The Regional Office develops and maintains relations with region-wide institutions, including the Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs), and participates in the United Nations Regional Architecture, such as UN Regional Forums on Sustainable Development and UN Regional Collaborative Platforms and related mechanisms. The position is located in the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Responsibilities:
Coordinates and supervises the activities of an operational team in the area of banking, accounts payable, assets, bank reconciliation, and any other team defined in the Finance Unit.
Ensures the delivery of results within established SLAs if applicable and effective responses to clients for optimal service.Creates and maintains Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) in the area of banking, accounts payable assets and bank reconciliation.
Exchanges and/or provides information to internal and external partners (banks, donors and other partners) and provides information/clarification to auditors.
Monitors the work of the team and reviews reports on performance.
Prepares, analyses and evaluates information from financial records and provides relevant inputs for operational improvement.
Provides support to projects assigned by the Finance Officer; monitors and reports on progress to management.
Contributes to process improvement initiatives where possible and undertakes requirements gathering activities in the assigned area of work for eventual process improvement in collaboration with Decentralized Offices and the Finance Division.
Participates in the development of training and related training materials and promotes best practices and capacity development in Decentralized Offices.
Performs other duties as required.
Requirements:
Advanced university degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field and one year of relevant experience in office management, administration, accounting and/or audit, budget or finance OR a first level university degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field,
Three years of relevant experience and completion of professional qualification in accountancy (CA, CPA, ACCA) or similar.
Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and Thai.
