10 September 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Budapest)

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

• Impact: Be part of a global mission to end hunger.
• Growth: Elevate your career in a managerial capacity.
• Expertise: Utilize and expand your technical background in Finance.

• Contribute to the successful implementation of the GPS project, through the development of effective project management procedures, roles, tools, and systems that are agreed upon by all parties involved.
• Responsible for working with all internal WFP parties to finalize project scope, gather business requirements, manage customer relationships and oversee the overall team’s performance.
• Responsible for maintaining customer relationships guiding process owners, end-users, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into feasible functional requirements, to ensure all parties are represented in the definition and evolution of services.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff acting as a point of referral, coaching and providing/delivering training to build capacity and increase expected level of operational support
• Oversee all project documentation and reports are developed and maintained including risk reports, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), quality checklists, customer satisfaction, benefits realization, and lessons learned.
• Coordinate the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the processes or system to the field.
• Contribute to the business revision of the services of the GPS, working closely with internal stakeholders and relevant counterparts in other UN agencies to clarify policies, standard operating procedures, terms of reference, and KPIs for consolidation of the GPS model.
• Coordinate with the GPS Quality Assurance Unit, to enable financial controls and insight into GPS performance, and undertake periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas that may present potential audit, compliance, or financial risks.
• Represent the unit in internal meetings, external meetings, and various events involving UN agencies, banks, financial institutions, partners, and other entities as necessary. Contribute to the preparation of the annual work plans together with the related regular reporting providing relevant insights from the Finance Operations team.
• Contribute to the change management efforts of the GPS by delivering trainings, participating in field missions, overseeing process efficiency.
• Perform other assigned tasks as required.

• Advanced university degree in finance, business administration, accounting, project management, public administration, or related field, OR first university degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of relevant work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.

• 3 years of experience in managing teams in financial service management environment is essential.
• Experience reviewing and analyzing financial statements.
• Experience implementing accounting and internal control processes.
• Experience in ERP systems and preferably SAP Software.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal), with the ability to influence others while working effectively in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity and inclusion.
• Strong analytical, critical reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage changing and competing priorities, while ensuring high standards of professional ethics and motivation.
• Good understanding of UN financial business processes and relevant policies, rules, regulations is desirable.

• Fluency (level C) in English language and Hungarian
• Knowledge of a second UN language is desirable (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese).

• Salary: WFP offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free base salary starting at 17,442,000 HUF
• Annual Leave: 30 days
• Parental leave
• Child Allowance: Starting from 793,476 HUF per child
• Social Security Benefits: enrollment in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
• Professional Development: Access to learning programs and professional development opportunities.

• Salary Scale NO Budapest
• Benefits and entitlements

• This role requires full office presence to actively engage and integrate new staff, as well as for addressing any critical incidents swiftly and effectively.
• Applicants must reside within commuting distance to the WFP Budapest office (Central Udvar, Wesselényi u. 16, 1077 Budapest), or be willing to relocate at their own cost before taking up the assignment.
• Applicants must be nationals of Hungary. WFP shall not accept any responsibility or liability to act as a sponsor or to otherwise facilitate the issuance, maintenance, renewal, extension, or conversion of the candidate's residency and/or work permit for the purpose of employment with WFP.

• Application to a vacancy announcement
• Technical assessment
• English language assessment
• Competency-based interview
• Background check

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified