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UN Women UN Women: Finance Specialist, Accounts payable, P3 United States UN Women Jobs 2024
UN Women looking for “UN Women: Finance Specialist, Accounts payable, P3”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 24-Jul-24.
The UN Women has published a job vacancy announcement on 10/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of UN Women: Finance Specialist, Accounts payable, P3 to be based in New York , United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: UN Women
Job Title: UN Women: Finance Specialist, Accounts payable, P3
Duty Station: New York , United States
Country: United States
Application Deadline: 24-Jul-24
Background:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
The Division of Management and Administration is responsible for the planning, allocation and management of financial, administrative resources including information communications and technology, the effective and efficient delivery of essential operations services in UN Women, continuous development and improvement in operations, policies, and methods to align with UN Women and stakeholders’ evolving business needs and advisory support to the Executive Director in the formulation and implementation of the UN Women overall mission, strategy and plans of actions.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy Director of Financial Management, the Finance Specialist, Accounts Payable is responsible for leading invoice processing in UN Women ensuring efficient and effective invoice processes are in place ensuring financial and fraud risks are covered with continuous improvement and focus on best practices. Lead invoice processing unit ensuring client focus in provision of services while ensuring compliance with UN Women Financial Regulations and Rules as well as all relevant policies and procedures of UN Women.
This position is currently based in the New York duty station with a possibility of being relocated/reassigned to another duty station in the future based on the organizational requirements. Therefore, upon relocation of the position, the selected candidate or incumbent will be expected to relocate to the new duty station.
Key Functions and Accountabilities:
Leads Development of projects for finance users
Lead the invoice processing function
Manage and supervise Finance Staff in their Unit:
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.
Competencies :
Core Values:
Core Competencies:
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:
Functional Competencies:
Recruitment Qualifications:
Education and Certification:
• Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in Finance/Accounting, or a Professional accounting qualification from an internationally recognized institute of accountancy, Chartered Accountant, or Certified Public Accountant is required.
• Successful completion of the UN Women Accounting Technical Test, as part of the selection process.
Experience:
• A minimum of 5 years of extensive and progressively responsible experience in financial management and operations, at least (2) years of which should be at the supervisory level, in a large international and/or corporate organization is required.
• Experience in IPSAS or IFRS financial environment is desirable.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is required.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is desirable.
• Experience leading and coaching staff in international settings is required.
• Experience in invoice processing function in an international context is required.
• Experience working at the professional level in a Global Shared Services Center is desirable.
Languages:
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).
Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)