Budget and Programming Associate G6

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Education: Completion of secondary school Education.
• A post
• secondary certificate in the related functional area such as Rural Development, Development Studies, Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, Data Analytics, Data Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Project Management, Advanced Business Administration or other relevant field or Post Graduate University degree with additional years of related work Experience and/or training/coursesExperience
Six or more years of progressively responsible work Experience in the relative business stream with Experience in general administrative work.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all
• inclusive, nor exhaustive):
• Review budget plans, monitor and analyze project financial performance and make recommendations in compliance with WFP financial policies and procedures and best practices, to support financial analysis and optimization of resources.
• Provide comprehensive analysis on fund and grant balances identifying surpluses and deficits, and suggest corrective measures, to support maximum fund utilization and decision
• making process.
• Support pipeline management ensuring efficient monitoring, to prevent and address pipeline breaks and maximize operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to the improvement of internal processes, enhancement of corporate systems and design of tools, to facilitate the overall planning, expenditure forecasting, and budget management and monitoring of resource utilization.
• Enter project budget plans and revisions in the corporate systems, to ensure data is timely and accurately captured enabling easy access to information and supporting planning and decision
• making.
• Review, compile and analyze data, maintain accurate records and files and prepare periodic and ad hoc reports, to support accuracy and efficiency of information presented to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain communication with a number of stakeholders regarding project funds management matters and related processes, to clarify any discrepancies and optimize use of funds.
• Provide guidance to other support staff and contribute to their learning and development in budget planning, fund management and operational planning, to facilitate continued development and consistency in services delivered.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices, to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis

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