Budget Officer

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related fields.
  
• Work Experience: 1 year of relevant work experience in budget management and monitoring its execution; Experience in managing system operations of the Organization and producing budget related status report.
  
• Skills: Data Analysis, Budget Management, Financial Monitoring, Financial Reviews, Reporting, System Operations
  
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
  
• Desirables:
  
• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish),
  
• Experience with SAP systems and working with large organizations/budgets,
  
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
  
• For every Child, you demonstrate…
  
• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
  
• UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
  
• Builds and maintains partnerships
  
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
  
• Drive to achieve results for impact
  
• Innovates and embraces change
  
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
  
• Thinks and acts strategically
  
• Works collaboratively with others
  

• Provides information on fund allotments and availability of funds to relevant sections/sectors.
  
• Allocates new and existing programme funds in VISION to programmes in line with planning instructions; process reallocations and rephasing of funding to other budget years as required.
  
• Support the budget specialist to monitor and update planning budgets in ZPS_Plan to ensure alignment with the board approved budget ceiling.
  
• Support the budget specialist with preparation and processing of salary cost distributions for staff posts as required.
  
• Monitor grant start and end dates, budget execution, and fund utilization, including Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs), by preparing regular status reports and ensuring expenditures comply with donor conditions.
  
• Monitor emergency funding by preparing quarterly financial tracking service sector report (FTS), ensuring it is reviewed by relevant sections and approved by management.
  
• Support the budget specialist to prepare financial monitoring reports, management indicator reports, Direct Cash Transfer reports using systems such as ASAP and Insight and identify potential financial risks or red flags.
  
• Conduct financial reviews of financial reports and proposal budgets assigned by the budget specialist.
  
• Support the yearend closure process by monitoring funds utilization, commitments and rephasing of open balances on active grants.
  
• Support the budget specialist in the rollout of staff capacity-building initiatives, ensuring staff are well equipped to manage and monitor programme budgets effectively.