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UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre (GSSin Budapest, Hungary supports UNICEF operations globally in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Information Technology.

How can you make a difference?

The Senior Quality Assurance Associate is responsible for strengthening the quality of payments processes within the GSSC, to ensure that the payment services are performed efficiently, continuous quality improvement is in place, and processes are in compliance with UNICEF policies, procedures and internal standard operation procedures (SOP.

As part of the quality assurance role, the incumbent will run quality checks and issue reports on data and process quality based on data analysis and will design and manage quality deep dives on specific risky areas, monitor processes, follow up on suspicious transactions and raise awareness of potential risk of fraud.

This is a Temporary Appointment with a duration of 364 days.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Compliance

• Perform quality reviews on payments transaction processing, ensuring compliance with SOPs.
• Ensure timely preparation and visibility of monthly analytical and compliance reports and provide recommendations on identified issues,.
• Perform periodic testing of key controls along with proper documentation and sign offs.
• Evaluate process and system improvements, providing input from internal control and quality perspective.
• Ensure that identified issues are timely resolved by partnering with relevant stream contacts.
• Participate in the development and design of reports and checks to perform quality assurance assignments.
• Ensure that working papers for compliance assignments are properly maintained and archived for future references.

Detective Reporting

• Utilize data analytics methods for root cause analysis and identifying unexpected anomalies requiring further investigation.
• Conduct risk assessment and fraud prevention review, to determine areas for close monitoring.
• Produce detective control reports and facilitate discussion with work stream contacts regarding report results and followup actions required.
• Create fraud risk awareness utilizing advisory and training methods.
• Work closely with stakeholders keeping them informed of findings and follow up actions required.
• Provide recommendations for strengthened controls that are deemed necessary from transactional reviews.

Quality Assurance Initiatives

• Lead Quality Assurance initiatives which may include any or all: collaborating with other team members, identifying areas of interest, coordinating efforts to achieve a defined outcome, escalating issues that may hinder the successful completion of the initiative.

As an advocate for every child, you will receive:

• A competitive salary which is exempted from paying national income taxes in Hungary on United Nations emoluments, with a net minimum monthly salary of approximately HUF 854,00

• Holidays and leave, including 18 days of annual leaves per year
• Parental leave
• Dependency allowance
• United Nations sponsored medical insurance plan
• Pension plan
• Optional life insurance plan
• Access to professional development and learning programs, online learning and learning path
• Access to staff wellbeing support
• Access to career development support

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Completion of secondary education (i.e. high school diplomis a minimum requirement.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant handson work experience in various roles is required for candidates without university degree.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience is required for candidates holding bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance. A relevant master’s degree may replace additional 2 years.
• Experience of working in SAP environment.
• Strong analytical, data extraction, data cleaning and reporting skills.
• Experience in using data analytics techniques and tools.
• Work experience in both corporate and consulting/audit fields (including various companie.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Very good communication skills with a proactive and openminded approach.

Desirable:

• Three years of relevant handson work experience in compliance, auditing, assurance or risk analysis.
• Subject matter expertise in a transactional processing area, including SOP and transactional review in areas of Payments and Travel.
• Knowledge of and experience with UNICEF payments and travel transaction processes.
• Experience in planning and executing assurance and compliance assignments.
• Work experience in the quality assurance area.
• Work experience in risk assessment/risk management area.
• Work experience in change management/project management.
• Work experience with a development organization.
• Work experience in shared service centre context.
• Certifications in internal auditing/information system auditing/fraud risk management/quality assurance.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanis.
• Initiative, proactivity, and ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Traits of professional skepticism.

Applicants must be nationals of Hungary or other EU/Schengen country OR in the possession of a valid longterm Hungarian residency and work permit. Temporary and/or sponsored visas are not accepted.

UNICEF GSSC does not facilitate MFA accreditation for locally recruited staff, applicants must be holders of acceptable permits already at the time of application. Please attach a copy of your work permit (if applicabl. UNICEF shall not accept responsibility or liability to act as a sponsor or to otherwise facilitate the issuance, maintenance, renewal, extension, or conversion of the candidate’s residency and/or work permit for employment purposes.

Requirement for internal applicants 

Internal applicants from the GSSC must have their Learning Paths completed already at the time of application otherwise they cannot be considered. Additionally, they must attach a snapshot/copy of the completed path at their current grade to their applications.

Please visit the Learning and Development portal for more information.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAunderpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://www.unicef.org/careers/getprepared#Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates selfawareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socioeconomic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF has a zerotolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccinatiorequirements, including against SARSCoV2 (Covi. Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.