Finance Assistant G5 at United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)

Responsibilities

• Main Duties: Code, record and reconcile accounting transactions.
• Reconcile moderately complex bank accounts in various currencies.
• Process payments to vendors for goods and services; This includes calculating, inputting and checking payments for correctness and communicating discrepancies to supervisors; Verify accuracy of data.
• Process salaries, entitlements, claims, income taxes, etc., according to established guidelines and procedures.
• Brief and assist newly arrived staff, experts and consultants on basic financial procedures and requirements with respect to payments, entitlements, banking and currency provisions and other requirements relating to accounts and finance.
• Prepare detailed cost estimates and other data for use in budget analysis and proposals.
• Generate expenditure reports from computerized information system databases.

Education

• Completion of secondary education or equivalent is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in in business, finance, accounting or related field

Job - Specific Qualification

• Relevant training in the field of accounting, finance and business administration is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of Five (5) years’ experience in accounting and bookkeeping, budgeting, Finance, administrative services or related areas is for candidates who possess Secondary School certification is required.
• The minimum year of relevant experience is reduced to three (3) for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office applications is required.
• MS word or Word or Excel or Powerpoint or Access or Google Docs or G-Suite or Quickbooks or Computer packages or Computer applications or Google Suite or Computers.
• Experience in using web-based or integrated information management systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is desirable.
• One (1) year of experience within the United Nations or similar international organization is desirable.
• One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.