Consultant - Administration/Finance at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish decision-making matrix (whtconsult, whtinclude in decisions) including by making an assessment of the current Divisional structures.
• Provide support tUNEP internal taskforce on Climate Action Division tsteer the transition process.
• Review and document status qusituation (staffing, income/costs) and support transition mapping exercise.
• Review and extract from lessons learned on recently implemented strategic initiatives at UNEP.
• Identify core HR and finance management staff and responsibilities for assignment tthe new Division.
• Review administrative implications and recommend solutions.
• Address operational issues including location, duty of care and host country implications.
• Review financial implications of transition and recommend action for all transition stages (staff, project funding and PSC).
• Review tbe performed for both new Division and affected Divisions
• Initiate recruitment of D2 tlead the Division (allocation of financial resources)
• Determine how resources such as budget, staff, equipment and facilities will be divided between the new Division and the affected Divisions and ensure a fair and equitable distribution that aligns with the respective mandates of these Divisions.
• Consider and make recommendation on cost-effective arrangements for HR/Admin/Finance between new and existing Divisions, incorporate considerations for UNEP’s fund allocation cycles.
• Oversee staffing contractual arrangements (transfers) and propose reporting lines.
• Guide and coordinate project portfolishift tnew Division, including on IPMR.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in budgeting and financial management, including at least five (5) years of experience in the administration of complex assessed and extra-budgetary budgets in a large international organization is required.
• Practical experience with and knowledge on SAP and other business intelligence reporting within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in the context of the UN is required.
• Experience with reporting of budget information in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) desirable.

Languages

• Fluency in written and spoken English Language is required.