NYPO aims at strategically positioning UNOPS with New York-based partners with global mandates and initiatives, at ensuring an even greater collaboration to leverage strengths in the pursuit of UNOPS’s growth aspirations, and at capitalizing on its unique in-house portfolio expertise in global portfolio design and implementation.

NYPO provides support and expertise to achieve the broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda to UNOPS’ largest partner, the UN Secretariat, alongside other New York-based UN partners with a global outreach, as well as UN Member States. NYPO supports partners’ global portfolios to successfully deliver their project management and transactional services.

NYPO includes the Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) and the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC). PSC provides the coordination and execution of projects focused on explosive threat management, overseeing specific programs and portfolios, particularly those managed by the UN Secretariat, UNDP, and other partners. SDC collectively provides a range of important operational support services to the UN Secretariat, its initiatives, programmes, and conferences, as well as the whole UN System in New York.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Finance Oversight Specialist, the Finance Officer will be responsible for:

Client Financial Reporting

• Maintain Dashboards of client reports and produce complex financial reports.
• Contribute to the development of a corporate client reporting mechanism, ensuring that UNOPS client financial reports are clear and in line with client requirements. More specifically, oversee the client reporting requirements of projects and clients within the remit of his/her region of responsibility, ensuring that the organization can rapidly and cost-efficiently provide financial reports to various clients in formats meeting the external reporting requirements of its clients.
• Timely entry of the data in the client ERP as required

Project Planning/Financial Management

• Review of budget submissions, regular analysis and budget approvals.
• Review Journal entry adjustments submitted by portfolios for accuracy and compliance with UNOPS financial rules and regulations.
• Coordinate with the Portfolio Managers to ensure compliance with UNOPS financial policies and procedures and that project budgets and revisions are prepared in accordance with established procedures and budgetary guidelines of the funding agency;
• Liaise with external and internal stakeholders to strengthen budget and financial management and take corrective actions when required.

Cash Management

• Establish, replenish, monitor, maintain and close petty cash and operations advances accounts for the assigned Clusters;
• Maintain a master list of VAT-recoverable countries and projects, Clear non-recoverable VAT to expenditure where necessary;
• Liaise with the Bangkok Shared Services Centre to have the tranches attributed to the correct projects;
• Maintain the master dashboard tracker of the cash instalments received from UN Secretariat;
• Oversee and Contribute to the quarterly and annual financial closure exercise, liaising with the HQ units in Copenhagen.

Education

• Bachelor (or equivalent) with 2 of relevant experience.

Experience

• Relevant experience is defined as experience in finance, accounting, business administration or related field

Language

• Fluency (read, speak and write) in English is required

Contract level: ICS-8

Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx