Call for applications: Finance Officer SC-9/SC-8 grades

🔄 Call for application: This is a call-for-application. If you are interested in joining our talent pool, submit your application. In case of any future opportunities that match your profile, you may be invited to apply and undergo a selection process.

🔄 Upon the completion of a competitive selection process, successful candidates will be placed on the roster and rostered applicants may be contacted in the future on an as-needed basis, for immediate opportunities.

What will you do in this position?

You will oversee financial planning, risk management, and reporting processes while mentoring and guiding junior staff, ensuring adherence to financial best practices and corporate governance requirements. The role also involves engaging with key internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, UN agencies, banks, and financial institutions, to drive financial accountability and operational efficiency.

Why work with WFP Ukraine?

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world who depend on its food supplies. The war has caused immense suffering for civilians, displaced families, and disrupted supply chains and food production. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 6 million Ukrainians are still living as refugees across Europe, and almost 3.3 million are internally displaced. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south of Ukraine do not have reliable access to nutritious food.

WFP uses a combination of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war. This includes working with local partners to distribute food boxes in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers in locations where people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 3.01 billion meals to people displaced and affected by the war.

At WFP Ukraine, we offer a wide range of benefits and entitlements and favorable working conditions for Service Contract holders. Some of them are:

✅ Competitive salaries per job level

✅ Pension contribution added to net salary

✅ Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents

✅ Applicable danger pay (revised on quarterly basis)

✅ Annual leave - 30 days per year

✅ 18 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent

✅ 1 day per week remote working option within the duty station (subject to conditions)

✅ Accessible premises & reasonable accommodation

✅ Learning & development opportunities

How can you make a difference?

In this position, you will have to:  

• Stay updated on corporate finance and resource management strategies, circulars, and policies and actively apply this knowledge in the Country Office finance processes.
• Contribute to the creation of country-specific financial and resource management plans, ensuring alignment with the WFP Finance strategy, policies, and procedures to effectively support the operations in the country office.
• Prepare and submit key financial data and project outcome reports, ensuring compliance with corporate governance requirements, accuracy, and adherence to deadlines.
• Track and analyze budgets, conduct financial forecasting for new and ongoing projects, and ensure alignment with corporate financial procedures.
• Supervise bank reconciliations, process disbursements, open items, manage cash flow, and complete monthly financial closures in accordance with corporate guidelines.
• Administer staff benefits, facilitate the recruitment of local personnel in finance, and coordinate training efforts as needed.
• Collect and analyze financial data to support policy and system improvements, mitigate financial risks, and enhance operational efficiency in the Country office finance processes.
• Compile and provide accurate financial, staffing, and resource utilization data to management for informed decision-making.
• Support financial control mechanisms by assisting with periodic risk assessments and internal control evaluations to identify and address audit, compliance, and financial risks.
• Supervise and guide junior staff, review their work, and help with complex financial analyses and queries.
• Attend and actively participate in internal and external meetings, including engagements with UN agencies, banks, financial institutions, and other key partners.
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• Perform other assigned duties to support overall financial and resource management objectives.