Finance Associate (SC-6) (Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odesa) at World Food Programme (WFP)

Career Opportunities: Finance Associate | SC-6 |
Multiple duty stations (Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odesa) | One year

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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 178022
📢 Job Title: Finance Associate
📌Type of Contract: Service Contract
➡️ Unit / Division: Finance Unit / WFP Ukraine
📍   Duty Station: Multiple duty stations (Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odesa)
➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)
⏰ Closing date: Monday 14th November 2022, midnight (Ukraine Time)

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

What will you do in this position?

To support effective delivery of finance, budget and administration support services in order to facilitate transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources.

Why work with us?

The war in Ukraine has left an estimated one in three families without enough food, rising to one in two in some areas of the East and South. More than 6 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 6 million have left the country. Many of those who remain have lost their livelihoods, especially in areas close to the front lines. Millions who fled their homes to the country’s West are preparing for long-term internal displacement. Many who have returned to liberated areas around the capital, Kyiv, are struggling to rebuild their lives, having run out of money or found their homes reduced to rubble.
WFP is quickly scaling up to support 4.7 million people per month inside Ukraine, using a flexible mix of food and cash assistance. We support people wherever they are, including in areas close to the front line.
This is an opportunity for an exciting and challenging Human Resources role in a multi-cultural, hardworking, fun and interdisciplinary HR team. In addition, we offer:

➡️ Meaningful and impactful careers:
Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve

➡️ Continuous learning and training:
We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers

➡️ Multicultural and stimulating work environment:
We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger

Join us to make a difference in Ukraine, watch this video to know more about us!!

These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ), and report to the Head of Unit, Chief, Finance Officer, or the designate.
At this level job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of finance/budget related processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

How can you make a difference?

• Provide procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules, and regulations.
•  Support the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures and assist in the setup and implementation of proper accounting procedures, systems, and cash controls.
• Monitor the daily cash position to optimize the use of surplus cash and maximize returns on investment through the liquidity portfolio.
• Monitor the centralized registry system to process all payments to internal staff and invoices to external suppliers promptly and in accordance with WFP standards.
• Contribute to the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of budgets, monitor expenditure, and budget forecasts, to ensure that relevant future funding requirements are met.
• Coordinate with other teams to ensure that all financial and administrative services are being performed efficiently and in line with the needs of the wider team.
• Monitor account balances and process financial transactions in an accurate and timely manner, to avoid the occurrence of an overdraft.
• Monitor and analyze general ledger accounts in order to initiate and achieve corrective actions.
• Compile data from the WFP database and systems in order to assist in generating and analysing financial reports every month.
•  Allocate tasks to other support staff, provide guidance and on-the-job training in the management of financial resources (e.g. managing the petty cash/sub-impress account, review and analyse vendor and balance sheet accounts, etc.), to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.
• Remain on stand-by and follow standard emergency preparedness practices in order to meet immediate emergency requirements for further service on the job and in the field

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have for…

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable or/and first university degree with additional relevant work experience and/or training/courses

Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible work experience particularly in the area of Financial Management accounts Payables, Treasury, and related business processes, such as invoices, payments, and cash management.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the English and Ukraine language.

Before you apply…

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting an inclusive work environment in which diversity is valued and where no form of discrimination is tolerated. We aim to achieve parity in our teams in Ukraine. Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply. CV and cover letter must be submitted in the English language.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.