Associate Disbursements Officer P

Career Opportunities:
Associate Disbursements Officer P-2 (24461)

Requisition
24461
-Posted
- Professional

- Controlling / Accounting / Finance

- The Hague - NL

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Working in strict cooperation with the Budget Section, the goal of the Finance Section is to:

• Ensure proper application and implementation of the Financial Regulations and Rules (FRR) as promulgated by the Rome Statute, any directives or administrative instructions and financial procedures;
• Prepare the Court’s and TFV’s Financial Statements in compliance with IPSAS for timely submission to the external auditors and to ensure an unqualified audit opinion is released at the end of a smooth audit procedure;
• Provide financial management support for the smooth running of the Court’s operations and implementation of its mandate;
• Lead and implement financial management tools that will drive the Court in achieving its objectives while having absolute compliance with international public sector reporting standards;
• Provide financial services to all Organs of the Court and to advise, guide and lead finance related projects within the strategic goals and objectives of the Court.

The Finance Section is comprised of Disbursement Unit and Accounts and Treasury Unit. Associate Disbursements Officer (P-2) will work within the Disbursement Unit.

The responsibilities of the Disbursement Unit are:

Financial management area of all ICC accounts payable (under the approved regular budget and Trust Funds (TF)) and the TFV, in compliance with ICC Financial Rules and Regulations (FRR), procedures, and IPSAS. This includes ensuring the accurate recording of the following vouchers in the accounts to prepare financial statements aimed at an unqualified audit opinion:

• down payments and settlement of invoices/credit notes from suppliers (including witnesses related) and TFV implementing partners.
• fees of individual contractors and consultants. Calculation of the respective service incurred death and disability insurance premium.
• fees, living costs, professional charges and taxes compensation of members of the Defence Counsels, Legal representatives of the Victims, and of their respective teams.
• travel advances and settlements of Travel Expense Reports (TER).
• reimbursement of expenses to (Non) Staff incurred on behalf of the Court.
• advances and settlements to (Non) staff members under Miscellaneous Obligating Document (MOD) for the Court’s operational activities.
• review and approve petty cash/imprest entries and replenishments.
• salaries and benefits of elected officials and staff members, salary related contributions and after service health insurance) as prepared by the HRS.

The Disbursements Unit also leads development and implementation of change initiatives for continuous improvement impacting the Court’s business processes,designing KPIs used by Senior management, identifying ERP enhancements, and Court wide projects involving a wide range of stakeholders.

The Unit provides recommendations and guidance to management and other staff members in relation to financial policy and business processes.

Within this framework and under the direct supervision of the Head, Disbursement Unit, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Support the Head, Disbursements Unit, in developing and implementing large-scale change…