DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS18 November 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Budapest)
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We are excited to announce an opening for a Finance Officer (NOB) at the WFP Global Payments Solutions Centre in Budapest. This is a unique opportunity for you to take your career to new heights at our Global Payments Solutions Centre.
Why This Role?
Impact: Be part of a global mission to end hunger.
Growth: Elevate your career in a managerial capacity.
Expertise: Utilize and expand your technical background in Finance.
Deadline for Applications: 18 November 2024.
Future Opportunities: This recruitment will also create a roster of prequalified applicants for upcoming roles at the same or lower level in Budapest.
Eligibility: This role is in the National Officer category, therefore only Hungarian nationals will be considered.
About the Global Payments Solution Centre
Our GPS Centre in Budapest centralizes WFP’s accounts payable functions, alleviating the workload of Country Offices and enhancing efficiency, data quality, and service delivery. This strategic initiative is key to improving our financial operations.
Hear directly from our Finance Officers what it's like to work at WFP GPS in Budapest: Working at WFP GPS in Budapest (youtube.com)
About the role:
As a Finance Officer, you will supervise the Finance Operations teams in: General Accounting; Accounts Payable and Quality Assurance.
Under the general supervision of the Senior Finance Officer, you will contribute to the successful implementation of the GPS project in line with the office management plan and the wider strategic plan drivers. This role involves coordinating with all stakeholders (internal and external to GPS) and keeping the GPS Management team informed of progress, risks, and necessary interventions throughout the project lifecycle.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Contribute to the successful implementation of the GPS project, through the development of effective project management procedures, roles, tools, and systems that are agreed upon by all parties involved.
Responsible for working with all internal WFP parties to finalize project scope, gather business requirements, manage customer relationships and oversee the overall team’s performance.
Responsible for maintaining customer relationships guiding process owners, end-users, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into feasible functional requirements, to ensure all parties are represented in the definition and evolution of services.
Guide and supervise more junior staff acting as a point of referral, coaching and providing/delivering training to build capacity and increase expected level of operational support
Oversee all project documentation and reports are developed and maintained including risk reports, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), quality checklists, customer satisfaction, benefits realization, and lessons learned.
Coordinate the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the processes or system to the field.
Contribute to the business revision of the services of the GPS, working closely with internal stakeholders and relevant counterparts in other UN agencies to clarify policies, standard operating procedures, terms of reference, and KPIs for consolidation of the GPS model.
Coordinate with the GPS Quality Assurance Unit, to enable financial controls and insight into GPS performance, and undertake periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas that may present potential audit, compliance, or financial risks.
Represent the unit in internal meetings, external meetings, and various events involving UN agencies, banks, financial institutions, partners, and other entities as necessary. Contribute to the preparation of the annual work plans together with the related regular reporting providing relevant insights from the Finance Operations team.
Contribute to the change management efforts of the GPS by delivering trainings, participating in field missions, overseeing process efficiency.
Perform other assigned tasks as required.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES AND MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS