Job Details

- Job title: Chief Admin/Finance
- Grade: P-4
- Employment type: Fixed Term Appointment
- Duty station: Current Delhi
- Categories: Administration, Financial Management, Facilities Management

Role overview

As the Chief, Admin and Finance you report to the Deputy Representative, Operations (DRO) for general direction and guidance. You are responsible for providing support to the DRO in managing, monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of program and operational activities (i.e. financial planning, disbursements of funds and payments, treasury and accounting, financial analysis and reporting of resources, transport, travel and premises management, protocol administration), ensuring compliance of all financial and administrative operations with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics and integrity. As the manager and functional expert of financial and administrative management services in a large country office with thirteen field offices, you are accountable for provision of managerial leadership and policy guidance for achievement of effective service management and staff capacity development. You ensure management of staff for cost effective, quality and efficient administrative and financial operations in support of office operations and the country programmes.

As the Chief, Admin and Finance, when supervising support staff, you will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with Internal Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability and ethics.





Your role focuses on upstream engagement through systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, governance, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach Convene, Converge, and Catalyze to achieve sustainable improvements in administrative and financial management outcomes at scale.

Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and end-results.

- Policy, procedures and strategies
- The budget preparation and implementation are properly administered monitored and controlled in the area of administrative management arid services.
- Administrative support and services.
- Property management.
- Contract arrangement and control.
- Partnership. coordination and collaboration.
- Support to financial planning and management.
- Control of accounts.
- Treasury and cash management.
- Knowledge and capacity building.

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Minimum requirements

- Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Financial Management related fields such as Accountancy or Finance or their equivalent.
- Work Experience: At least 8 years of relevant work experience in financial management or audits in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.



Both national and international work experience in office management, administration, property/premises management protocol or other relevant function. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel required.
- Skills: Financial Management, Budget Administration, Supply and Logistics, Office Management, Strategic Administration are required.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables

- Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
- Experience in a UN system agency or organization some of which served in a developing country is considered as an asset.
- Experience in database packages, web-based management systems and ERP systems (preferably SAP financial modules) is considered as an asset.
- Experience with IPSAS and / or IFRS is considered as an asset.
- Experience in risk management is considered as an asset.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

Competencies required for this post

- Builds and maintains partnerships
- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
- Drive to achieve

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