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Under the supervision of the Regional Finance Specialist, the Finance Associate is responsible for the execution of a wide range of financial services and administrative processes in the UN Women West & Central Africa Regional Office, ensuring the timely, efficient and transparent use of financial resources and the delivery of services in accordance with the organization's financial rules, regulations, policies and procedures and approved allocations. The Finance Associate promotes a client-oriented approach in accordance with UN Women rules and regulations, standard practices and guidelines.

The Finance Associate works closely with the UN Women Regional Office and Headquarters operations team to resolve complex financial and reporting issues.

Scope of Work:

Implement financial strategies, and adapt processes and expenditure recording system including financial reporting in full compliance with UN Women's financial rules and regulations, policies and standard operating procedures

• Perform duties in full compliance with UN Women's financial rules and regulations, policies and standard operating procedures, including internal controls;
• Keep abreast of changes in International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and ensure full compliance;
• Review and verify financial transactions, activities and records; take corrective action when necessary and report any unusual activity;
• Monitor financial exception reports for unusual activities or transactions, investigate anomalies and report findings and/or recommendations for action/decisions to the supervisor;
• Collect, verify and present information and data to be used in the planning of financial resources and formulation of Regional Office (RO) programme work plans and budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements and execution modalities;
• Provide assistance in entering the annual work plan into the Results ...