FINANCE OFFICER (Management Accountant) Grade: NO-B

The WHO Global Service Centre provides administrative services to all staff and all WHO offices worldwide in respect of human resources, payroll, pension, procurement, accounts payable and support of specific corporate IT applications. The aim of this Centre is to serve as the global processing platform for the swift and reliable delivery of a comprehensive array of products and services covering all these fields. The Global Finance team is responsible for global processing and accounting for payroll and supplier payments. The Global Procurement and Logistics (GPL) team is responsible for the processing of all purchase requisitions and orders. The Management Accountant acts as a focal point to coordinate the encumbrance processes between the payroll, procurement and accounts payable areas.

Description of duties: To act as focal point for encumbrance management and reconciliation. The reconciliations are highly technical in nature and require the incumbent to interact regularly with business and IT focal points. The incumbent will also be responsible for the supervision of the e-Imprest return verifications performed by the Global Service Centre. Under the direct supervision of Head, Accounts Payable, the Management Accountant is responsible for: - Reconciliation of encumbrance balances between Accounts Payable, Payroll, Procurement, Grants Accounting and General Ledger; - Prepare monthly exception reports; - Initiate follow up with technical units and business counterparts. Attend budget finance meetings and other network meetings as required; - Act as primary focal point with ITT for all system issues related to encumbrances; - Coordinate incoming flows for the cancellation of encumbrances; - Provide regular meaningful summary and detailed reports on encumbrances; - Review the process and identify the possible areas for improving the productivity without compromising on quality of service. - Work closely with other teams within AP and Procurement Team - Supervise the e-Imprest review functions for accounts managed by GSC. - Supervise staff assigned to the unit - Other duties as required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Essential: A first university degree in accounting, financial management, business administration or a closely related field. Desirable: Professional accounting certification such as CPA, ACCA etc. Interest in furthering professional studies to grasp new techniques and to gain awareness of latest thinking in the profession.

Skills: WHO Competencies: 1. Moving forward in a changing environment 2. Producing results 3. Communicating in a credible and effective way 4. Creating an empowering and motivating environment 5. Ensuring the effective use of resources - Demonstrated skills and experience in finance, accounting and systems management. - Ability to analyze financial data and recommend appropriate actions and to prepare reporting documents. - Mature judgment and ability to detect shortcomings and anomalies and recommend remedy in line with WHO rules and regulations. - Comprehensive knowledge of principles and practices of accounting and financial management. - Good managerial and leadership skills - Very good knowledge of and skills in the use of ERP system such as Global Management System. - Sound judgment, integrity, tact and discretion in dealing with others. - Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. - A good team player. - Ability to work under pressure - Knowledge of the accounting and financial policies and regulations which govern management within the United Nations. - Advanced computer literacy, with emphasis on Excel. SQL skills, database skills or other data extraction skills are required. - Good presentation skills. - Experience in an ERP system such as Oracle, SAP or Peoplesoft.

Experience: Essential: At least two years responsibility and experience in financial accounting performing large scale data reconciliations. Must have experience acting as a liaison between business and IT departments. Ability to manage data through the procure to pay business cycle, preferably within a large corporation, national, multi-national or international organization. Experience in using integrated financial management and reporting systems. Expert knowledge of ERP process workflows, high volume data analysis, reconciliations, and report writing. Excellent systems skills to extract and reconcile data between sub-ledgers (AP, PO, PAY,GL and OGA). Desirable: Relevant experience in both accounting and information systems.

Languages: Excellent knowledge of English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of other WHO official languages an advantage.

Additional Information: This vacancy is open to Malaysian nationals only. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

Annual salary: (Net of tax) MYR100,600.- per annum (exempt of tax) at single rate

Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for online application procedures.

All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement.