Finance Associate Treasury

UNOPS mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS provides its partners with advisory, implementation and transactional services, with projects ranging from building schools and hospitals, to procuring goods and services and training local personnel. UNOPS works closely with governments and communities to ensure increased economic, social and environmental sustainability for the projects we support, with a focus on developing national capacity.

UNOPS vision is a world where people can live full lives supported by appropriate, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and by the efficient and transparent use of public resources in procurement and project management.

With over 8,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it.  By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.  

The Finance Group (FG) is a critical and strategic business function in UNOPS and serves as an authoritative and integrated partner in the organization on strategic financial planning and budgeting, business strategy and practices, financial analysis and risk assessment, financial management services and long term organisational treasury and investments.  As the steward of resources of a self-financing UN entity, FG is accountable for timely cost recovery and reporting to partners, maintaining the integrity and transparency of financial management of resources in accordance with the highest standards of ethics and organisational/international accountability framework and the accurate and transparent financial reporting to governing bodies, clients, partners and stakeholders.

The Finance Associate - Treasury reports to the Head of Treasury.  The role is responsible for assisting with effective management of cash, investment and foreign exchange operations for resources mobilized by the organization.

Summary of functions

1. Banking

2. Investment

3. Knowledge management and innovation 

1.     Banking         

• Assist in daily cash positioning and liquidity planning.

• Assist in the preparation of forecasts.

• Assist in establishment and maintenance of UNOPS bank accounts.

• Allocate HQ accounts banking fees to other business units.

• Reconciliation of General Ledger with Treasury module.

• Ensure business requirements relating to Treasury services are promptly implemented in our ERP.

2.     Investment        

• Perform close monitoring of UNOPS Fx exposure.

• Process foreign currency and interest rate transactions.

• Assist in the preparation of reports on investment and related matters for the Investment Committee (IC).

• Assist in producing heading reports. 

• Prepare the reconciliation of cash positions.

• Contribute to the year-end closure process and in the preparation of the year-end financial statements for assigned areas.

• Assist in the preparation of year-end audit letters to ensure bank balances and transactions are properly audited.

3.     Knowledge management and innovation        

• 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.
  Impact of results
  
  The Finance Associate - Treasury impacts the effective management and financial integrity of UNOPS enabling prudent management and growth of financial assets and building an informed and shared management engagement on financial issues in support of the UNOPS overall strategy.
  
  
  

• Completion of secondary school or equivalent. Bachelor degree in accounting finance or any other related field will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible finance experience is required at the national or international level.
• Some experience in UN organisations an asset.
• Full working knowledge of English.  
• Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

APPLICANTS SHOULD INCLUDE A MOTIVATION LETTER WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS.