Deadline: 19 August, 2020
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Finance and Budget Officer.
UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations to improve quality of life.
Responsibilities
- Review, analyse and finalise the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialised intergovernmental bodies including conferences of parties of multilateral environmental conventions
- Provide substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan and its revisions, secure approval from the General Assembly of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
- Ensure legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets
- Review, analyse and finalise cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from departments/offices at headquarters
- Provide detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions
- Review, analyse and finalise programme budget/financial implications to the security UNEA decisions or those of governing councils of multilateral environment conventions council statements in light of additional mandates
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field
- First degree combined with relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree requirement
- Qualification as a Certified Public Accountant (desirable)
- Seven years, minimum, of work experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or a related area
- Five years of experience with the United Nations or similar international public sector organisations
- Experience with SAP or similar enterprise resource planning systems
- Experience with and knowledge of the application of the United Nations financial regulations and rules (desirable)
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Working knowledge of another UN official language (desirable)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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