Apply: WFP Finance Officer

Deadline: 23 June, 2021

Location: Cairo, Egypt

The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Finance Officer.

WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Responsibilities

  • Support corporate finance and resource management strategies and major ongoing programmatic initiatives, participating where appropriate using finance and resource management expertise
  • Contribute towards the development of country-specific plans and processes aligned with regional and wider WFP strategy, policies and processes to meet the food assistance needs of beneficiaries within the country
  • Analyse and report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects in accordance with corporate governance requirements, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with
  • Contribute toward preparation of funding proposal, allocate, monitor, analyse trends, collaborate with other units for corrective actions when necessary, and report on funds with special terms, ensuring adherence to donor restrictions and reporting requirements
  • Monitor and analyse budgets for new and ongoing projects according to established corporate procedures and requirements
  • Perform bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures on a regular basis in accordance with corporate requirements
  • Where necessary, deliver core administrative services, working with contractors and following standard processes to provide cost-effective, quality and timely services to WFP staff
  • Where necessary, undertake basic human resource functions related to staff benefits, recruitment of local staff, and training
  • Collate and analyse data for the preparation of accurate and timely reporting in order to provide management with financial, accounting and budgetary information to enable them to make informed decisions
  • Track and analyse data to identify opportunities for improvements to policies, systems and procedures in order to minimise financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives
  • Deliver financial controls and insight into WFP performance, undertaking periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks
  • Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries
  • Represent unit/country office at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required
  • Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas from the outset of the crisis

Requirements

  • Advanced university degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field; or first university degree in any of the above fields with additional years of related work experience plus professional membership
  • Eight years, minimum, of relevant work experience in the field of finance
  • Fluency in oral and written Arabic and English

To apply and for more information, click here.

Photo source: USAID in Africa

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