Finance Manager (Structured Finance), P-4, Division of Finance and Administrative Management, New York Headquarters

The Division of Finance & Administration (DFAM) at UNICEF HQ strives to provide relevant, accurate and timely information to the UNICEF executive leadership to facilitate robust decision-making and strategic direction recognizing the needs of children across the world. The Structured Finance Unit within DFAM’s Treasury & Structured Finance Section is new and is in response to the recognized need to develop capacity and expertise within UNICEF to assist the organization in reviewing, constructing and implementing innovative financial structures within UNICEF’s financial regulations and rules that enable UNICEF to accelerate the delivery of critical vaccines, nutritional, educational and health supplies to encourage market shaping activities and to accelerate and/or expand programmatic activities (e.g. in WASH and Education).

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

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For every child, a Fair Chance
The Division of Finance & Administration (DFAM) at UNICEF HQ strives to provide relevant, accurate and timely information to the UNICEF executive leadership to facilitate robust decision-making and strategic direction recognizing the needs of children across the world.

The Structured Finance Unit within DFAM’s Treasury & Structured Finance Section is new and is in response to the recognized need to develop capacity and expertise within UNICEF to assist the organization in reviewing, constructing and implementing innovative financial structures within UNICEF’s financial regulations and rules that enable UNICEF to accelerate the delivery of critical vaccines, nutritional, educational and health supplies to encourage market shaping activities and to accelerate and/or expand programmatic activities (e.g. in WASH and Education).

How can you make a difference?

As Finance Manager, you will lead a team focused on the review, analysis, structuring and negotiation of innovative, risk informed financing mechanisms that provide UNICEF with more efficient and effective delivery structures while ensuring coordinated linkages with other involved and/or impacted HR Divisions, Regional and Country offices.  
 
Some of the key functions involve as follows:

1. To be DFAM’s first point of contact for its engagement in innovative financing mechanisms, including the Vaccine Independence Initiative (VII), the US Fund’s Bridge Fund, market shaping arrangements, complex financial arrangements for the distribution of cash to beneficiaries and any proposals involving financial risk for UNICEF as they arise. 
2. Provide clear and concise risk and operational assessments of structures, including potential “road blocks,” to the involved parties and management.
3.Determine and suggest possible alternative structures and/or approaches.
4. Manage a small team of professionals who should be or developed to be subject matter experts in the areas of pre-financing, guarantees, trade finance, cash-based assistance and transfer modalities, cash flow analysis, financial risk analysis and financial operations.
5. Develop and maintain guidance materials to educate operations and program colleagues of what financial modalities should be used when and under what circumstances (advantages, disadvantages and risks associated with them).

To qualify as a/an [champion or advocate] for every child you will have…

•Advanced University degree preferably in Business, Economics and Finance.
•At least 8 (eight) years of professional work experience preferably in the following areas in private or public sectors:
•Banking and financial markets experience.
•Project and/or trade finance structuring experience, which could be applied in a humanitarian and/or development context.
•Trust Funds and/or Innovative financing mechanisms.
◦Experience in working and negotiating in a multi-cultural environment is desired.
 Experience in managing teams
•Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required.  Knowledge of an additional UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty,

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.