Responsibilities
Medium-term plan: Reviews, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialized inter-governmental bodies.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan and its revisions; assists in securing approval from the General Assembly and the Executive Board.
Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets.
Budget preparation: Reviews and analyses data with respect to the finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from offices at Headquarters and in the field, including programmatic aspects.
Provides support to managers with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review; assists in securing approval from the Executive Board and the General Assembly.
Budget administration: Issues allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
Monitors budget implementation and determines/recommends reallocation of funds when necessary.
Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
Reviews all requisitions generated by the Umoja ERP system for goods and services to ensure correct objects of expenditure have been charged, ensuring availability of funds.
Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
Prepares relevant documentation with respect to budget performance submissions.
Reviews and makes appropriate recommendations with respect to the finalization of budget performance reports, analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures. • Provides substantive support to intergovernmental and legislative bodies.
General: Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures;
Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
Monitors and supervises the work of subordinate staff as may be required.
Performs other related duties, as assigned.
Education
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, or related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
Work Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in accounting, finance, administration, budget or business administration is required.
Experience in implementation of Accounting Standards, including International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is required.
Working experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system e.g. Systems, Applications and Products (SAP), is required.
Experience working in an international setting is desirable. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable