Overview
The Finance and Budget Officer will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and finalizing the preparation of the medium-term plan and budget proposals, as well as administering and monitoring budget implementation and extra-budgetary resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Reviews, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions.
- Provides substantive support to intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan.
- Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into program budgets.
- Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals.
- Provides detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions.
- Reviews, analyzes and finalizes program budget/financial implications to the Security Council statements.
- Issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, including redeployment of funds.
- Manages and monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds.
- Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
- Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources.
- Authorizes payment to Governments for settlement of claims.
- Prepares budget performance submissions.
- Reviews and finalizes budget performance reports, analyzing variances.
- Contributes to the cost recovery planning, billing and monitoring of client services.
- Provides strategic advice on budgeting, resource planning and compliance.
- Oversees client relations, audit, financial reporting, financial management, and service delivery improvement.
- Coordinates financial and budgetary aspects of the Common Administrative Platform (CAP) initiatives.
- Provides advice and guidance, including training, to staff on budgetary and financial policies and procedures.
- Participates in inter-departmental meetings and/or technical survey missions.
- Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to program and/or peacekeeping budgets.
- Drafts reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues, and correspondence.
- Drafts official documentation to troop contributing countries concerning reimbursements.
- Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes.
- Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4.
- Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them.
- Provides support with respect to representation of the Section in high level meetings.
- Represents FBS or division in inter and intra-departmental meetings.
- May plan, organize, manage and supervise the work of the Unit/Section assigned.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights using data visualization methods.
Required Experience
Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration, or related area is required. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with 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 an advantage.
