Finance and Budget Assistant

hace 2 semanas


Bogota, Colombia United Nations A tiempo completo

Result of Service
The outputs expected from the Finance and Budget Assistant, individual contractor are:
1. Timely clearance of any issues with Colombian tax authority.
2. Timely submissions of the bi-monthly VAT Refund requests.
3. Proper filing of tax documentations and VAT Refund submissions to Colombian tax authority.
4. Regular reconciliation between Accounts Receivables VAT, Accounts Receivables Government, refund amounts received from Colombian tax authority and any outstanding balances.

A performance evaluation is expected to be conducted at the end of the assignment.

Work Location
Bogota

Expected duration
6 months

**Responsibilities**:
This position is located within the Financial Resourcing, Performance and Risk Management

Unit of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC). The Finance and

Budget Assistant will be based in Bogota and will work under the direct supervision of the

Finance and Budget Officer (FS-6) and the overall supervision of the Chief Finance and

Budget Unit (P-4).

Within delegated authority, the Individual Contractor will be responsible for the following

duties:

- Perform, under guidance and supervision, a range of different office tasks to support various

requirements related to the work of theFinancial Resourcing, Performance and Risk

Management Unit, in particular in clearing of Valued-Added Tax (VAT) receivables;
- Perform basic research concerning tax receivables and government receivables;
- Gather information, consolidate, evaluate, summarize and present VAT information for

submission to Colombian national tax authority;
- Perform reconciliation of all account receivables balances;
- Liaise with relevant colleagues within UNVMC and with national tax authority concerning

past submissions, resolve pending matters, follow up regularly outstanding balances;
- Set up and maintain accurate and complete files/records for the Unit;
- Draft memos and correspondence in English and Spanish;
- Assist in the clearance of financial issues for the preparation of year-end closing of

accounts;
- Ensuring smooth and efficient flow of information within the Unit and with the Finance and

Budget Officer;
- Provide logístical support for meetings, prepare minutes and monitoring follow-up activities;
- Receive and record all invoices received in the unit and maintain invoice tracking records to

ensure timely processing of invoices and minimum unnecessary delay;
- Manage all incoming and outgoing correspondence for Finance and Budget Unit;
- Review imprest and petty cash account journals against the original/scanned copies of

invoices;
- Coordinate with the Bank and Imprest/PC account custodians on the payment status and

collection of cash payment from the bank including recording of payment in the cash journal

in the system;
- Assists the team in clearances of UNFSS check-in/check-out process.
- Assists in the review and preparation of an upload file for further processing of UNVMC

Telephone Billing Report.
- Ensures that all UNVMC policies are applied and followed thoroughly across all processes,
- including adherence to UNVMC code of conduct and ethics and integrates a gender

sensitive approach in all functions.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

High School degree or equivalent diploma is required.

Training or certification in Finance and Budget is desirable.
- High School degree or equivalent diploma is required.
- Training or certification in Finance and Budget is desirable.
- A minimum of Three (3) years of relevant experience in Finance, Budget and Administration

is required;
- Experience working with excel worksheet is required;
Experience in managing VAT refunds and dealing with national tax authority is desirable;
- Work experience in United Nations or international organizations is desirable;
- Experience in ERP (such as SAP) is desirable.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.



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