Finance and Budget Assistant at UN-Habitat

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local go...

 

Finance and Budget Assistant

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationKCSE
  • Experience7 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit 

Responsibilities

  • Budget and Finance Provides support with respect to the review, analyses and preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions.
  • Prepares supporting documents (narrative and supporting tables) with respect to finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements.
  • Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
  • Monitors expenditures and compares with approved budget; conducts regular expenditure commitment reviews for all funds and takes necessary actions; prepares adjustments as necessary.
  • Reviews requisitions for goods and services to ensure (a) correct objects of expenditure have been charged, and (b) availability of funds.
  • Assists in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
  • Verifies accuracy of input data, ensuring consistency of data in previous allotments to new allotments issued.
  • Co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports.
  • Assists in the financial backstopping of trust funds, including monitoring the status of voluntary contributions, generating expenditure reports from Umoja/SAP and monitoring reporting requirements by donors.
  • Process fund distribution received from HQ and input allotment advice in Umoja System.
  • General Duties Keeps up to date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
  • Drafts or prepares correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant financial and budget matters.
  • Maintain and keep up-to-date files.
  • May be responsible for providing guidance and, training and daily supervision to other general service staff in their areas of responsibility.
  • Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
  • Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.
  • Performs other related duties, as assigned by the supervisor

Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services or related areas is required.
  • The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to five (5) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
  • A minimum of three (3) years of experience working with modern ERP systems, such as SAP is required.
  • Experience working with the UN or similar international organization is desirable.
  • One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related areas is desirable.

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to apply

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