Project Finance Associate

The Finance Group (FG) is a critical and strategic business function in UNOPS and serves as an authoritative and integrated partner in the organization on strategic financial planning and budgeting, business strategy and practices, financial analysis and risk assessment, financial management services and long term organizational treasury and investments.  As the steward of resources of a self-financing UN entity, FG is accountable for timely cost recovery and reporting to partners, maintaining the integrity and transparency of financial management of resources in accordance with the highest standards of ethics and organizational/international accountability framework and the accurate and transparent financial reporting to governing bodies, clients, partners and stakeholders.

1.            Project financial reporting

2.            Project financial closure

3.            Project documentation verification

4.            Finance Group coordination support

1)           Project financial reporting

•             Communicate with colleagues on areas requiring verification, corrections, additional     

              information, etc. to improve quality of the project financial statement;

•             Maintain and keep track of project financial reporting timeline

•             Coordinate and follow up with IPAS on projects that are initiated for financial closure but draft   

              final statement is not submitted to FG for certification.

•             Share project financial reports with project team after the report signed by head of project

              finance and keep track of the timeline of 3 months after the issuance of final report to close the  

              project.

•             Assistance to Finance Specialist with testing and analyzing reports in oneUNOPS, UNOPS ERP

              system.

2)           Project Financial Closure

•             Perform and efficiently carryout Project Financial Closure process and ensure projects are  

              properly closed and residual fund balances are refunded to client/donors in timely manner.

•             Follow up with respective project personnel on the backlog of project closure and ensure they        

              are closed without further delay.

•             Produce project closure status report on monthly basis. Assist with preparation and organization   

              of project closure WebEx to field offices.          

•   Assist Finance Specialist with testing and analysing dashboards in UNOPS ERP system (oneUNOPS).

3)           Project documentation verification

•             Review of project information in oneUNOPS for completeness, accuracy, and correctness.

•             Outreach to project managers to complete project records in oneUNOPS

4)            Finance Group coordination support

•             Assist in other administrative support functions in FG as necessary

•             Coordinate knowledge sharing sessions in FG

•             Assist with monthly and year-end financial closure tasks.

• Completion of Secondary education required.
• First level university degree (Bachelor's or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration highly desirable;

• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible finance experience is required at the national or international level.Some experience in UN organisations an asset.

• Full working knowledge of English.  
• Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.