Finance Assistant

UNODC's Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean is hiring a Finance Assistant in Panama City. The role processes and monitors payments, reconciles financial transactions, manages petty cash and commitments, analyzes accounting data in Umoja and other systems, supports budget and procurement planning, and maintains administrative and financial records for regional-office operations.

• Process service payments and reimbursements to vendors, partners and staff
• Review payments, monitor vendor items and help resolve accounts receivable and payable
• Prepare fund commitments and reconcile inter-office vouchers
• Monitor payment status, investigate exceptions and notify payees
• Serve as petty-cash custodian and prepare replenishment reports
• Analyze accounting data and prepare vouchers, corrections and year-end reporting
• Support budget estimates, allotments and procurement planning
• Maintain administrative and financial files and prepare correspondence and reports

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least three years of progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting, budget, administrative services, procurement support or a related area; reduced to one year with a first-level university degree
• Experience using an Enterprise Resource Planning system
• Authorization to work for the United Nations at the duty station

• Experience using SAP-based financial systems such as Umoja for payments, reporting and reconciliations
• General office support experience
• One or more years of data analytics experience
• UN Common System or similar international-organization experience

• Payment Processing
• Accounts Reconciliation
• Financial Data Analysis
• Accounts Payable
• Budget Support
• Financial Reporting
• Records Management

• SAP
• Umoja
• SharePoint Financial Dashboard

• Fixed-term limited position for an initial period of one year; renewal depends on mandate and funding