UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.
Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means hand over.
For each youngster, hope..
The Division of Monetary and Administrative Administration’s (DFAM) general goal is to make sure that monetary assets are totally attributed to the Strategic Plan outcomes chain, made accessible in a well timed method, and used successfully and effectively inside an optimized organizational construction which is ‘match for objective’. That is achieved by means of periodic measurement, clear monetary and administrative efficiency reporting, and the event and utility of risk-informed coverage, improved procedures, and revolutionary techniques.
The Money-Primarily based Transfers unit inside DFAM Treasury & Structured Finance Part (TSFS) performs a major function in growing and sustaining glorious relationships with Monetary Service Suppliers (FSPs), together with conventional banks, cell cash operators, digital fee suppliers, monetary know-how corporations, different related contributors within the cash-based switch neighborhood, and different UN Businesses. Ensures compliance with inner high quality assurance requirements and exterior regulatory company mandates, together with Know Your Buyer and worldwide sanctions and manages counterparty danger.
The unit can be liable for introducing efficiencies and enhancing transparency and danger administration of funds, accelerating the digital finance transformation of UNICEF in service of Programmes and Operations. The unit additionally works with varied digital finance suppliers, together with digital fee platforms, e-wallets, social media platforms, e-commerce, Cell Community Operators (MNOs), and fee aggregators.
How are you going to make a distinction?
The Finance Specialist (Digital Fee Options) will assist the Senior Finance Supervisor World Money-Primarily based Transfers in exploring new digital fee options, offering technical assist, and strengthening Regional and Nation Workplace monitoring and compliance.
Moreover, the incumbent will present cash-based switch finance-related risk-informed coverage recommendation, steering, and assist, set up instruments and processes, and oversee the design and implementation of controls to watch and mitigate cash-based switch dangers.
Key capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties embody:
Below the steering of the Senior Finance Supervisor World Money Primarily based Transfers:
The incumbent will actively discover and assist the implementation of risk-informed monetary points of cash-based transfers by offering technical assist and steering to UNICEF Regional and Nation Workplaces. The place can be accountable for offering assist throughout the number of FSPs and retaining abreast of recent technological developments for supply of cash-based transfers to beneficiaries. They will even determine and pursue alternatives for digital fee options, guaranteeing the applying of guidelines and laws, compliance and adjustments to insurance policies, procedures, system efficiencies and safeguarding of monetary assets resulting in improved and environment friendly fee options. The incumbent will work intently with different models in DFAM, together with the Banking Unit, the Monetary Reporting Unit, and different divisions and groups throughout the group together with the Programme Group, the Provide Division, the Authorized Group and nation places of work worldwide.
A. Monetary Service Supplier Choice:
1. Overview the enterprise case and phrases of reference from Regional and Nation Workplaces for brand new requests and extensions of FSP approvals.
2. Facilitate FSP monetary well being and credit score danger evaluation to find out the chance that the FSP will proceed as a viable enterprise and safeguard UNICEF funds entrusted to them.
3. Synthesise the outcomes of the monetary well being and credit score evaluation and draft an approval or disapproval request to the Treasurer.
4. Contribute to the authorized documentation for FSPs, guaranteeing {that a} formal service settlement is signed between UNICEF and the service suppliers.
B. Digital Fee Options:
1. Foster the exploration and implementation of recent digital fee options for the good thing about cash-based switch programming at UNICEF.
2. Work together with a wide selection of digital finance service suppliers, together with however not restricted to digital fee platforms, e-wallets, social media platforms, e-commerce, Cell Community Operators (MNOs), and fee aggregators.
3. Scale up digital funds for money transfers to beneficiaries of UNICEF’s programmes.
4. Conduct in-depth analysis on digital funds, digital monetary companies, and monetary inclusion in particular markets to tell UNICEF’s digital transformation technique.
5. Establish and implement revolutionary options to assist digital funds and entry to monetary companies, determine alternatives to form the atmosphere and create new methods
for delivering money to beneficiaries of UNICEF programmes.
6. Assist determine partnerships and networks with crucial worldwide, nationwide/regional platforms and initiatives for UNICEF to work with to scale up the digital fee’s agenda.
7. Help with coordinating and negotiating money supply companies with monetary establishments, together with compliance necessities, and liaise with UNICEF authorized and Procurement on contractual paperwork.
8. Overview Monetary Service Suppliers’ phrases of reference / contractual agreements and danger evaluation.
9. Help implementing a steady studying and improvement plan for CBTs at UNICEF.
C. Threat Administration:
1. Set up a risk-based system to periodically and systematically monitor FSP danger mitigation motion plans authorized by DFAM Treasury to make sure they adhere to established work processes and adjust to UNICEF insurance policies and Procedures.
2. Replace the FSP approval circumstances monitoring calendar, share monitoring instruments and set compliance evaluation appointments with Regional Workplaces and Nation Workplaces.
3. Overview Nation Workplace submissions of approval circumstances compliance and suggest adjustments to the required proof submitted to DFAM Treasury and circumstances to strengthen compliance.
4. Keep up to date with CBT business laws and compliance necessities related to UNICEF CBT monetary operations.
D. Information Administration:
1. Construct dashboards from CBT-generated knowledge for straightforward reporting and monitoring of traits.
2. Hold the DFAM Treasury SharePoint present and add information to the respective libraries.
3. Replace the CBT Nation Workplace Help Request Tracker and respective dashboards.
4. Assist seize new data utilizing a data administration system, together with PowerBI, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, use of AI instruments, and many others.
5. Draft preliminary content material for capacity-building periods with nation and regional places of work.
To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…
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A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s) in Finance Administration, Enterprise Administration, or Economics is required.
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A minimal 5 (5) years of related work expertise in cash-based transfers, danger administration, finance, or banking, is required.
- Palms-on expertise working with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, SharePoint and PowerPoint at a sophisticated stage is required.
- Information and expertise working with an Enterprise Useful resource Planning system (i.e. SAP) is required.
- Palms-on expertise with fee strategies for humanitarian programmes, akin to money transfers, is taken into account an asset.
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Palms-on expertise with PowerBI is very fascinating.
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Expertise working in a multi-cultural atmosphere is taken into account an asset.
- Work expertise in a growing nation, and/or familiarity with work in an emergency context is taken into account an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) is taken into account an asset.
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Purposeful Competencies Required:
-Demonstrated data of Digital Fee Options.
-Sturdy analytical and problem-solving expertise.
-Sturdy reasoning expertise in figuring out points, gathering related info, and exhibiting sound judgment in decision-making.
For each Little one, you show…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.
Throughout the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters.
Remarks:
Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is crucial to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice can be cancelled.
All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background verify.
Authorities staff which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.
