Finance Senior Assistant

Job Description

Role Purpose:

The Finance Senior Assistant provides a broad range of financial, accounting and administrative support to ensure effective management of financial transactions and reporting. The incumbent is responsible for accurate processing, recording and reconciliation of payments and receipts in compliance with UNOPS financial rules and regulations (FFRs) and project-specific donor requirements.

Functions / Key Results Expected

1. Accounting and administrative support

Provides accounting, payments, support, focusing on achievement of following results:

• Proper control of the supporting documents for payments and financial reports for project disbursements;

• Preparation of vouchers for projects; PO vouchers; reconciliation vouchers and payment execution by Rfp.

• Maintenance of the internal expenditures control system which ensures that vouchers processed are matched and completed, transactions are correctly recorded and posted in Enterprise system; travel claims, and other entitlements are duly processed

• Support supervisor to ensure timely corrective actions on unposted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions, unapproved vouchers.

• Presentation of information on the status of financial resources and daily operational tasks as required.

• Review of payment requests and ticket status in JIRA including supporting documents against the annual work plan, MCF SOP and UNOPS FRRs.

• Ensuring that vouchers processed are matched and completed, and transactions are correctly recorded and posted in ERP/electronic or paper-based systems.

2. Cash management

Ensures proper cash management system functioning focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Alternate to Finance Associate for timely review of cash position for local accounts to ensure sufficient funds on hand for disbursements.

• Travel to states and region and alternate to Field Finance Senior Assistant in periods of peak activity and cover during their annual leave period to disburse the fund as per the national program’s approved work plan

• Initiation of bank transfers and deals in Enterprise system.

3. Knowledge building and Knowledge sharing

• Support the organization and delivery of training and learning initiatives for personnel on finance-related topics.

• Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing of lessons learnt and dissemination of best practices in finance management support services

• Contribute feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and utilize productively.

Requirements

Skills

Cash Flow Management, Communication, Finance, Accounting, Finance Accounting, Financial Accounting Standards, Active collaboration

Education Requirements

Required

• Secondary school (or equivalent) with 5 years of relevant experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or other disciplines with 1 year of relevant experience is required.

Experience Requirements

Required

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience within the areas of finance, accounting, business administration or related field is required.

Desired

• Knowledge of UNOPS financial rules and regulations; working knowledge of ERP, experience with Google Platform, and financial management using electronic systems are desired.

Language Requirements

English: Fluent proficiency level required.

Burmese: Fluent proficiency level required.

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