Application Deadline: 7th September 2026

Job Purpose:

The Finance Associate delivers high-quality financial services to internal and external clients, ensuring compliance with all relevant UNFPA rules, guidelines, processes, and procedures. S/he works closely with programme and project staff, providing financial monitoring, analysis, and advice on expenditure trends and implementation rates. S/he applies a client-oriented, results-focused approach to interpreting policies and procedures, providing support and guidance to the CO and UNFPA-supported projects, including financial oversight of implementing partners. 

You would be responsible for:

Support to the Country Office

• Advise and support staff on financial and administrative matters, including programme budget allocations, chart of accounts coding, accounting, and application of UNFPA policies.
• Ensure the effective financial recording and reporting system, internal control and audit follow-up, and process financial transactions in an accurate and timely way.
• Examine and analyze quarterly expenditures to ensure reasonable ending balances.
• Provide capacity building to staff on financial policy application
• Review Implementing Partner (IP) FACE submissions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with UNFPA rules.
• Reconcile IP reports with CO financial records and highlight discrepancies.
• Provide guidance to IPs on correct budget/accounts coding and documentation.
• Track submission deadlines and ensure timely follow-up on outstanding issues.
• Maintain simple records of FACE findings and follow-up actions for reporting purposes.
• Participate in financial monitoring and training of IPs in policies and guidelines related to project expenditure, including participation in HACT spot checks.
• Process travel requests and keep track of reporting after the travel and follow up for reporting by travelers.
• Liaises with the UNDP on finance-related matters (including the processing of payments), and ensures that all necessary documentation is duly completed and submitted.
• Maintain a proper filing system of finance documents and respond to clients’ queries.

Analysis of Accounts and Support to Accountability Obligations

• Review accounting transactions to ensure compliance with UNFPA financial policies and procedures.
• Review trial balances for reasonableness and advise CO staff on potential discrepancies or errors.
• Monitor financial information integrity and completeness via dashboards to facilitate monthly closures. This includes:
• Posting vouchers, managing payments, and reconciling payables and deposits.
• Ensuring timely correction of charges to incorrect accounts.
• Monitoring purchase orders and requisitions to avoid excessive aging.
• Managing petty cash and staff advances, ensuring proper accounting.
• Ensuring programme budgets are not over-allocated.
• Preparing and submitting monthly and quarterly financial reports.

Year-End Closure Process

Perform end-of-year accounts closure activities by ensuring all required reports are generated, reconciled, signed, and uploaded as required within the set deadlines as well as performing balance sheet accounts reconciliation. Prepare financial analyses as requested, including:

• Creation of general ledger journal entries.
• Summarization of trial balances for financial statement preparation.
• Ensure timely submission of year-end certifications and reports.
• Promote continuous improvement and harmonization of business processes within the Country Office.

Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor or designated authority.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, and/or other related fields.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Seven years of relevant experience in Finance, accounting, or business administration.
• Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling web-based management systems and ERP financials.
• Experience working with international organizations, including UN Agencies, is an added advantage.

Languages: 

Fluency in the English language is required.

Required Competencies: 

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity, 
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 
• Embracing cultural diversity, 
• Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Functional Competencies:

• Managing the organization’s financial resources
• Providing procurement services
• Ensuring facilities and assets management
• Supporting financial data analysis

Compensation and Benefits:

 This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.