Overview
Provides analytical support and services in day-to-day cash management, monitoring imprest cash levels, conducting compliance oversight, and problem-solving for local cash management and replenishment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Country Offices in having adequate local and hard currency balances to optimally meet operational needs.
- Review and validate replenishment requests submitted through UNall or other channels.
- Analyze Country Office short-term and medium-term cash-flow requirements.
- Process EFTs in FIS/Integrity with full adherence to settlement timelines.
- Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards and tracking reports.
- Conduct periodic and systematic reviews of the aging status of all bank account signatory changes.
- Perform analytical checks to identify lags, control gaps, or inconsistencies in signatory updates.
- Run compliance and control reports to verify adherence to UNDP Financial Regulations & Rules (FRRs).
- Process and validate bank signatory updates for Zero Balance Accounts (ZBAs).
- Review and verify signatory updates submitted by Country Offices.
- Prepare high-quality documentation for management approval.
- Serve as a liaison with banking partners to coordinate updates.
- Manage and analyze zero-balance account (ZBA) payment inquiries.
- Triaging and resolving ServiceNow (UNall) inquiries from country offices.
- Process, track, and resolve payment recall requests and investigate returned or rejected payments.
- Collect, validate, and analyze local exchange rates submitted by Country Offices.
- Update the UNORE working files with validated data.
- Execute specialized rate-upload activities by performing manual UNORE uploads in the ERP.
- Verify accuracy of rate mapping, system posting logic, and downstream impacts.
- Conduct ongoing governance of the UNORE calendar.
- Identify scheduling conflicts or operational risks that could affect timely publication of UN operational rates.
- Provide technical oversight of the UNORE SharePoint site.
- Deliver analytical insights by identifying anomalies in rate submissions.
- Monitor Country Office compliance with the Internal Control Framework, cash management procedures and policies.
- Perform variance and trend analysis to flag abnormal accumulation of funds.
- Oversee and analyze Country Office local investment activities.
- Conduct exception analysis to ensure that local investments are aligned with Treasury’s risk parameters.
- Identify and follow up on aged petty cash and cash-arrangement exceptions.
- Work with Country Offices to implement corrective actions.
- Support the annual Treasury Certification process.
- Lead quarterly analytical reviews of Country Offices and bureaux performance.
- Synthesize financial and operational indicators into concise One-Pager executive briefs.
- Design and maintain a standardized One-Pager framework.
- Conduct comparative and cohort analysis across regions, bureaux, and peer Country Office clusters.
- Track implementation of recommendations through a formal follow-up and verification cycle.
- Develop management dashboards and drill-down reports.
- Synthesize lessons learned and best practices in financial management.
- Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
Required Experience
Minimum of seven (7) years (with Secondary Education) or four (4) years (with Bachelor’s degree )in corporate treasury, FX operations, banking, or financial analytics. Experience with ERP financial systems (e.g., Oracle). Experience and sound understanding of banking, cash management, global payments system. Advanced proficiency in Excel, BI and database packages. Strong quantitative and analytical skills Proven knowledge of IPSAS, IFRS and/or GAAP. Demonstrated experience in AI, digital transformation, and process automation. Eager to explore and apply new technologies. Experience as a collaborative team player with flexibility to work across global time zones. Hands-on experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS), including transaction processing, reporting, or system administration. Demonstrated experience in cash management, including liquidity management, forecasting, and reconciliation activities. Proven ability to serve and communicate effectively with clients from diverse and multicultural backgrounds, demonstrating cultural sensitivity and adaptability.
Qualifications
Completion of Secondary Education is required with specialized certification in Accounting, Finance or Treasury. First level University degree (Bachelor’s Degree) in Finance or Accounting .or equivalent field will be given due consideration, but not a requirement. Part-qualified accountants from a recognized institute of accountancy, or relevant Treasury qualification, will have a distinct advantage. Candidates with no professional accountancy qualifications, but with degrees that major in accountancy and/or finance must complete UNDP Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP), if recruited. However, no UNDP Accountancy and Finance Test (AFT) is required. Candidates with no professional accountancy qualifications but with relevant experience must successfully undertake UNDP Accountancy and Finance Test (AFT) before shortlisting, and must complete the UNDP Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP), if recruited. ACT, CFA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CIPFA, or other internationally recognized accounting certifications.
