Under the overall authority of the Director/Head of the Office and the direct supervision of the Finance and Administrative Officer/ Senior Finance and Administrative Assistant, the incumbent provides high-level administrative and support services in a range of specialized areas and plays a lead role within the unit in ensuring application and compliance with the rules, regulations, policies and practices in place.
The incumbent provides senior level support in the processing of a range of specialized areas and plays a lead role in these areas. The incumbent independently consolidates data and prepares reports, non-routine correspondence and documentation, ensures the functioning of internal control systems and ensures that the office’s financial resources and expenditures and fully and adequately accounted for. The incumbent’s work has a direct impact on the quality of services provided by the administrative unit.
General Accountabilities:
Act as certifying officer up to an authorized level delegated by the CFO;
Provide guidance and interpretation on administrative rules, regulations and procedures;
Advise on operational and technical routine transactions;
Recommend process and system related modifications and improvements to support successful administration and financial monitoring and control;
Interpret provisions and provide guidance on complex and non-recurring issues;
May supervise activities related to office maintenance, security, transport and similar services.
Finance Accountabilities:
Ensure that the Office’s financial resources and expenditures are fully and properly accounted for and that internal control systems are adequate and functioning; schedule payments and disbursement of funds;
Ensure accurate and timely processing of assigned accounts, developing budget estimates and monitoring expenditures, participating and advising in the preparation of financial statements and budgets;
Assist in the preparation and coordination of financial activities under RP funds and Voluntary Contributions;
Compile and consolidate data from various sources into financial statements, prepare worksheets;
Monitor expenditures, review payments and reconcile accounts;
Investigate anomalies and erroneous charges and take corrective action;
Provide assistance and guidance to undertake coding and data entry task and to extract information, to run reports from iRIS, SISTER or other online financial system.
Budget Accountabilities:
Prepare RP and Voluntary Contributions budget reports and communicate on them.
Assist and advise on planning and budgetting and recommend modifications.
Prepare budget proposals and cost estimates and ensure that data is correct.
Identify irregularities and undertake transactions to correct errors/omissions.
Hr Accountabilities:
Handle non-routine or complex cases, prepare associated documents/ correspondence for personnel actions based on oral instructions and previous experience;
Follow-up on coming HR actions and oversee maintenance, update and clean-up of database;
Issue non-staff contracts, advise on recruitment process and entitlements;
Liaise with central services (ADS, HRM, BFM, etc) to discuss and obtain additional information, clarifications and policy interpretation.
Logistics:
Procurement: research and retrieve information on supply sources, vendors by commodity and obtain specifications on the market.
Review contractual documents (TOR, budget, contract nature and type).
Resolve issues/ problems related to delivered goods.
Prepare requisitions for supplies and equipment; ensure that payments are processed and provide information to the assigned Sector on invoicing and payment issues.
Arrange for control and distribution of inventory records.
Security:
Ensures compliance of staff with security travel requirements and monitor completion of mandatory security trainings.
Additional activities that may be required to ensure the success of the work team.
Required Qualifications:
Education :
Bachelor or equivalent in the field of administration, business law, business administration, finance or equivalent professional experience.
Work Experience:
Minimum of 8 years of progressively professional experience in the field of administration, human resources, finance and procurement field;
Languages:
Excellent knowledge (written and spoken) of French or English, and good knowledge of the second language.
