UNICEF recrute un Finance Associate
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world.
For every child, the right to Results
How can you make a difference?
The Finance Associate will be responsible for providing a variety of technical and specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
- Advises and assists on all aspects related to preparation of reports, compilation of data and answering queries on pledges recorded, funds received, adjustments made to ensure financial compliance.
- Act as a Local Finance focal point, verify and ensure accuracy by checking invoices, making necessary calculations.
- Maintains financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data.
- Selects and enters data from a wide variety of documents, verifying and ensuring accuracy.
- Ensure the processing of VAT exemption requests within the allotted time.
- Closes year-end account and assists in the preparation of year-end reports.
- Maintain compliant financial documentation archives.
- Initiates correspondence to verify data, answers, queries and obtains additional information.
- Maintains liaisons with officials of local banks.
- Prepares detailed cost estimates, and participates in budget analysis and projects.
- Performs other duties, as required.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
- Education: Completion of secondary education (BAC) is required.
- Work Experience: Minimum six years of clerical experience in the area of finance and accounting is required.
- Skills: The role requires strong Financial Analysis, Resource Management, Project Management, Stakeholder Collaboration, Problem-Solving, and Digital Dexterity skills.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in French is required.
Desirables:
- Language: Knowledge of English is an asset.
- Professional and/or university courses related to the field of work are highly desirable.
- Previous UN experience is considered an asset.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
- Builds and maintains partnerships
- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
- Drive to achieve results for impact
- Innovates and embraces change
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
Remarks:
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF.
Advertised: 23 Sep 2026 Greenwich Standard Time
Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 Greenwich Standard Time
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