Apply for Vacancy for Budget Officer at Department of Operational Support in the USA. The deadline for this job is 10th March 2021.

Summary:

This position is located in the Reimbursement Claims Management and Performance Section (RCMPS) of the Uniformed Capabilities Support Division (UCSD) in the Department of Operational Support (DOS). The incumbent will report to the Chief of Section.

Duties:

• Participates in Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) negotiations with Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) for mission deployments to the field and finalizes the MOU for signature between the TCCs and the UN.
• Also, reviews, analyses certifies and processes claims in respect of Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) death and disability awards and claims from third-parties, commercial entities, individuals and troop-contributing countries under letter-of-assist.
• Reviews supporting documentation, verifies accuracy and reasonableness of claims, and prepares draft certification for forwarding to the Controller for final settlement of claims
• Likewise, provides substantive support, advice and guidance to Permanent Missions of TCCs and Police Contributing Countries (PCCs) on issues pertaining to contingent personnel and equipment reimbursement frameworks, and death and disability compensation matters to relevant field operations.
• Moreover, provides support to Permanent Missions by delivering briefings on COE policies and procedures to report on status of reimbursement of TCC and PCCs; discusses matters relating to claims, participates in pre-deployment visits and negotiations with troop-contributing countries.
• Also, coordinates the preparation and finalization of cost estimates for budget and planning purposes.
• Provides briefings to Senior Management to report on status of reimbursement for TCCs/PCCs.
• Furthermore, prepares regular and ad hoc management reports, and reviews, analyses and updates data in claims database.

Education

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in Finance, Management, Public and Business Administration, Accounting or related field.
• Also, a first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Likewise, professional accreditation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant or a similar professional accreditation is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area.
• Three years of experience in budget development and financial administration of resources at the international level.
• Likewise, experience in the use of computer systems, such as financial modules. Also, automated budgeting and accounting systems, and other spreadsheets and word processing applications.
• Also, experience in military or police planning operations and associated equipment and concepts is desirable.
• Experience in processing complex claims based on negotiated multi-stakeholders agreements is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English; Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

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