Job Description

Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI) has been an important element in Danish-Egyptian cooperation for 20 years. DEDI is a platform for dialogue, innovation and exchange between Denmark and Egypt. A new four-year phase of support to DEDI, financed under the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP), started in 2025. The new phase is designed to address the challenges and opportunities of climate change, circular economy, green transition and youth innovation. DEDI is leading activities on the following three components: i) Innovation in sustainable design by youth; ii) Green environmental literacy for youth; and iii) Youth dialogue on climate and security. DEDI is hosted by UNDP in Egypt with a range of Danish and Egyptian organizations and experts engaged to lead DEDI’s dialogue and exchange activities in Egypt and Denmark.

As the host institution and implementing agency for DEDI, UNDP Egypt facilitates the implementation of the initiative, ensuring alignment with broader development priorities and providing technical, operational and administrative support. Under the new phase of DEDI (2024-2028), UNDP is responsible for grant management, partnership development, financial oversight, and technical guidance across all three components. UNDP’s involvement ensures that DEDI benefits from its extensive expertise in sustainable development, youth engagement, and climate action, as well as its established networks with governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. Furthermore, UNDP will support capacity-building efforts, monitoring, and reporting in line with its Results-Based Management (RBM) standards, ensuring that DEDI's activities contribute effectively to the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP) and Egypt’s green transition agenda.

To support the effective implementation of the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI) under its new phase (2024–2028), UNDP Egypt is recruiting a Finance and Operations Analyst (NPSA-8) to provide financial, operational, and administrative support to the programme. The position will contribute to sound financial management, partner oversight, and efficient operational delivery across DEDI’s three components, ensuring compliance with UNDP rules, donor requirements, and internal procedures, while enabling timely and high-quality programme implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the DEDI Project Technical Expert and in coordination with the DEDI Project Manager, the Finance and Operations Analyst (NPSA-8) will be in charge of:

Financial Management, Budget Monitoring, and Compliance

Prepare and maintain accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, forecasts, and delivery analysis for the DEDI project.
Monitor project expenditures against approved budgets, ensure timely processing of advances and direct payments, and flag financial variances and risks to management.
Ensure all financial transactions are properly authorized, recorded, documented, and maintained in UNDP systems (Quantum) in full compliance with UNDP rules and procedures.
Support budget preparation, revisions, and regular financial analysis, including cashflow planning and monitoring of financial exception reports.
Coordinate and support audits, spot checks, and financial reviews, including follow-up on audit recommendations and findings.
Support capacity-building and day-to-day guidance to project staff and partners on UNDP financial procedures and controls.

Oversight of Implementing Partners and Donor Financial Reporting

Monitor financial implementation by implementing partners against financial agreements, approved budgets, and UNDP policies.
Review partner financial reports, fund utilization, and financial reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Identify financial risks related to partner implementation and contribute to mitigation measures, including participation in HACT micro-assessments as required.
Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting to donors and contribute to internal UNDP reporting processes.
Support the financial inputs to annual reports, Advisory Group updates, and donor communications, including key financial insights and lessons learned.
Provide ongoing financial guidance to implementing partners to support quality, timely, and compliant programme delivery.

Operations, Procurement, and Logistical Support

Support procurement and contracting processes (ICs, vendors, LoAs, Responsible Party Agreements) and reporting efforts, in coordination with UNDP Partnerships, Procurement, Operations, HR, and Service Center teams.
Lead all DEDI project management in Quantum including managing procurement plans, E-requisitons for the project and tracking progress and implementation.
Support recruitment, contracting, and administrative processes for vendors and consultants, including onboarding and contract management.
Coordinate logistical and administrative arrangements for project activities, workshops, and missions in Egypt and Denmark, including travel and DSA processing.
Maintain complete, accurate, and well-organized project files and documentation in line with UNDP record-keeping requirements.
Provide general operational and administrative support to the project team to ensure smooth and efficient programme implementation.
Supervise a national UNV to support on procurement and admin related assignments.

Ensure facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO and guidance to all stakeholders on financial matters.

Contribute input to the identification of training needs of project for the purpose of capacity development in finance and operations compliance.
Organize and conduct training for project staff on financial management.
Assist in providing regular training and technical guidance/advice on audit and compliance matters, including implementation of Internal Control Framework (ICF).
Synthesize lessons learned and best practices in finance and operations.
Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Finance and Operations Analyst will work under the supervision of the DEDI Project Technical Expert and with day-to-day coordination with the Project Technical Expert and the DEDI Project Manager.

He/she will work closely with DEDI project staff, the broader UNDP Egypt team, implementing partners and relevant stakeholders to deliver overall and ad-hoc support to the DEDI Project.

He/she will supervise a national UNV to support DEDI finance, procurement and operations activities.

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making
People Management: UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Technical / Cross-Functional Competencies:

Finance
- Accounting (General): Knowledge of accounting concepts, principles, regulations, policies and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations.
- Financial Planning and Budgeting: Ability to create and manage processes to achieve UNDP's long and short-term financial goals, including through planning, budgeting, forecasting, analyzing and reporting
- Finance Business Partnering: Able to support business units and add value by innovating and providing solutions to financial issues/queries, including through FAQs, financial tools, advisory, etc. Influences and appropriately challenges non-finance colleagues for whom the service is being provided. Understands the operations, opportunities and challenges of the organization. Holds a commercial outlook, demonstrating accountability towards organizational goals.
- Financial Risk Management: Ensures financial resilience through proactive assessment of risk, implementation of controls and taking mitigating action. Understands risk and reward in relation to collaborative and commercial projects. Ensures a culture of positive risk management
Business Management –
- Customer Satisfaction/Client Management: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients' immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns
Business Direction & Strategy
- System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Required Skills and Experience

MIN. ACADEMIC EDUCATION

• A professional accounting qualification from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy, and/or Advanced (Master´s) University Degree in Finance and/or Accounting is required. Or a first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Candidates with professional accounting qualifications from an internationally accredited institute of accountancy will have a distinct advantage.
• Candidates with no professional accountancy qualifications, but with degrees that major in accountancy and/or finance must complete the Finance Training and Certification Programme (FTCP), if recruited.
• Candidates satisfying the two above criteria are exempted from undertaking the UNDP Advanced Accountancy and Finance Test (AAFT).
• Candidates with MBA or master's in finance with no accountancy qualification but with relevant experience must successfully undertake the UNDP Advanced Accountancy and Finance Test (AAFT) to be eligible for shortlisting.
• CIPS level 3 is highly desirable for this position and candidates holding this level at the time of application will have a distinct advantage. If the desired certification is not available at the time of recruitment, it should be obtained within one year of recruitment. Candidates holding a CIPS certification at any level below at the time of application will have a proportionate advantage.

MIN. YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• Applicants with Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
• Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in project finance, operations, administration, procurement, or programme support.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience working with UN agencies, international organizations, NGOs, or donor-funded projects.
• Experience supporting project budgets, financial tracking, procurement processes, and operational coordination;
• Experience in project-based financial management and budget monitoring.
• Experience coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced project environment.
• Experience using MS Excel and standard office software.
• Familiarity with UNDP or international donor financial and administrative rules, including development partners.
• Experience with ERP-based financial systems (e.g. Quantum, Atlas, SAP, Oracle).
• Experience working with implementing partners and diverse, multicultural teams.
• Experience of IPSAS and/or IFRS.

REQUIRED LANGUAGE(S) (AT WORKING LEVEL)

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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