The mission of the ILO is to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for daily transactions and reports
• Process contracts for financial clearance and payment
• Ensure the correctness and appropriateness of types of contracts used with each activity, and ensure all necessary supporting documents are attached
• Prepare correspondence on own initiative to verify data, address and answer queries and follow-up as necessary with project and ILO staff, consultants and counterparts
• Draw the attention of the joint project manager to matters requiring immediate attention
• Review and request additional information on the financial reports of project implementing partners, ensuring compliance with ILO rules before submitting to the finance unit
• Classify and assign budget codes, verify and process claims for payment, and check payment vouchers, prices and invoices
• Make travel arrangements, hotel reservations and make travel authorisation forms for technical experts and Partners
• Provide administrative and financial backstopping and guidance for project staff and consultants, with respect to payments, entitlements, travel claims, and other requirements relating to accounts and finance
• Consult with finance unit and project team on rules, regulations and procedures, and inform project staff, partners, consultants, interns of new or revised procedures and practices

Requirements

• Completion of secondary school education, supplemented by technical courses in Accounting and/or Finance and Administration
• Five years of experience working in development and socio-economic environment is an asset
• Experience in UN and knowledge of ILO administrative and financial rules and regulations
• Knowledge of accounting software and Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge and understanding of a complex body of financial and administrative rules, guidelines and procedures
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and Arabic
• Knowledge of in-house procedures for the preparation of documents and administrative forms, and for the creation and maintenance of filing systems
• Ability to maintain financial records and prepare clerical accounting reports and statements

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