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Call for Interest: Finance Associate, GS-6, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location:
  • Grade: Administrative support - GS-6, General Service - No need for Higher Education - Locally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Human Resources
    • Administrative support
    • Banking and Finance
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Operations and Business Management
    • Finance and Administration
  • Closing Date: Closed

Under the general guidance of the Finance Specialist and the team lead, the key tasks of the finance associate will include: reconciling various bank accounts of UNICEF using SAP. Analyze reconciling items and provide client offices with practical guidance on how to close these items. Suggest necessary journal entries where applicable. Systematically follow up long outstanding items and long outstanding open cases for bank reconciliations. Maintain appropriate records for the work performed. Be able to resolve and/or escalate issues or queries raised by client offices.

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.

For every child, results.
 
UNICEF's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary manages the processing of transactions on behalf of UNICEF offices around the world. The GSSC provides services to UNICEF offices globally in the areas of HR Administration, Payroll, Finance and Customer Care (Information Technology Global Help Desk).
 
How can you make a difference?
 
Under the general guidance of the Finance Specialist and the team lead, reconcile various bank accounts of UNICEF using SAP. Analyze reconciling items and provide client offices with practical guidance on how to close these items. Suggest necessary journal entries where applicable. Systematically follow up long outstanding items and long outstanding open cases for bank reconciliations. Maintain appropriate records for the work performed. Be able to resolve and/or escalate issues or queries raised by client offices.
 
This will involve:
 
Pre-Processing

• Receive and open complex and sensitive cases.
• Review case documentation for completeness.
• Review case documentation for validity and conformity with current rules and regulations.
• Determine the appropriate action based on case details.
 
Processing
 
• Prioritize and manage work activities and time commitments based on business criticality as defined by supervisor.
• Process transactions in SAP / other tools as initiated by cases or regularly scheduled activities.
• Upload electronic/batch files and verify results in destination system. • If at any point the process fails, determine whether to park, return, or escalate.
• Prepare required documentation and submit transactions for approval.
• Update and close cases to reflect accurate status.
• Provide sufficient detail to explain resolutions/status to clients.
 
Quality Assurance
 
• Maintain referential integrity between case records and SAP records.
• Execute all required processing controls (e.g. eligibility, policy compliance, duplicate checking, transaction/employee/account status verification, other).
• Self-QA review completed transactions for accuracy, reconciling source data to outputs.
 
Client Service
 
• Respond to client transaction status and other inquiries.
• Provide technical advice as needed.
• Escalate inquiries requiring more extensive research.
 
As an advocate for every child, you will have…
 
• Completion of secondary education (i.e. high school diploma)
• IT skills and working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite of Products (including MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint)
• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant work experience in administration and finance is required, preferably with the UN or other international organization. A completed university degree from an accredited institution will be counted as 4 years toward the  work experience requirement.
• Previous hands-on experience in planning, organizing and delivering support services relating to finance and accounting is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to deal with confidential and sensitive communication and information
• Proven ability to organize and prioritize
• University level courses in finance, accounting or business are desirable. Studies in accounting and/or enrollment in a program leading to a professional accounting designation is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset - Knowledge of the local language of the duty station is an asset.
Applicants must be nationals of EU countries or in possession of a valid work permit. If you are not a national of the EU, please attach a copy of your work permit to your application submission.
 
General Service (GS) staff are locally recruited staff and therefore, candidates are personally responsible for any travel and accommodation arrangements. UNICEF does not facilitate MFA accreditation for locally recruited staff.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
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