NPSA 9, Business Analyst, Financial Business Partnering (Malaysian Nationals Only)

Kuala Lumpur

Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Banking and Finance
- Sustainable trade and development
- Sustainable Business Development
Closing Date: Closed

Background

The Bureau for Management Services (BMS) is a central Bureau tasked with the development of corporate strategies, policies, tools and systems in key cross-cutting management areas. Drawing on sound analytics and a risk-management approach, BMS supports the achievement of development results through management advice, innovative business solutions, and other corporate services in line with international best practices and evolving needs and expectations of development partners. BMS also ensures policy adherence in operations management within UN Rules & Regulations, safeguarding UNDP’s accountability vis-à-vis Member States and other stakeholders.

The Office of Financial Management (OFM) performs a pivotal role within BMS and within UNDP’s global finance function, partnering with Bureau and Country Offices. The primary role of OFM is to maintain the financial integrity of UNDP through providing financial leadership, supporting the efficient and effective management of its financial resources, promoting financial sustainability and responsible resource allocation in the context of a fluctuating funding environment. This is accomplished by the development and implementation of sound financial policies and practices, oversight of corporate financial management performance, and flexible scalable support to resource allocation. OFM is a key source of information for the Executive Board, General Assembly, to Partners and wider civil society. It supports transparency through the provision of on time and quality statutory and other financial reports that comply with international standards and regulatory guidelines.

The Analytics team co-located with UNDP’s Global Shared Service Center (GSSC) undertake data mining/extraction and help generate financial and budgetary insights and drive consistent delivery of concise actionable analysis, to enable informed decision making and improve financial performance, whilst ensuring that the resultant reports present a consistent and accurate view. Within this team, this role involves the formulation of business units’ reports, through data extraction, standard reports and queries, and ad-hoc analysis.

Duties and Responsibilities

1) Perform extracts, build reports and dashboards on time and respecting guidance. Perform appropriate checks as stipulated, and record results clearly.

2) Assist the Analytics Lead in developing the work plan and timelines to facilitate timely delivery to clients

3) Identify and report discrepancies to the OFM user community and recommend possible solutions to resolve data discrepancies.

4) Assist in the development of financial systems functional specifications identified by OFM users and undertakes appropriate user tests in consultation with OIMT. Produce necessary Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and documentations on reports development process.

5) Support business units refining their business requirements, including through formal interviews or facilitated sessions. Communicate with various business units, participate in requirement gathering to understand stakeholders’ needs and translate into technical solutions. Participate in design, development and maintenance of reports using data analytic tools such as MS PowerBI, Oracle BI Publisher and OTBI, create visually appealing and user-friendly reports.

6) Assist in data migration, review and validate mapped and loaded data from legacy system to Oracle Cloud Financials, ensuring high data quality and accuracy. Support post-migration data and reports validation to identify any discrepancy.

7) Transform raw data into useful financial information, execute ad-hoc queries and data extraction for use of analytics and reporting to support decision makings.

Institutional Arrangement

Reporting to the Financial Business Analyst (Analytics Lead), the Business Analyst will provide business analysis services to the business areas of finance and IT, for report development purposes.

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:	LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively:	LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
Learn Continuously	LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
Adapt with Agility	LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination	LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
Engage and Partner	LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion	LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

*Thematic Area*	*Name*	*Definition*
Business Analytics	Financial Reporting and Analysis	Ability to evaluate financial data, derive relevant findings and present them in a meaningful manner
Finance	Accounting (General)	Knowledge of accounting concepts and principles, and ability to apply to practical situations
Process Management	Process Management	Ability to create and manage processes to achieve required objectives
Digital & Innovation	Functional Technical Knowledge	Firm understanding of business intelligence tools, and the architecture and design of advanced integrated management systems, preferably including Oracle Cloud ERP
Digital & Innovation	Knowledge Management	Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge
Digital & Innovation	Operational Efficiency	Ability to identify and execute opportunities to improve operational efficiency
Digital & Innovation	Problem Solving	Accurately accumulating information and its analysis; forecasting potential problems and planning; allowing for alternative, creative solutions and identifying most reasonable solutions

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Min. Academic Education

Advanced (Masters) University Degree in Finance/Accounting, Business Information Technology or Computer Science or professionally qualified accountants from an internationally recognized institute of accountancy.

A Bachelors’ degree in Finance/Accounting, Information Technology or Computer Science or professionally qualified accountants from an internationally recognized institute of accountancy

Experience:

Min. years of relevant Work experience

A minimum of 4 years of progressive relevant experience in the area of Finance or Business Intelligence (BI) environments is required.
For candidates in possession of a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) a minimum of 6 years of progressive relevant experience in the area of Finance or Business Intelligence (BI) environments is required.
Hands-on proficiency with Oracle EBS or Cloud Financials, SQL, and BI tools (such as OTBI, Oracle BI Publisher, Power BI) a must.
Experience in managing master data, mapping of source to target data, conducting data quality tests, and creating reports and dashboards in the financial arena a plus.
Experience in production of financial reports and data management a plus.
Advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
Experience in data conversion and data warehousing projects for ERP solutions.
Exposure to global environment a plus

Desired additional skills

and competencies

Ability to interact and communicate effectively with people from diverse background

Required Language(s) (at

working level)

English

Professional Certificates

Certification in Accounting or SQL is a plus

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