United Nations Development Programme
Experience: 0 to 3 Years
Skill Required: Accounts and Finance
Apply By: 28-06-2022
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women uses PeopleSoft ERP system, referred to internally as “Atlas” which was implemented in 2004 and comprises various modules including, Accounts Payable, Contracts Module (used for management of revenues and receivables), General Ledger, Treasury Module, Human Resources, Grants and Project Management, Bank-to-Book (B2B) and Asset Management modules. UN Women has embarked on the process of migrating from the current PeopleSoft ERP to Oracle Cloud ERP. The implementation of the Oracle Cloud ERP will be staggered with target dates for the roll-out of different modules spread from the second half of 2021 and 2022.
Due to their central role Financial Management Section (FMS) plays in the accounting function at UN Women, FMS will be heavily involved in the implementation of the Oracle Cloud ERP including the review and configuration of the Chart of Accounts in the new ERP and play a key role in the configuration of all modules in the new ERP that result in recording of financial transactions, which is a cross-cutting function across all business owners of the ERP.
Under the overall guidance of the DMA Deputy Director, Financial Management in Headquarters (HQ) and the daily supervision of the Regional Finance Specialist, the Finance Analyst is responsible for providing back-fill support during the ERP implementation period to support the Regional Finance Specialist/s as well as to all the offices in the Region as necessary to ensure capacity and support; assistance with development projects for the finance users of UN Women for better business practices and controls as well as automation; ensuring all finance users are compliant with and trained in the accounting standards, financial regulations and rules, policies and procedures; assisting Finance Section HQ in dedicated support, training, advice for Regional Offices, Multi-Country Offices and COs (ROs/MCOs/COs); and supports the Regional Finance Specialist in acting as the focal point for the Region in co-ordination with Finance Section HQ, as well as finance users in ROs and MCOs/COs.
The Finance Analyst support staff of the ROs and MCOs/COs Finance Units. The Finance Analyst works in close collaboration with Regional Finance Specialist and Finance Section HQ, Programme and Operations colleagues, teams at the country level, UNDP staff and Government officials ensuring high performance and efficiency in Finance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide Regional / field financial management support the New ERP Formulation and Implementation:
Provide financial, technical and coordination support in the financial planning, analysis, and provision of services to (Multi) Country Offices (COs) and Regional Offices (RO), CO/MCO/RO in accordance with UN Women internal control framework, rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
Provide coordination support the monitoring and oversight of financial systems in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
Provide coordination support in financial reporting in the (M)CO/RO in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
Provide coordination support in the audit process in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
Provide coordination support programme/ project budgets in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
Support the Regional Finance Specialist in Coordinating financial training and communication for the CO/MCO/RO:
Participate in knowledge management and capacity building:
Perform Financial tasks, approving and certifying function:
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Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=107261