Finance Senior Analyst - Treasury and Investment Management

UNOPS headquarters is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It provides strategic direction, policy guidance, and operational support to UNOPS offices worldwide.

The Finance Group serves as a strategic partner and fiduciary advisor, ensuring transparent, accountable, and effective resource management across UNOPS. The Group defines financial strategy in alignment with organizational goals, establishes finance policies, systems, and processes, and leads corporate budgeting to enable full cost recovery and ensure long-term financial sustainability. Throughout the project lifecycle, the Finance Group provides expert guidance, oversight, and tailored financial solutions. Responsibilities include delivering comprehensive financial and corporate performance reporting, strengthening financial capacity across the organization, and continuously enhancing resource planning and allocation. In addition, the Finance Group prepares and oversees the implementation of finance-related policies, upholding the highest standards of financial stewardship and supporting UNOPS in achieving operational excellence and fiscal responsibility.

Within the FG Treasury area, in the Treasury Middle Office team, the Finance Senior Analyst - Treasury and Investment Management reports to the Finance Specialist – Treasury and Investment Management. The role holder will act as the deputy team lead to the Treasury Middle Office, and in their role support the management of UNOPS’ banking, investment, and cash management operations, as well as knowledge and team management.

      1. Banking & Cash Management

• Monitor global bank accounts, cash positions, and forecasting across all currencies, proactively addressing any discrepancies.
• Lead initiatives to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of global cash management and forecasting.
• Review and optimize the Payment Bank Matrix to ensure cost-effective and streamlined payment routing.
• Collaborate with the Finance Specialist (Treasury Solutions) and the Global Shared Service Center (GSSC) to investigate and resolve complex or recurring payment discrepancies.
• Partner with the Bank Reconciliation team to facilitate the timely resolution of unidentified transactions.
• Authorize payment instructions, including transfer orders and bank instructions, ensuring compliance for treasury operations.
• Collaborate with the Finance Specialist (Treasury Solutions) and IT to test and implement seamless bank connectivity (SWIFT/H2H).
• Support quarterly and annual financial book closure processes.
• Manage and maintain secure access to banking portals across all UNOPS accounts.
• Oversee bank account lifecycle management in Treasury Management systems and Enterprise Resource Planning system, including opening, closure, and maintenance.
• Track and analyze bank charges and interest postings to ensure fiscal optimization.
• Cultivate strong treasury relationships with regional and local offices, providing expert guidance on project-specific banking and cash management solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of banking policies and operational guidelines.
• Design dashboards, monitor treasury risks, and provide strategic analytical insights on banking and cash management to executive leadership.

      2. FX and investment management

• Lead, coordinate, and oversee the timely execution of daily financial transactions within Treasury systems.
• Review and approve financial transactions to ensure full compliance with UNOPS policies.
• Develop dashboards, monitor risks, and provide analytical insights on treasury transactions for Finance Group management.
• Support year-end closure processes and assist in the preparation of financial statements for assigned portfolios.
• Facilitate responses to audit inquiries.

     3. Treasury Systems & Tools

• Drive innovation by proposing enhancements to treasury processes, solutions, and systems.
• Translate business needs into detailed requirements for treasury systems and process improvements, including ERP and TMS functionalities.

       4. Field Office Advisory and Support 

• Provide advisory support to field offices regarding alternative payment solutions.
• Assist field offices with expert guidance on escalated treasury-related queries.

       5. Knowledge

• Contribute with practical knowledge to the enhancements of practice policy developments.
• Actively contribute to global knowledge by maintaining knowledge systems and sharing information and knowledge across the regions.
• Provide training to personnel on processes, rules/policies, and systems.
• Recommend solutions and process efficiency initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of corporate systems and tools.
• Contribute to the development and introduction of innovation to ensure UNOPS is continually incorporating best practice approaches into financial services.
• Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for corporate development planning and knowledge building.
• Support UNOPS in facilitating an efficient framework on the dissemination and sharing of best practices so that knowledge is utilised to the most extent possible.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Economics,  Business Administration, or a related field, with 4 years of relevant experience OR

• A master's degree (or equivalent) in any of the above disciplines with 2 years of relevant experience is required.

  
  

Desired

• Appropriate professional accreditation or qualification in the area of treasury is desirable.

Required

• Relevant experience is defined as work in Finance in Banking or Treasury required

• Experience using a Treasury System (e.g.TMS) is required.

Desired

• Experience in middle office/back office operations is highly desirable (incl. but not limited to cash management and forecasting, payments workflows, reconciliations and investigations, financial transactions).

• Knowledge of financial instruments (Fixed Income, Money Markets, and options) transaction processing is desirable.

• Experience using single and multi-bank platforms is desirable.

• Experience using Confirmation Matching Services (e.g. Finastra) is desirable.

• Experience using SWIFT is desirable.

• Experience in working with UN organizations is desirable.

• Exposure and experience working with other treasury technology (e.g., trading platforms, payment connections) and implementation experience is a strong asset

• Exposure to treasury in fragile contexts and developing/frontier markets is a strong asset.

  
  

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