Finance Associate

Leads transparent financial operations for UNDP’s Burundi Country Office, supervising finance support staff and advising programme and operations teams. The associate manages budgets, accounting, treasury, cost recovery, controls and reporting to safeguard resources and support informed decisions.

Department: Finance Unit, Burundi Country Office

• Maintain compliant financial records, reporting systems, internal controls and audit follow-up
• Analyse the country office financial position and advise management on operating procedures and cost savings
• Administer project budgets, spending limits, cost recovery, contributions and common-service budgets
• Control payment documents, ledger accounts, receivables, travel claims and project closures
• Investigate unusual transactions and resolve financial-data issues with headquarters and service centres
• Manage liquidity, bank relationships, reconciliations, deposits and monthly cash forecasts
• Supervise finance support staff and coordinate with programme, project and operations teams
• Deliver financial-management training and share lessons through knowledge networks

• Secondary education with specialised certification, or a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Seven years of progressively responsible finance and accounting experience with secondary education, or four years with a university degree
• Professional accounting qualification, UNDP finance certification, or successful completion of the applicable UNDP accounting and finance test and training route
• Experience using office software, spreadsheets, web-based management systems and financial databases
• Knowledge of IPSAS or IFRS
• Fluent French
• Fluent Kirundi

• Open only to UNDP, UNCDF and UNV candidates in priority tiers 0, 1 and 2