The United Nations Office for Project Services
(UNOPS) is an operational arm of ...
The United Nations Office for Project Services
(UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful
implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development
projects around the world. Mandated as a
central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project
management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of
governments, donors and United Nations organisations.
The Finance Group (FG) is a critical and strategic
business function in UNOPS and serves as an authoritative and integrated
partner in the organisation on strategic financial planning and budgeting,
business strategy and practices, financial analysis and risk assessment,
financial management services and long term organisational treasury and
investments.
As the steward of resources of a self-financing UN
entity, the 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
organisational/international accountability framework and the accurate and
transparent financial reporting to governing bodies, clients, partners and stakeholders.
Information and Communication Technology function
(ICT) is under the responsibility of the CFO. ICT is responsible for the overall
design, implementation and maintenance of the ICT infrastructure and business
process tools of the organisation.
The
Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller (CFO) is one of the most senior leaders
within UNOPS, provides strategic and operational guidance
to the Executive Office and all business
units in UNOPS on financial and
risk management. In addition to this, the CFO at UNOPS also holds the overall
responsibility for providing strategic leadership and oversight for the UNOPS
ICT function. That function is led by the Chief Information Officer, reporting
to the CFO. The CFO, as the leader of
the Finance Group, plays the central role in the development of cohesive management
infrastructure, policies and services, to support the varied business lines
pursued by UNOPS.
The CFO acts as a trusted advisor to senior
management and the Executive Board, providing guidance and advice. This
includes ensuring that emerging challenges and trends are fully integrated into
specific targeted intelligence, helping the organisation to effectively sustain
high quality and efficient delivery of services.
The CFO directly
impacts the effective management and financial integrity of UNOPS through the
effective stewarding of organisational resources, maintaining appropriate
controls and integrity of financial management in accordance with relevant
international standards, enabling prudent management and growth of financial
assets and building an informed and shared management engagement on financial
issues in support of the UNOPS overall strategy. The CFO has also an impact on
the UNOPS’ ability to ensure suitable ICT infrastructure and business process tools for
the organisation.