Finance Specialist – Planning and Budgeting

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 organisational 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 organisational/international accountability  framework and the accurate and transparent financial reporting to governing bodies, clients,  partners and stakeholders. 

The Finance Specialist – Planning and Budgeting reports to the Head of Unit – Financial Planning  and Budgeting who provides broad supervision and guidance. The role is responsible for  supporting the implementation of the annual budgeting and target setting cycle, based on strategy  requirements. It is also responsible for developing organisational analysis on progress towards  strategy implementation.

Summary of functions: 

1. Financial planning 

2. Corporate advisory 

3. Knowledge management and innovation

1. Financial planning 

• Provide input and advice on the organisation-wide processes for budgeting, forecasting,  target setting and resource allocation. 
• Coordinate the processes for formulation of UNOPS budget estimates presented to ACABQ and the Executive Board, considering the revenue generation and resourcing needs. 
• Consolidate UNOPS overall budget estimates in line with the requirements by the Executive Board and the ACABQ 
• Provide input and advice as required to ensure budgets are appropriate and that  action plans are established to address the related oversight recommendations. . 
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of budgets, highlighting deviations, through the financial statements and other relevant external and internal documents, and seek to drive system integration of UNOPS budget estimates and the annual budgeting and target setting process.
• Coordinate the finance activities related to UNOPS Provident Fund, including the supplier relations, financial reporting and response to oversight recommendations

• A Masters degree in business  administration, economics, political science, public policy, international development or other relevant field is  required.
• A combination of a first level University degree plus 2 years of additional work experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master degree

Contract type: International Individual Contract Agreement (IICA) 
Contract level: I-ICA 2
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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
• 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 peace and 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 5,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,400 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners, spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced and diverse labour force — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs. We continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage the recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

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