Finance and Budget Assistant

Support the Budget Unit of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya from Tunis by preparing cost estimates and budget proposals, reviewing resource justifications and extra-budgetary plans, monitoring expenditures and reallocations, validating allotment data, preparing budget performance reports, responding to financial queries and maintaining the mission's fixed-asset register.

• Review, analyse and prepare cost estimates and budget proposals
• Review resource-requirement justifications for budget submissions
• Monitor extra-budgetary resources, agreements and cost plans
• Monitor expenditures and assist with reallocating and redeploying funds
• Verify allotment input data for accuracy and consistency
• Prepare budget performance reports and analyse budget variances
• Maintain the fixed-asset register

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Technical or vocational certificate in accounting, finance, budget or a related field
• At least seven years of experience in accounting, budgeting and financial management or a related area
• Expertise in spreadsheets and SAP modules
• Experience monitoring financial transactions and identifying and analysing IPSAS trends

• Budget analysis
• Cost estimation
• Financial monitoring
• SAP
• IPSAS
• Financial reporting

• SAP
• Spreadsheets

• Appointment is limited to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
• Selected candidate will receive a fixed-term appointment limited to the entity