Finance Assistant

Recently, the UNOPS, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Women developed the joint programme in Bangladesh which aims to sustain the resilience of human and economic development in Bangladesh through inclusive, gender responsive disaster management and risk informed environment.  This joint programme focuses on developing national capacities in the areas of:  risk-informed and render-responsive development planning, capacities to address mega disasters in gender responsive manner, improved capacities of selected public institutions to achieve resilient institutions through risk-informed, gender-responsive infrastructure systems, enhance women’s leadership disaster response and management; and finally, to strengthen community-level preparedness, response and recovery capacities.

Under the Joint Programme, UNOPS in particular is providing technical assistance to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and other public institutions to achieve resilience outcomes through designing and constructing risk-informed, gender responsive infrastructure system and lay the foundations for long-term resilience actions in socially inclusive infrastructure systems in Bangladesh. In particular, UNOPS will contribute to the achievement of the over-all programme by:

• Strengthening LGED asset management system and decision making capacities for determining priorities associated with new development, maintenance and/or retrofitting of existing assets;
• Strengthening project evaluation criteria and capacities within LGED and other divisions, improve coordination and reduce duplication;
• Creating an applied understanding and capacity to introduce the concept of failure analysis to enhance build-back-better in reconstruction;
• Strengthening LGED professional capacities for Junior and mid-level engineers in the areas of design, construction and management/maintenance of resilient infrastructures;

Within this context, UNOPS is looking for Finance Assistant, with a primary reporting line to the Team Leader in Bangladesh, except when assigned to a practice area in which case s/he will report to the relevant technical team lead.

The Finance Assistant will work under the guidance and supervision of the Team Leader and the component lead and will report to the same. Overall, the FA will provide support to the UNOPS-NRP Team in the implementation of the project with emphasis on essential UNOPS procedures in the areas of finance and administration.  The FA will provide specific project administrative support and other related project activities/events.

Specifically, the FA will be responsible for the following finance and admin support tasks; the list is not representative of all the duties required but indicates typical duties and responsibilities:

Ensure implementation of operational strategies and procedures, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Full compliance of financial processes and financial records with UNOPS rules, regulations, policies and strategies.

Provides accounting and administrative support, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Assistance in proper control of the supporting documents for payments and financial reports; payment execution.

• Processing of financial documentation (vouchers, supporting documents, telephone invoices, etc.) and maintaining internal expenditures control system by ensuring that vouchers processed are matched and completed, transactions are correctly recorded and posted in oneUNOPS; travel claims, monthly payment orders (MPOs) and other entitlements are duly processed.

• Provision of information for reports on financial status, procedures, exchange rates, costs and expenditures and potential funding problems.

• Follow-up with clients and other United Nations agencies for information relating to payments.

• Preparation of routine correspondence, faxes, memoranda and reports in accordance with standard operating procedures.

• Extracting, inputting, copying and filing data from various sources.

• Maintenance of the proper filing system for financial records and documents.

Education

• Completion of secondary school or equivalent is required. Specialized training in finance is desirable.

Experience

• 2 to 3 years of relevant accounting and financial experience at national level is required. 
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (Google G-suit) and 
• Knowledge of  google sheet and google docs, experience in handling of web-based management systems.(oneUNOPS ERP and oneUNOPS Project)

Languages

• Fluency in English is required;
• Fluency of Bangla is required;

Contract type: Individual Contract Agreement (ICA) Contract level: L-ICA Support, 4
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

• The position is open to nationals of Bangladesh. 
• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.