United States of America: Budget Analyst

Country: United States of America
Closing date: 09 Nov 2014

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve children’s lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF (USF) supports UNICEF’s work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. Together, we are working toward the day when ZERO children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, please visit unicefusa.org.

Reporting to Director, Budget with dotted line reporting to the Controller/Managing Director, Finance and Budget, the Budget Analyst will work on the annual USF budget and work closely assisting various assigned USF departments. Perform a variety of assigned daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial analysis and reports that include revenue and monthly expenses, various projects. The Budget Analyst will also work closely with Finance Department counterparts and attend meetings with the COO/CFO and Vice President, Finance.

Key Responsibilities/Outcomes (include but are not limited to):

• Assist in the preparation of annual budget materials including development of spreadsheets, consolidating and reviewing data received, uploading of approved budgets to the general ledger
• Interface with various assigned departments to support them in the budget preparation, analysis and related matters
• Prepare daily support and revenue and expense reports
• Assist in reconciling revenue data base and report to the general ledger
• Assist in month-end operational reporting
• Review and prepare reports on certain budget to actual variances by providing details explaining variances and impact on budget assumptions
• Assist in the preparation of reports for Finance Committee/Board meetings
• Prepare and monitor revenue and expense projections; provide back up to the Budget Manager and Director, Budget
• Assist the Budget Manager in the preparation of various specialized reports for submission to UNICEF
• Work on various projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum three years of experience in financial analysis and reporting, preferably in a nonprofit environment
• Must work well within a team and be a detail oriented professional
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel and Word; experience in Microsoft Great Plains Accounting system desirable
• Must demonstrate USF Core Values: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Teamwork, and Service

Must possess current and valid US Work Authorization and be eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

Due to the high volume of applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The U. S. Fund for UNICEF is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.

How to apply:

Please apply on-line at:

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH07/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=UNICEFUSA&c...