Head, Accounts Division ITU

International Telecommunication Union

Geneva, Switzerland

Duties / Responsibilities

In the Financial Resources Management Department, under the general supervision of the Chief of the Department, the incumbent as Head of Division, performs the following duties:

Is responsible for organizing, managing, monitoring and overseeing the Union's accounts, including:

• The Union's budgetary accounts, special accounts and accounts for voluntary funds;
• The Union's insurance fund accounts;
• Debtors' accounts;
• Accounts payable;
• The accounts of world and regional telecommunication exhibitions and forums;
• Travel section activities;
• Any other accounts that may be established as required;
• Prepares balance sheets for the above-mentioned accounts and liaises with external auditors in the course of their audits;
• Establishes and refines working methods and accounting procedures, bearing in mind the possibilities offered by information technology systems;
• Assists and deputizes for the Chief of the Department in his/her capacity as Secretary of the Budget Control Committee during ITU conferences;
• Participates in inter-organizational meetings and represents ITU at meetings on, among other things, accounting standards and the standardization of financial statements;
• Advises the ITU management on financial and accounting practices;
• Prepares studies, reports, and documents on financial and accounting matters for the Secretary-General, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Council, the Plenipotentiary Conference and the United Nations;
• Assists in the drawing up of ITU's financial rules and regulations, ensuring that they comply with generally accepted accounting standards;
• Provides general assistance to the Chief of the Department in regard to all the above-mentioned tasks.

Qualifications required

Education:

• Advanced university degree in accountancy, finance, business administration or a related field OR education in a reputed college of advanced education with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of an advanced university degree in one of the fields above;
• For internal candidates, a first university degree in one of the fields above in combination with fifteen years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree for promotion or rotation purposes.

Experience:

At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in the field of accountancy, including at least five at the international level. A Doctorate in a related field can be considered as a substitute for three years of working experience.

Languages:

• Knowledge of one of the six official languages of the Union (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish) at advanced level and knowledge of a second official language at intermediate level;
• Knowledge of a third official language would be an advantage. (Under the provisions of Resolution No. 626 of the Council, a relaxation of the language requirements may be authorized in the case of candidates from developing countries: when candidates from such countries possess a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the Union, their applications may be taken into consideration.)

Competencies:

• Excellent knowledge and practical experience of working with IPSAS and accounting guidelines and reporting system;
• Excellent knowledge and practical experience of UN financial and accounting regulations;
• Strong experience of Result Based Budgeting and Management in addition to the understanding of mandatory budget reconciliation requirements;
• Proven experience of managing a team in a multicultural and multilingual environment as well as proven experience of managing project and the capacity to adapt to changing conditions in order to deliver results;
• Proven theoretical knowledge and practical experience of computerized accounting and finance systems and the SAP system.

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