FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER

Org. Setting and Reporting

The position is located in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), in Laayoune. The Finance and Budget Officer, P3 reports to the Chief Budget and Finance of Section.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Finance & Budget Officer will be responsible for the following duties: Budget preparation:

• Reviews and analyses data with respect to the finalization of cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements.
• Provides support to managers with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Reviews, analyses, and provides input into the finalization of programme budget proposals and financial implications, ensuring alignment with mandates, donor requirements, and organizational financial policies.
• Provides substantive support and assistance during the budget review to relevant intergovernmental, expert and oversight bodies. Budget administration:
• Monitors budget implementation and determines/recommends reallocation and reprioritization of funds when necessary.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels while flagging deviations for financial performance reporting.
• Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
• Monitors the implementation of approved budgets, comparing actuals against planned allocations, and preparing variance analyses.
• Prepares relevant documentation with respect to budget performance submissions in terms of staff and non-staff requirements.
• Reviews and makes appropriate recommendations with respect to the finalization of budget performance reports, analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
• Provides substantive support to intergovernmental and legislative bodies. Finance:
• Analyses accounts and reviews/evaluates regular financial reports to assess accuracy, consistency and compliance with financial policies. Identifies problematic transactions and irregularities in related accounts and resolves them in a timely and effective manner.
• Reviews and reconciles various clearing accounts and complex General Ledger accounts to ensure accurate balances in coordination with the Regional Service Center in Entebbe (RSCE) and in line with the Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Investigates erroneous/invalid entries and takes appropriate corrective accounting action on the preparation of the Mission year-end financial statements
• Approves/Confirms that proposed obligations or expenditures, are in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Rules of the UN, relevant appropriations, staffing tables and corresponding approved allotments /appropriations.
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