UN Women: Finance Analyst, Istanbul, Turkiye, P2, FTA International
- Organisation: UN Women
- Location: Istanbul, Türkiye
- Deadline: 18 November 2026
Background:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director for Financial Management in Headquarters (HQ) and the daily supervision of the Regional Operations Manager, the Finance Analyst is responsible for providing assistance to offices in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region as necessary to ensure capacity and support; assistance with development projects for the finance users of UN Women for better business practices and controls as well as automation; ensuring all finance users are compliant with and trained in the accounting standards, financial regulations and rules, policies and procedures; assisting Finance Section HQ in dedicated support, training, advice for Regional Offices, Multi-Country Offices and COs (ROs/MCOs/COs); and acts as the Audit focal point for the Region in co-ordination with Finance Section HQ, as well as finance users in ROs and COs.
The Finance Analyst supervises and leads support staff of the Finance Sub-Unit. The Finance Analyst works in close collaboration with Finance Section HQ, Programme and Operations colleagues, teams at the country level, and UN Women staff ensuring high performance and efficiency in Finance.
Functions:
1. Coordinate the financial planning, analysis, and provision of services to the RO and ECA Offices in accordance with UN Women internal control framework, rules, regulations, policies and procedures:
• Recommend and/or implement cost saving and reduction strategies;
• Review and/or verify financial transactions/activities, recording/reporting system and audit reports. Co-ordinate with Finance Section HQ on suggestions for amendments;
• Review financial business processes and use of Quantum system to ensure accurate and complete reporting of financial transactions by UN Women staff in accordance with the Internal Control Framework and Delegation of Authority and the timely flow of financial information in UN Women for management, monitoring and oversight purposes;
• Analyze and oversee all financial resources managed by the RO and provide high-quality professional advice on financial issues to the RO management, as necessary;
• Coordinate cash management processes, including liquidity management, recommend impress level, risk assessment, security for cash assets on site.
• Assist with financial risk assessment reviews for the RO, by identifying areas of risk and providing recommendations and action plans for addressing issues raised.
2. Coordinate the monitoring and oversight of financial systems in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Monitor financial systems and reports for unusual activities, transactions, investigate anomalies;
• Coordinate the RO and ECA Offices timely completion of their Month-end Instructions Checklist and Year-end Instructions Closure Checklist;
• Draft all financial reports in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and ensure continued compliance. Monitor the RO and ECA Offices for compliance with IPSAS accounting standards by reviewing business processes and systems modules resulting in IPSAS compliant general ledger and financial statements;
• Review Implementing Partner advance procedures and test against UN Women policies to ensure compliance. Investigate and follow up on any anomalies for timely action and resolution, as necessary;
• Review all contractual arrangements with suppliers of goods and services to ensure that the financial terms and conditions of all contracts are being adhered to by the suppliers of goods and services;
• Report to the Regional Operations Manager for Financial Management any case of non-adherence for timely action and recommendations for actions/decisions, as necessary;
• Respond to questions and provide analysis as requested to the Finance Section HQ.
3. Coordinate financial reporting in the RO and ECA Offices in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Draft timely and accurate automated interim financial reports to governments and donors as required under the donor agreements and other cost-sharing arrangements for submission to Virtual Global Service Centre Finance Specialists;
• Track and report contributions within the resource mobilization efforts, including pipeline, contracted and overdue and future milestones. Review contributions receivables and provide information to the Regional Operations Manager for follow up, as necessary;
• Write ad hoc financial Donor and other reports as requested;
• Follow up and/or take prompt action to respond to audit and other findings on financial management.
4. Coordinate the audit process in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Coordinate the pre-audit preparations for financial management of the RO and ECA Offices to be audit ready and complete the pre-audit checklist. Travel to ECA Offices as necessary to assist during audits.
• Contribute technically to the training in the RO ECA Offices as part of the training plan or requirement of pre-audit preparations or as otherwise determined by Regional Operations Manager or Deputy Director for Financial Management;
• Write responses to internal and external audit inquiries and other findings related to financial management for review/approval by Regional Operations Manager and Deputy Director for Financial Management and incorporate recommendations in development in policies, procedures and practices;
• Plan and track expenditures and performance audit of financial resources, including extra-budgetary income.
5. Coordinate programme/ project budgets in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Coordinate all financial resources of programmes/ projects through planning, guiding, monitoring and controlling of the resources;
• Prepare and monitor budgets of management projects;
• Analyze and report on the budget approvals and the delivery situation of management projects;
• Contribute to the proper mechanisms to eliminate deficiencies in budget management;
• Submit financial information for timely preparation of donor reports;
• Prepare advance payments and direct payments for programme implementation and record them in Quantum.
• Provide assistance to offices in the region in relation to project closure and provide training on a regular basis, in conjunction with Virtual Global Service Centre Finance Specialists.
6. Coordinate financial training and communication for the RO and ECA Offices
• Monitor the effectiveness of the services of the finance team on a regular basis to ensure close relationship between Finance Section and Finance Users in RO and ECA Offices and take corrective measures as needed;
• Coordinate development projects to ensure effective finance and communication tools are in place and regularly monitored for improvements;
• Perform the Finance Helpdesk function for RO and ECA Offices to ensure accurate and timely response to issues and advice requested in conjunction with HQ Finance Field Support Unit;
• Support in the implementation of the approved Training plans (specifically QUANTUM and IPSAS) in conjunction with HQ Finance Field Support Unit on a recurrent basis to ensure competency across all Finance Users at RO and ECA Offices;
• Provide oversight for Finance staff of the RO and ECA Offices and monitor progress and provide guidance and direction to the staff as necessary to ensure goals and objectives are achieved.
7. Participate in knowledge management and capacity building
• Identify, participate in the development and/or recommend enhancement/updates/improvement in Quantum financial modules for better business practices and controls in the RO and ECA Offices;
• Capture, synthesize and/or codify lessons learned and best practices in the RO and ECA Offices support and financial management and services. Disseminate to Finance Section HQ to share knowledge and build capacity;
• Contribute to the design of learning tools, best practices and innovations in financial business operational practices and management, promote transparency, ease of communications, hosting of financial documents, and all policies and procedures between all UN Women users of the RO and ECA Offices data.
8. Financial tasks, approving and certifying function
• Oversee that vouchers processed are matched and completed, transactions are correctly recorded and posted in Quantum; payrolls are duly prepared; travel claims and other entitlements are duly processed;
• Implement timely corrective actions on unposted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, matching exceptions, unapproved vouchers;
• Provide timely response to HQ requests to resolve financial data issues;
• Perform delegated approval function in Quantum on a timely basis;
• Review and provide financial clearance of all donor agreements as delegated for compliance with standard agreements on a timely basis.
• Act as RO IDAM Approver for the RO and the Region’s User Roles in UNALL and in OneApp ICF/DOA system.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: The incumbent supervises the Finance Associate at ECA RO.
Competencies :
Core Values:
• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.
Core Competencies:
• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.
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