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Finance Associate G6 - Beirut - Unhcr Contract

1. Maintains financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures,balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports;2. Selects and enters data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checkingsources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data;3. Prepares recurring reports as scheduled and special reports as required for budget preparation,audits or other reasons;4. Advises and assists international staff, experts and consultants on all respects of allowances,salary advances, travel claims and other financial matters and calculates and authorizespayments due for claims and services;5. Initiates correspondence to verify data, answer queries and obtains additional information onaccounts and financial transactions, as required;6. Maintains liaison with officials of local banks to obtain day-to-day information on exchange andinterest rates, changes in procedures and regulations and matters pertaining to maintenance ofoffice bank accounts;7. Prepares detailed cost estimates and participates in budget analysis and projections as required;8. Performs other duties as required.
Application Deadline
Salary Range
Unpaid Position
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
Send your P11 form, CV and Cover Letter stating in the subject "Finance Associate." Primary consideration will be given to the internal candidates, which is in line with the following para in PPAL: "12. The order of priority for the review of applicants to externally advertised positions shall be the following: UNHCR staff members who have internal applicant status including applicants in other duty stations, other applicants having internal applicant status i.e. former UNHCR staff, UN staff members from other agencies, and external candidates." Applications received beyond the deadline will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
- Completion of Secondary education and post-secondary training/ certificate in Finance, Business
Administration, Business Management, Accounting or related fields.
- Minimum 4 years of professional job experience relevant to the functions within the UN system.
- A proven ability to act with discretion and diplomacy is essential for this function.
- Excellent communication, drafting and editorial skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic, including proven drafting and editing skills.
- Proficiency in French or another relevant UN language
Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Excellent
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No