Responsibilities

• Medium-term plan: Supports planning, organizing and managing the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialized intergovernmental bodies.
• Proactively supports relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in the review of the medium-term plan and its revisions including securing approval from the General Assembly and the UN-Habitat Assembly/Executive Board. • Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets.
• Budget preparation: Plans and co-ordinates review of budget submissions comprising of both assessed and extrabudgetary resources.
• Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from Divisions/Offices at Headquarters and in the field, including programmatic aspects; ensures compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates.
• Co-ordinates the preparation of budget submissions from managers.
• Reviews, analyses and finalizes programme budget/financial implications to the General Assembly, with the support of Office of Programme Planning and Budget Division (OPPBD), and the Executive Board in light of additional mandates.
• Provides substantive support and guidance to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review; secures approval from the General Assembly and the UN-Habitat Assembly/Executive Board. Budget administration:
• Manages/issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
• Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Oversees the review and finalization of budget performance reports; monitors variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
• Provides advice and support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in review of budget performance reports; secure approval from the General Assembly and the Executive Board. Accounting:
• Directs a complete financial function of the Organization which includes a number of different and diverse operations and interrelated accounts of the financial system

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, finance, or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, programme management, business administration or related area is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in implementing, applying, and contributing to development of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is required
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in conceptualizing, preparing, and defending policy and administrative decisions/guidance to diverse inter-governmental bodies in support of negotiations and international environmental agreements is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of hands-on, practical experience with preparing annual financial statements for large international organizations involving multiple sources of funds is desirable.
• Minimum of two (2) years experience in developing, building capacity and delivery of training on financial and legal arrangements with project implementing partners is desirable. Experience with use of finance modules in an ERP system, including analysis of accounting data and creation of management reports using Business Intelligence tools, is desirable.
• Experience in performing analysis, reviewing, and designing tailored donor reports is desirable. Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.