiatives related to newly adopted accounting standards by reviewing and validating financial information for accuracy and compliance.
• Support continuous improvement of UNOPS financial processes to reduce manual work and enhance efficiency.
• Support process documentation and continuous improvements in the corporate system (Policy and Process Portal).
• Maintain a log of issues identified, analyze data based on lessons learned and related dashboards.
• Support implementation of new systems and ERP (OneUNOPS).
• Contribute to preparation of training materials in accordance with IPSAS standards and UNOPS Financial Rules & Regulations and deliver training sessions to finance practice members.
• Conduct research and analysis to support development of IPSAS-compliant accounting guidance and financial procedures.
• Analyze impact of new IPSAS standards and assist senior specialists in implementation activities including collaboration with business process owners and IT Group.
• Assist in documenting procedures, SOPs and guidance developed by senior accounting specialists.
• Gather, compile and analyze financial and operational data to support IPSAS Specialist in assessing accounting matters.
• Contribute background research, benchmarking and supporting documentation for technical accounting papers and position papers.
• Provide support to audit focal person during internal and external audit processes and new accounting standards as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, with 4 years of relevant experience OR a master's degree (or equivalent) in any of the above disciplines with 2 years of relevant experience is required.
• Relevant experience in finance and accounting.
• Experience with IPSAS or IFRS accounting standards.
• Experience working in a UN organization is desirable.
• Knowledge of IPSAS 47 & 48 is desirable.
• Experience with OneUNOPS is desirable.
• Experience with grants management and accounting is desirable.
• Experience with inventory monitoring and control is desirable.

Skills

• Accounting
• Finance
• Business Administration
• IPSAS Accounting Standards
• IFRS Accounting Standards
• Grants Management
• Inventory Monitoring
• Financial Oversight
• Financial Statement Preparation
• Board of Auditors Relations
• OneUNOPS
• IPSAS 47
• IPSAS 48

Languages

English, French, Spanish