UNOCHA Finance Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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UNOCHA Finance Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

UNOCHA Ethiopia looking for “Finance Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before 13th June, 2024.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is a United Nations body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.

The UNOCHA has published a job vacancy announcement on 17th May, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Finance Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

UNOCHA Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Finance Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

Verify Implementing Partners (IP) financial documentation as required;
Liaise with companies carrying out financial audit of partners and financial spot-checks ensuring compliance with the United Nations Financial Regulations and Rules (UNFRR);
Review grant agreements and supporting documents to ensure accuracy, consistency, reasonableness, compliance with the UNFRR and the Country-based Pooled Funds guidelines;
Review and advise on the clearance of the project budget, amendments or no-cost extension requests and grant agreements;
Maintain complete, accurate and updated detailed list of disbursements to IP;
Regular follow-up with IP to obtain financial reports;
Review of interim and financial reports and confirm the amount for additional disbursements;
Initiate the process to ensure disbursements as required and follow-up on an reimbursements;
Conduct financial spot-checks in line with the operational modalities;
Oversee the audit process including facilitation of the contracting of external auditing companies, supporting the planning, advice on the clearance of audit reports and ensuring follow-up of critical audit findings;
Support IP regarding compliance with the UNFRR and the Guidelines for CBPF;
Ensure compliance with any other requirements stemming from the UNFRR, grant agreements and guidelines;
Maintain complete and update cash flows for the Fund, and inform the HoO on a regular basis and upon request on the availability of cash balance;
Support Fund analysis for informing future allocations;
Prepare financial analysis for standard and ad-hoc reporting requirements;
Provide input for the preparation of CBPF Annual Reports;
Ensure timely financial reporting in compliance with donors requirements;
Liaise with relevant OCHA sections in HQ;
Stay up-to-date on documents/ reports/ guidelines that have bearing on matters related to programme and/ or OCHA budgets, ensuring compliance with United Nations policies and procedures.
Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Position in Organization:

Posting Title: FINANCE OFFICER
Job Opening ID: 233989
Job Network: Management and Administration
Job Family: Finance
Category and Level: Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA
Department/Office: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date Posted: May 15, 2024
Deadline: Jun 13, 2024

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, or related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience:

A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required.
Experience in humanitarian financing, e.g., grant management, audit process, and humanitarian funding tracking is required.
Humanitarian experience in the field (actual setting where a mission and/or project is being implemented) in emergency situations (complex emergency or natural disaster) is desirable.
Experience in a humanitarian context within the UN common system or in a comparable international organization is desirable.
Experience in the Southern and/or Eastern African region is desirable.

Languages:

English and French are the official working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.