Finance Officer (Consultant Invoicing), NO-2, Fixed Term Position, Individual Consultant Service (ICS), Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary, #139040 (Only for Hungarian nationals)

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The Finance Officer (ICS) as a team leader, provides day-to-day operational and advisory support, ensuring high-quality service delivery, performance excellence, and full compliance in processing of individual consultant’s invoices. The role directly line manages a team of 9-10 invoice processing staff and involves active engagement with consultants and contracting managers in offices across globe, offering expert guidance on procedures, compliance standards, and best practices.

Under the direct supervision and overall guidance of the Finance Manager (Individual Consultant Services), the incumbent will carry out the following key functions:

• People management
• Service delivery – Consultant Direct Invoice Processing
• Stakeholder Coordination and Partnership
• Projects and Innovation
• Knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD Finance Officer NOB

Minimum requirements:

• Education: A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) university degree in the field of Audit, Finance, Accounting is required.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in one of the areas such as financial management, financial transactional processing, consultant contracting, compliance, auditing and risk management is required.
• Experience managing large volumes of individual consultant invoicing is required.
• Strong knowledge of UNICEF’s policies, procedures, and guidelines related to individual consultant contracting is required.
• Skills: Strong SAP knowledge, Service Gateway, Fiori and VISION and practical experience are required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Professional courses such as CIA, CA, CPA are an asset.
• Proven ability to design and optimize process workflows and experience in training processing teams, managers, and consultants is highly desirable.
• Work experience in Global Shared/Business Services/Business Support centre is desirable.
• Supervisory experience in leading, developing and maintaining high performing team is desired.
• Experience of Financial and Operational data analysis and reporting will be an asset.
• Advance presentation/PowerPoint and Excel skills are an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts

Internal applicants from the GSSC are required to complete the Learning Path corresponding to their current level before applying for another position. Additionally, they must attach a snapshot of the completed path to their applications. Applications that do not meet these two minimum requirements will not be considered.

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UNICEF offers an attractive remuneration package with competitive salary and benefits.

For further details, please visit Compensation and Benefit site on UNICEF Career page

National Officer (NO) staff are nationals of the country in which they perform functions of a technical and professional nature. Eligible applicants are nationals of Hungary.

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UNICEF's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary provides services to UNICEF offices globally in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Information Technology. For more information about GSSC please visit our webpage at Global Shared Services Centre | UNICEF and check this Working for UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre - YouTube

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