Finance Assistant

As Finance Assistant, you will help ensure accurate, timely and compliant financial operations across PFP by supporting transaction processing, reconciliations, revenue and contribution management, cash forecasting and fund monitoring. You will help maintain reliable financial information and ensure resources are accurately recorded, monitored and available to support programme implementation and donor reporting.

Responsibilities

• Transaction processing, reconciliation and financial records
• Revenue, receivables, remittances, and cash forecast support
• Contribution, grant and fund monitoring support
• Operational finance and administrative support
• Systems, data quality and process support

Requirements

• Completion of Secondary Education is required.
• Professional and/or university courses related to the field of work are highly desirable.
• At least 5 years of practical work experience in finance, accounting, financial administration, contribution management, grant management/administration, donor revenue management, accounts receivable, financial monitoring or related financial operations is required.
• Practical experience in processing, verifying and reconciling financial transactions, including contributions, receivables, remittances and related supporting documentation is required.
• Experience supporting month-end and year-end closure activities, including preparation of financial reports and follow-up on outstanding items is required.
• Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders and following up actions to ensure timely resolution of financial issues is required.
• Experience in identifying and following up on discrepancies through review of financial data and system records is required.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language, is an asset.
• Experience working with ERP or grant/contribution management systems, preferably SAP/VISION, FRM, CORE/Salesforce or similar systems, is an asset.
• Experience in donor/private sector funding flows, is an asset.
• Experience in international organizations, is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Financial Transaction Processing
• Financial Reconciliation
• Contribution Management
• Grant Management
• Donor Revenue Management
• Accounts Receivable
• Financial Monitoring
• Month-end Closing Procedures
• Year-end Closing
• Financial Reporting
• Discrepancy Identification
• Stakeholder Coordination
• ERP Systems
• SAP
• VISION
• FRM
• CORE
• Salesforce
• Cash Forecasting
• Fund Monitoring

Languages

English