Chief, Finance Branch, Division for Management Services (DMS), New York, D-1

The Position

The Chief, Finance Branch leads the Finance Branch (FB), a part of the Division for Management Services (DMS). The Finance Branch is responsible for leading global finance, including financial operations management, key financial and accounting policies and processes, accounting and treasury services; overseeing improvement efforts in areas of financial operations; ensuring the ERP and related financial systems are configured and functioning to manage, monitor and report on key financial processes and information, and that the Financial Statements are prepared based on the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).

The Branch also plays a key role in the custody and distribution of financial resources, improving global financial management, monitoring of expenditures, liabilities and fund balances, and producing statutory, financial management and donor reporting.

The Chief, Finance Branch leads the Finance Branch (FB), a part of the Division for Management Services (DMS). The Finance Branch is responsible for leading global finance, including financial operations management, key financial and accounting policies and processes, accounting and treasury services; overseeing improvement efforts in areas of financial operations; ensuring the ERP and related financial systems are configured and functioning to manage, monitor and report on key financial processes and information, and that the Financial Statements are prepared based on the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).

The Branch also plays a key role in the custody and distribution of financial resources, improving global financial management, monitoring of expenditures, liabilities and fund balances, and producing statutory, financial management and donor reporting.

The Chief, Finance Branch (FB) is responsible for leading, coordinating and overseeing UNFPA’s global financial management, promoting clear accountability across financial operations and reporting activities, establishing the appropriate work priorities and plans for the Branch and leading staff to their accomplishment. The position is based at UNFPA Headquarters in New York, and reports to the Comptroller and Director, Division for Management Services (DMS).

The role is particularly challenging given the nature of the decentralized organization and because activities are conducted in very challenging environments.

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for  articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

As Chief, Finance Branch, you will lead, support and oversee a qualified multidisciplinary team of circa twenty-eight persons, to enable UNFPA to manage its financial resources and operations effectively and efficiently, ensuring the financial sustainability of…