Finance Officer (CBT)-STP, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.

Experience: 5 years of relevant professional experience.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.
 

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This Job is located in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Country Office, under the general supervision of Head of Finance and technical guidance of the Senior Regional Finance Advisor.

JOB PURPOSE

To manage the stewardship of WFP’s resources, providing specialized assistance in Cash Based Transfer interventions from Finance function in the context of current L2 emergency in Bangladesh.

With the changing environment of operations and financial policies set by the government, below are the expected deliverables at the end of assignment: 

• Review and amendment of current contracts, launch of new tenders, or use of Global Beneficiary Payment Solution with Western Union
• Follow-up with KYC requirement of the government, and support to implementation of cash delivery at scale in camp and for host communities
• Establishment of a multi-wallet and the multipurpose cash platform in partnering with other UN agencies and NGOs
• Greater engagement and linkage with SCOPE application for further scale-up.
• Provide support to other finance function as required

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Support Bangladesh Country Office operations in Cox’s Bazar on the implementation of CBT interventions, and compliance with WFP standard procedures and processes.
2. Support and guide the Bangladesh Country Office on financial sectorial assessments such as Macro and Micro Financial Assessments.
3. Support oversight and compliance function as appropriate and assist in clarifying and improving proper application of CBT established policies and procedures and prepare comprehensive reports on findings with improvement action plans.
4. Support corporate finance and Cash Based Transfers (CBT) strategies by contributing to the development of policies and procedures in consultation with relevant divisions in RBB, participating in key programmatic initiatives.
5. Support comprehensive CBT related risks analysis of operations in the Cox’s Bazar Sub Office, providing conclusions to management to enable them to make informed decisions and minimize financial risk exposure to the organization.
6. Support the Bangladesh Country office in the identification, operationalization and reporting on multi-sectoral interventions.
7. Advise and support Cox’s Bazar office in implementing resource management (finance and budgeting) policies in order to ensure transparent and efficient utilization of WFP’s financial resources and identify areas for savings in current financial or business processes. 
8. Any other tasks that may be required to support the finance function in operations in Cox’s Bazar, and more broadly in Bangladesh.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to assimilate and analyse complex issues to assist for developing strategies and policies.
• Detailed knowledge of WFP policies, rules, regulations and procedures.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with different stakeholders in office and externally.
• Previous experience working with CBT or similar interventions in the humanitarian sector is desirable, especially in emergency context. 
• Professional experience in financial services industry is an advantage.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type              : Short Term Professional (International)

Contract Duration        : 11 months

Duty Station                 : Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Nationality                    : Open

Level                             : P2

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

31 March 2019

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.