Finance Senior Assistant - Financial Statements and Board of Auditors relations

The Finance Group serves as a strategic partner and fiduciary advisor, ensuring transparent, accountable, and effective resource management across UNOPS. The Group defines financial strategy in alignment with organizational goals, establishes finance policies, systems, and processes, and leads corporate budgeting to enable full cost recovery and ensure long-term financial sustainability. Throughout the project lifecycle, the Finance Group provides expert guidance, oversight, and tailored financial solutions. Responsibilities include delivering comprehensive financial and corporate performance reporting, strengthening financial capacity across the organization, and continuously enhancing resource planning and allocation. In addition, the Finance Group prepares and oversees the implementation of finance-related policies, upholding the highest standards of financial stewardship and supporting UNOPS in achieving operational excellence and fiscal responsibility.

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.

1. Accounting and Financial Administration

• Review and process financial transactions, ensuring proper control of supporting documents and compliance with UNOPS FFRs and project work plans.
• Ensure accurate receipt of goods and services, establishment of accruals, and appropriate accounting entries for expenditures.
• Maintain and reconcile accounts receivable ledgers. Record and monitor deposits in the ERP system.
• Conduct periodic reviews of unposted vouchers and initiate corrective actions for budget check errors, match exceptions, and unapproved vouchers.
• Maintain an internal expenditure control system ensuring that all transactions are correctly recorded, matched and approved in a timely manner.
• Support the preparation of financial reports and analysis by providing verified data and status updates on financial resources, expenditures and balances.
• Assist in reviewing financial transactions related to Asset movements (Property, plant and equipment and Intangible).
• Assist in reviewing data for provisions and write-offs, and liaise with internal stakeholders on journal entries.
• Raise transactions in UNOPS ERP as needed.

2. Audit, Compliance and Process Improvement

• Support internal and external audit processes by providing complete and accurate financial documentation.
• Review and verify that financial data are aligned with budget structures and donor/ partner agreements.
• Participate in financial data clean-up and validation exercises.
• Identify recurring financial issues or process gaps and propose improvements to strengthen accuracy, efficiency and internal controls.

3. Knowledge Building and Sharing

• Actively participate in finance-related training and capacity-building initiatives for personnel.
• Contribute to knowledge networks and Communities of Practice (CoPs).

Required

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

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

Desired

• Professional certification (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA) is desired.

Required

• Relevant experience is work in project financial management and financial reporting, or related areas.

• Demonstrable proficiency in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems.

Desired

• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.

• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.

• Experience with financial systems or ERP software is desired.

• UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.
• UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
• Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the selection process, which may include various assessments.
• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of a wide range of nationalities, cultures, languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. We strive to sustain and strengthen this diversity, fostering an inclusive working environment where all personnel are treated with respect and have equal access to opportunities.
• UNOPS evaluates all applications based on the skills, qualifications and experience outlined in the vacancy announcement. We are committed to a fair and transparent selection process and welcome diverse perspectives, including those of women, indigenous and racialized communities, individuals of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, and persons with disabilities.
• We are committed to enabling all candidates to perform at their best during the assessment process. If you are shortlisted and require support or reasonable accommodation to complete any assessment, please inform our human resources team upon receiving your invitation.
• UNOPS has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment, and other forms of abusive conduct, including discrimination, abuse of authority, and harassment. To uphold these standards, background checks are conducted for all final candidates to help ensure that individuals with a history of such conduct are not hired. By applying for a position with UNOPS, candidates acknowledge and consent to these verification processes.
  

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post.
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few mandatory courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here.
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• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.
• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.