Position Title: Finance Specialist

Organization: FAO of the United Nations

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Languages Required: Fluency in French and working knowledge of English

Contract Type: 11-month consultancy

Starting Date: as soon as possible

Application Deadline: 6-Aug-2025

Main Responsibilities:

• Act as a point of contact for CSF and Decentralized Offices for matters related to invoice booking.
• Perform routine financial administration support and transaction processing tasks including calculating, inputting and checking information for correctness and communicating discrepancies to supervisor(s);
• Monitor the workload and track the progress of tasks assigned to the Finance Team, and report the updates to supervisor
• Verify accuracy of data including researching and reporting any irregularities, discrepancies or processing issues to supervisor(s);
• Assist with reviewing transactions, investigating errors and taking corrective accounting actions;
• Extract details of transactions from the accounting system to support the analysis and verification of accuracy and validity;
• Participate to continuous improvement efforts by acting as focal person for the Continuous Improvement Team for the analysis, testing and implementation of new financial process automations;
• Ensure smooth processing of invoices, payments, returns and payment rejections;
• Draft and prepare correspondence to respond to queries;
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures in the area of work;
• Provide procedural guidance to managers and staff; provide communication and advice to other finance support personnel, as needed;
• Perform other duties as required

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Secondary School Education
• Four years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, cash management and/or asset management related support work.
• Working knowledge (level C) of English and French
• National of Hungary or resident of the country with valid work permit.

Apply here: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2501259&tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FBudapest