Finance and Budget Assistant

The assistant will support UN Partnerships with budget preparation, expenditure monitoring, trust-fund administration, grant-management processes, financial correspondence and general administrative records.

Department: United Nations Office for Partnerships

• Prepare supporting documents for cost estimates and budget proposals
• Assist in resource-requirement submissions, budget performance submissions and performance reports
• Monitor expenditures, compare them with approved budgets and prepare adjustments
• Review and process special service agreements, travel requests and requisitions
• Provide fund-status reports and respond to administrative and financial queries
• Support trust fund management and implementation across the project cycle
• Maintain grant structures, release budgets and record implementing partner expenditures in Umoja
• Prepare correspondence, maintain files and databases, and serve as IT focal point

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of seven years of experience in finance, budget, accounting or administrative services, reduced to five years with a first-level university degree or higher
• Experience administering and managing extra-budgetary resources from voluntary contributions
• Experience with trust-fund management and grant-management modules in ERP systems such as SAP, Umoja or similar
• English at UN Level II

• Assessment may include an exercise followed by a competency-based interview