Finance Assistant, GS-5, Fixed Term,Amman-Jordan #84648 ((Open to Jordanian Nationals Only)

Under supervision, performs moderately specialized tasks in the accounting and finance functions.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

Purpose of the Job:

Under supervision, performs moderately specialized tasks in the accounting and finance functions

How can you make a difference?

1. Receive invoices from programme sections, verify accuracy, correctness including coding and completeness of documents and including checking the availability of adequate funding as appropriate

2. Work as focal point to the Global Shared Service Center (GSSC) in Budapest for submitting all country office invoices and payment requests.

3. Follow up banking issues and requesting replenishments for the MENARO bank accounts and resolve reconciling items resulted from the monthly bank reconciliations for bank accounts maintained by MENARO.

4. Checking all Direct Cash transfer (DCT) requests, liquidations and reclassifications, Participate in HACT assurance activities by conducting spot checks for Implementing Partners (IP).

5. Perform the monthly payroll activities from identifying funding shortages to confirming accuracy of the payment of the month

6. Analyze open items in General Ledger account balances as part of the monthly closure activities.

7. Submit all Fixed Assets disposal transactions to GSSC in compliance with the current SOPs.

8. Submit the monthly bank reconciliation needed sheets for GSSC and ensure completion of the bank reconciliation report.

9. Review requests for change of funding source and other adjustments, and submit requests for change of funding source and other adjustments to GSSC.

10. Assists higher level officers in all aspects of accounts maintenance and providing reports on financial status, procedures, costs and expenditures, and potential funding problems.

11. Support the HACT assurance activities (spot checks) to implementing partners.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required with professional/university level courses in Accounting and Finance/Business administration considered as an asset.
• Experience: A minimum of Five years of clerical experience in the area of finance and accounting is required.
• Language Requirement: Fluency of English and local language of the duty station required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The technical competencies required for this post are….

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

• Candidates will not be considered if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, or crimes other than minor traffic offences, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts.
• “UNICEF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence”