Finance Officer - Payroll and Staff Payment

Overview

Coordinate and provide finance, budget and administration support services, including managing payroll and staff payments, to ensure efficient operations and inform decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage payroll, and related payments including salary, entitlements, indemnity and travel
• Manage payments to families or beneficiaries of detained staff and other sensitive transactions
• Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of staff related financial transactions
• Support financial closure, required reconciliation and staff relevant write-off transactions
• Report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects assigned
• Track and collate data to support others to improve policies, systems and procedures
• Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance
• Compile data from the WFP database and systems and provide analysis in monthly basis
• Guide and supervise more junior staff
• Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events

Required Experience

Total relevant 5 years of experience including 1 year of Professional experience. UN experience in working in the finance, project management, in humanitarian and development context are preferrable.

Qualifications

University degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant fields, Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered, Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA)or equivalent.

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