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Budget Manager, P-3, Geneva

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Purpose of the Position
The incumbent of the post is responsible for:
  1. Managing the PFP Budget including planning, consolidation, allotting, administration, monitoring and control for both HQ and Country Offices with PFP activities;
  2. Leading in preparation of the annual PFP Budget proposal for submission to the UNICEF Programme Budget Review (PBR) and the UNICEF Executive Board;
  3. Maintaining the budget and related structures in VISION.
Key Expected Results
  1. Responsible for the PFP annual budget preparation process including the preparation of the work-plan and Executive Board Document, in compliance with DFAM requirements, ensuring budget is results based. Reviews, finalizes and consolidates the different submissions. Responsible for the post and financial data submitted with the OMP and Work plan document. Liaises with TRT and PBR on the issues related to the review of the PFP budget submissions, providing all supporting information and responses to questions raised.
  2. As SME for PFP Budget related functions, initiates procedural changes, recommends system enhancements, reviews and tests budget related applications (incl. Cognos budget application, PFP Dashboard and Global Dashboard) to ensure quality of data and consistency in reporting. Provides training and guidance to headquarter sections and country offices on all budget preparation, monitoring and control matters.
  3. Maintains all budget related structures required in VISION, in compliance with DFAM requirements. Ensures correctness of all official budget and post establishment data in UNICEF systems.
  4. Monitoring and analysis of actual expenses vs. budget. Reviews and analyses entries. Provides regular reports and review of budget status to management for optimum use of resources. Identifies sources of funds for alternate use. Ensures utilization is within the Executive Board approved levels.
  5. Prepares and updates the different tables for posts, after doing the costing for the same. Responsible for providing the post changes and post list to DFAM. Provides guidance on implications of different structures to management.
  6. Reviews and consolidates budgets for country offices with PFP activities and facilitates the process. Provides guidance to heads of country offices and other sections on budget matters. Prepares separate guidelines for country offices and headquarter sections.
  7. Prepares, issues and distributes budget allotments to sections. Reviews and coordinates submission of budget transfer requests for approval.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
  • An advanced university degree (Master's) in Accounting, Business Administration, Financial Management, Economics, or a directly-related technical field(s) is required. A valid professional certification (CA; CPA; etc.) from an accredited chartered accountancy institution, in conjunction with a relevant first-level (Bachelor's) university degree (as identified above), may be taken in lieu of an advanced university degree.
  • A minimum of five (5) years of relevant work experience, at the national and international levels, in Finance, Audit, Budget, Accounting, and/or a directly-related field(s), with direct involvement in budget management
    and related systems, is required.
  • Prior knowledge and hands-on experience in the use of an Enterprise Resource Planning system (i.e. SAP) is highly desirable.
  • Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
  • Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking
  • Consistently achieves high-level results, managing and delivering projects on-time and on-budget
  • Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment
  • Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources
  • Sets clearly defined objectives and plans activities for self, own team or department
  • Has high-level leadership and supervisory skills; provides others with a clear direction; motivates and empowers others; recruits staff of a high caliber; provides staff with development opportunities and coaching
  • Ensures that team or department follows relevant company policies and procedures
  • Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you.
Visit us at www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies. Applications must be received by 26 Sept 2014.
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Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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