Senior Finance Clerk

Job Description - Senior Finance Clerk (26252-)

Senior Finance Clerk - 26252-

Accounts Payable Unit, Treasury Section, Finance Division, Department of Program Planning and Finance, Administration, Finance and Management Sector

Grade - G5

Contract Duration - 2 years (maximum cumulative length of 5 years) *

CH-Geneva

13-Aug-2026

11-Sep-2026, 9:59:00 PM

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING Final date to receive applications:
Please note that the Final date to receive applications is indicated in local time as per the time zone of the applicant’s location.

This post is a limited-term fixed-term post.

The post is located in the Accounts Payable Unit, Treasury Section, Finance Division, Department of Program Planning and Finance, Administration, Finance and Management Sector.

The Finance Division is responsible for the management of WIPO's financial accounting and reporting, treasury management and compliance with financial policies and procedures. Included within these responsibilities are the management of the Organization's cash position, production of statutory financial reports and other financial information, and coordination with oversight and financial control activities.

The incumbent is required to perform a variety of complex financial support functions related to the Accounts Payable Unit of the Organization and provide support in the control and maintenance of accounts for financial, statistical and reconciliation purposes.

This includes processing complex transactions (initiation and approvals processes) related to accounts payable activities. The incumbent utilizes and provides guidance in the use of WIPO financial systems, and contributes to an efficient, transparent and controlled financial process.

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Accounts Payable Manager.

The incumbent interacts with a wide range of colleagues within the work unit, with clients within the Organization and with external parties, such as other UN organizations, Member States, customers and financial institutions to obtain/provide information to resolve problems or clarify issues.

• Analyze, verify and process financial data and correspondence, ensuring completeness of information and conformity with financial regulations and rules as well as with anti-fraud policies and procedures; follow-up on missing/incomplete/inaccurate information.
• Analyze, verify, and process payments and vouchers related to commercial invoicing and prepare related payments or advances. Verify, analyze and process associated account postings, perform periodic reconciliations and control receipts not invoiced.
• Process staff and non-staff official travel advances and travel claim settlements, including external parties traveling to official meetings, staff travel entitlements. Verify travel-related expenses, ensure compliance with financial regulations, travel instructions, and staff rules.
• Update and suggest enhancements to financial systems and databases related to accounts payable functions. Participate as needed in testing/upgrading of systems.
• Ensure proper maintenance of accounting records; collate and compile financial and statistical data to accurately provide financial and transactional activities within the accounts payable domain.
• Monitor and reconcile accounts such as general ledger, suspense, and petty cash accounts; review obligations and expenditures, identify anomalies and take necessary corrective action; report discrepancies to supervisor.
• Anticipate, identify and resolve problems in data entry or accounting operations; work closely with IT staff on system requirements, and assist others with questions that involve search for and abstracting data or background information to provide explanations; make proposals aimed at enhancing working methods and operational procedures.
• Examine client queries and provide explanations/resolutions to problems in a timely manner, forwarding disputed, complex or unusual cases to the supervisor; draft correspondence…