Director, Finance Division 24241 FT
Finance Division, Department of Program Planning and Finance, Administration and Management Sector
Grade: D1
Contract Duration: 2 years
Duty Station: CH Geneva
Publication Date: 11 Jul 2024
Application Deadline: 05 Aug 2024, 5:59:00 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING A LICATION DEADLINE: please note that the deadline for applications is indicated in local time as per the time zone of the applicants location.
1. Organizational Context
a. Organizational Setting
The post is located in the Finance Division of the Department of Program Planning and Finance. The Finance Division is responsible for providing services to a wide range of entities including WIPO''s fee paying customers and users of the Global IP systems, Member States, National IP Offices, suppliers and service providers, Staff and third party travelers. The Division is also responsible for WIPO''s financial accounting and reporting, treasury and investments management and compliance with the financial regulations, rules, policies and procedures.
b. Purpose Statement
As Director of the Division, the incumbent is responsible for planning and managing the work and resources of the Division, mentoring and motivating the teams, leading the digital transformation of financial business processes in close cooperation with key business process owners across the Organization, managing risks and continuously improving the internal controls within financial operations.
c. Reporting Lines
The incumbent works under the supervision of the Director, Program Planning and Finance (Controller) and collaborates very closely with colleagues involved with Planning and Budgeting, Management Reporting, Human Resources Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance and Compliance.
2. Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:
1. Build and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders, users, and governance and oversight entities to ensure quality services and the design of solutions to complex financial services issues.
2. Direct the Divisions portfolio of work and manage human and financial resources, ensuring timely and quality delivery of work products.
3. Lead the development and continuous update of accounting policies, ensuring compliance with WIPO''s Financial Regulations and Rules (FRR) and the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
4. Lead the digital and ERP transformation of the Finance Division, focusing on re engineering of business processes.
5. Identify and manage financial risks ensuring effective mitigation actions and internal controls.
6. Provide substantive technical leadership and advice on finance/accounting matters for WIPO and UPOV.
7. Direct annual account cl