Finance Senior Assistant

About the role

UNOPS Myanmar, established in 1996, is a key partner in the country's humanitarian and development work, managing several development funds and serving as Principal Recipient for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Finance Senior Assistant provides financial, accounting and administrative support to manage transactions and reporting accurately, with the duty station in Yangon and frequent travel to the field.

Key responsibilities

• Accounting and administrative support: prepare vouchers (project, PO, reconciliation and payment execution), maintain the internal expenditure control system so vouchers are matched and completed and transactions are recorded in the enterprise system, process travel claims and other entitlements, and support the supervisor in correcting unposted vouchers and budget-check errors.
• Review payment requests and ticket status in JIRA against the annual work plan, MCF SOP and UNOPS FFRs, and present information on financial resource status and daily tasks.
• Cash management: act as alternate to the Finance Associate for reviewing the cash position of local accounts, and cover the Field Finance Senior Assistant during peak activity or annual leave to disburse funds according to the approved work plan.
• Initiate bank transfers and deals in the Enterprise system.
• Support training and learning on finance topics, share lessons learned and best practices, and contribute feedback on processes.

Required profile

• Secondary school (or equivalent) with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree (preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline) with 1 year of relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, business administration or a related field.

Required skills

• Desired: knowledge of UNOPS financial rules and regulations.
• Desired: working knowledge of ERP, experience with the Google Platform, and financial management using electronic systems.