United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
For peace, dignity & equality on a healthy planet.
For peace, dignity & equality on a healthy planet.
Login to Send MessageThe Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The mission will be guided by ECA’s five new strategic directions which are: Advancing ECA’s position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent’s problems and take local solution to the continent; developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; advocating Africa’s position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. This position is located in the Finance and Budget Section (FBS) in the Administration and Conference Management Division (ACMD) in the Economic Commission for Africa. The Chief, Finance and Budget Section, reports to the Director of ACMD.
Within delegated authority, the Finance and Budget Section Chief will be responsible for the following duties: Medium-term plan:
Plans, organizes and manages the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialized intergovernmental bodies.
Proactively supports relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in the review of the medium-term plan and its revisions; secures approval from the General Assembly.
Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into programme budgets. Budget preparation: • Plans and co-ordinates review of budget submissions.
Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from (a) Departments/offices at Headquarters and in the field, including programmatic aspects; (b) peacekeeping operations; ensures compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates. • Co-ordinates the preparation of budget submissions from managers. • Reviews, analyses and finalizes programme budget/financial implications to the Security Council statements in light of additional mandates. • Provides substantive support and guidance to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review; secures approval from the General Assembly. Budget administration: • Manages/issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures. • Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels. • Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures. • Authorizes payment to Governments for settlement of certified death and disability, contingent-owned equipment and letters-of-assist claims; determines average monthly troop strengths, establishing amounts reimbursable and initiating payments for reimbursement to troop-contributing countries. • Oversees the review and finalization of budget performance reports; monitors variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures. • Provides advice and support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in review of budget performance reports; secure approval from the General Assembly. General: • Provides advice and guidance, including training, to Headquarters (ECA Addis Ababa) and field staff (SROs and IDEP) on budgetary and financial policies and procedures, including results-based budgeting. • Participates in inter-departmental meetings and/or technical survey missions on matters related to resource requirements, programming and budgetary issues. • Keeps up-to-date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to programme and/or peacekeeping budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures. • Prepares/finalizes reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues, and correspondence, including guidelines, instructions. • Reviews and analyses budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or modifications. • Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4 to ensure that proposed obligations and expenditures are in accordance with budgets and established regulations and rules. • Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them. • Represents ECA in meetings of legislative organs; represents the Division or the Section in inter and intra-departmental meetings • Plans, organizes and manages staff and work programme; plans and discusses individual work programmes with staff and evaluates their performance. • Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need. • Performs other related duties, as assigned.
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