Overview
The Finance and Budget Assistant will be responsible for providing administrative and operational support within the Common Administrative Platform, focusing on financial administration and budget management for various departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as Certifying Officer and scrutinize source documents for completeness, accuracy and validity.
- Provide input into accounting records and prepare transactions for budget releases and redeployments.
- Undertake research and provide support for budget reviews.
- Monitor resources, ensuring compliance with regulations and policies.
- Review requisitions for goods and services and various transactions for correctness and adherence to rules.
- Analyze complex accounting transactions and claims.
- Monitor financial databases and expenditures, liaising with programme managers for adjustments.
- Verify accuracy of input data against the ERP system.
- Investigate erroneous charges and prepare corrective accounting actions.
- Maintain and update documents and guidelines related to programme matters.
- Draft correspondence in response to financial and budget inquiries.
- May provide guidance, training, and supervision to other general service staff.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative, services or related area is required. Experience in the administration and management of budgetary resources is required. Experience with financial management and transacting in ERP systems, such as SAP (Umoja) is required. Experience certifying acquisition of goods/services and travel is required. Experience in servicing multiple clients is required. Experience in reviewing and reconciling expenditures, and resolving discrepancies is required. Experience using Business Intelligence (BI) reports and analytics software, such as Umoja Analytics is required.
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
