Finance Assistant
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Cairo, Egypt
- 1 month, 1 week ago
- Salary NA
- Full Time
- Private
- Urgent
The Egyptian Red Sea Initiative (ERSI) is an important new programme that aims to reduce drivers of coral reef degradation while simultaneously developing new finance sources and mechanisms for reef positive business and livelihoods. To ensure that the Egyptian Red Sea region’s coral reefs continue to provide vital ecological and socio-economic services, the programme will also advance science on coral reef resilience, identify and protect climate refugia1, and implement sustainable financing mechanisms for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that harbour critical coral reef ecosystems.
Through the establishment and operationalization of a new Egyptian Fund for Coral Reefs (EFCR), which will leverage finance for reef-positive businesses that support conservation, economic development, community livelihoods, and enhanced community resilience to climate change, the programme will accelerate the development of reef-positive business models, especially in the ecotourism, sustainable fisheries, and waste management sectors.
With additional finance for conservation and investment from the private sector, the programme is expected to leverage at least an additional USD 45 million in grants through the Egyptian Fund for Coral Reefs (EFCR) to support coral reef conservation in the Egyptian Red Sea.
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for providing back-office/financial support to the Project Lead and National Project Coordinator including:
Support implementation of operations strategies
Monitoring project activities and expenses to ensure accurate budgeting, timely reporting, and compliance with organizational or donor requirements.
Support the project budget and payments by ensuring timely disbursements, accurate tracking of expenditures, and adherence to financial guidelines.
Request new tranches of funding, provide a detailed financial report of the previous tranche, highlighting the expenditures, project progress, and remaining balance.
Provide project budget management support.
Provide financial oversight support.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Key deliverables (products and processes):
Institutional Arrangement
The Project Management unit (PMU) will consist of a Project Manager, a Finance Assistant (this position), a coordinator an administrative officer and a driver. The Finance Assistant will be responsible for providing finance support to the Project Lead and National Project Coordinator.
Core
Achieve Results:
LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously:
LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 1: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination:
LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Thematic Area
Name
Definition
Business Management
Operations Management
Ability to effectively plan, organize and oversee different parts of corporate operations, simultaneously and in an integrated way. Knowledge of relevant concepts and mechanisms.
Finance
Accounting (General)
Knowledge of accounting concepts, principles, frameworks, standards, regulations, policies and trends, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations.
Finance
Budget management
Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets.
Finance
Management and cost accounting
Ability to produce periodic qualitative and quantitative performance reports to facilitate effective decision making and performance monitoring. Ability to use a range of costing techniques and analyze cost related data to provide quantitative information to the users of reports.
Minimum of 5 years (with secondary education) or 2 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible finance and /or accounting experience at the national or international level is required.
Required skills:
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section: