Finance & Administrative Officer Wanted at WFP LESOTHO

Under the supervision of the Country Director, the incumbent will support the stewardship of WFP’s resources, monitoring budgets, forecasting, analysing, reporting and providing core administrative support to enable effective management of funds and assets, and ensure assistance to beneficiaries is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way possible, operating with minimal supervision and providing guidance to junior staff.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Reporting to the Country Director, the incumbent will oversee all aspects of finance, budget, and administration. The Finance and Administration officer will operate with minimal supervision, and provide guidance to junior staff to ensure that operation and project objectives are achieved.

JOB PURPOSE

To contribute to daily planning and delivery of quality, customer-focused, value for money finance and administrative services that enable staff to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries, in line with WFP’s strategy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Support corporate finance and resource management strategies and major ongoing programmatic initiatives, participating where appropriate using finance and resource management expertise.
Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes, aligned with Regional and wider WFP strategy, policies and processes to meet the food assistance needs of beneficiaries within the Country; .
Monitor budgets in line with corporate procedures and requirements; analyse and report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects in accordance with corporate governance requirements, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with.
Perform bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures on a regular basis in accordance with corporate requirements.
Deliver core administrative services, working with contractors and following standard processes to provide cost-effective, quality and timely services to WFP staff.
Collate and analyze data for the preparation of accurate and timely reporting, in order to provide management with financial, accounting and budgetary information to enable them to make informed decisions; track and analyze data to identify opportunities for improvements to policies, systems and procedures in order to minimize financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives.
Deliver financial controls and insight into WFP performance, undertaking periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks.
Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required.
Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
Contribute to and implement WFP country/regional plans, including administrative processes, aligned with regional and wider WFP strategies and policies to facilitate efficient and effective administration service.
Develop annual plans, contribute to longer term strategies and improvementstopolicies, systems and procedures to ensure services provided support WFP strategic objectives and are in compliance with corporate policies, standards, regulations and processes.
Carry out complex data analysis to provide management and clients with the accurate information and reports for efficient planning and decision-making.
Manage the existing resources in the area of responsibility (e.g. WFP managed facilities, assets and travel management, etc.) and estimate new requirements aiming at efficiency, cost – effectiveness and timeliness of operations and services.
Facilitate the compliance of the servicesprovided(e.g. WFPmanagedfacilities,assetsand travelmanagement,etc.)with the corporate Occupational Safety and Health Policy and contribute to the provision of recommendations to the management on improvements/changes.
Support a culture of environmental sustainability throughout WFP by role modelling actions that drive sustainability in all administrative activities.
Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
Other duties as required.
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

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4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
 Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
 Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
 Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People

Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
 Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
 Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
 Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
 Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
 Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
 Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
 Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
 Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
 Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.

Experience: At least five years of postgraduate professional experience in reviewing and analyzing financial statements, in implementing accounting and internal control processes, and managing the administrative functions.
National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has experience reviewing and analyzing financial statements.
• Has experience implementing accounting and internal control processes.

Closing date: 15 January 2017

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