Finance Analyst, NOA, East Jerusalem

The Position:

The Finance Analyst is responsible for effective delivery of financial services, transparent utilization of financial resources and management of the Country Office finance unit. The Finance Analyst analyses and interprets the financial rules and regulations and provides solutions to a wide spectrum of complex financial issues. The Finance Analyst promotes a collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UN/UNFPA rules and regulations. The
Finance Analyst supervises and leads the staff of the Finance Unit and works in close collaboration with the operations, programme and project teams in the CO and with UNFPA HQs staff and Government officials ensuring successful CO performance in Finance.

You will report directly to Operations Manager.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

The Finance Analyst is responsible for effective delivery of financial services, transparent utilization of financial resources and management of the CO Finance Unit. S/He analyzes and interprets the financial rules and regulations and provides solutions to a wide spectrum of complex financial issues. The Finance Analyst promotes a collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UNFPA rules and regulations. The Finance Analyst supervises and leads staff in the Finance unit. S/He works in close collaboration with the operations, programme and project teams in the Country Office (CO) and with UNFPA HQs staff and Implementing partners ensuring successful Country Office (CO) performance in Finance. The Finance Analyst actively participates in local inter-agency coordination to ensure UNFPA’s needs in common systems and service issues are met. External partners include other UN agencies, the UN Country Team, vendors, and other non-UN partners that are essential to the
work of the Operations Office.

You would be responsible for:

A) Effective and accurate financial resources management and oversight:
● Financial resources management through planning, guiding, controlling of the resources in accordance with UNFPA rules and regulations;
● Contribution in the preparation and monitoring of budgets of management projects;
● Establishment of the development projects’ budgets preparation/modification monitoring system, control of budgetary status versus authorized spending limits and budgets delivery levels;
● Elaboration of proper mechanisms to eliminate deficiencies in budget management;
● Processing of cost-recovery bills in Quantum for the services provided by UNDP;
● Carry out financial analysis and ensure oversight of all resources managed by the CO and provision of high-quality professional advice to the CO management;
● Supervise timely production of accurate donor reports;
● Undertake continuous analysis and monitoring of the CO’s financial situation, and preparation of regular updates on the status of financial resources;
● Ensure full compliance, of financial activities, financial recording/reporting systems with UNFPA’s rules, regulations, policies and strategies; proper design and functioning of the financial resources management;
● Continuous analysis and monitoring of the financial situation, presentation of forecasts for development and management projects;
● Implement effective internal controls;
● Serve as focal point for HACT activities: audits, both NEX, DEX and or management, including coordination of audit visits, organization of spot checks, training and support to staff and