مطلوب مساعد مالي

الوصف الوظيفي:
Finance Assistant- SC 5 - Jerusalem

Type of Contract: Service Contract

Unit / Division: Finance Unit / WFP Palestine

Duty Station: East Jerusalem

Duration: 12 months (renewable)

The position is only open to nationals or residents with a legal permit/ID to work in East Jerusalem.

You are required to fill in all mandatory fields on Workday in English and upload your English CV. Your application would be otherwise disqualified.

What will you do in this position? 

As our operations continue to expand and the volume of financial transactions increases, the Finance unit is currently facing staffing shortages. This situation has led to an urgent need to recruit for the Finance Assistant position. The new role will be essential in managing the rising number of invoices, processing payments, and financial reporting activities. Filling this position will help ensure that financial operations remain efficient and compliant with organizational standards.

Why work with WFP Palestine? 

For decades, Palestine has been facing a protracted and complex protection and humanitarian crisis. The humanitarian situation worsened alarmingly after an upsurge in violence from October 2023.

WFP, through our dual mandate in humanitarian and development, provides life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable and food insecure non-refugee Palestinians.

WFP provides logistics support to humanitarian and development partners, allowing them to reach more people faster, and at a lower cost to donors and the environment. By offering our cash-based transfer platform to the wider humanitarian and development community, coordinating logistics, and developing an inter-agency common feedback mechanism, WFP contributes to wider humanitarian efforts.

At WFP Palestine, we offer a wide range of benefits and entitlements for Service Contract holders

Some of them are:

* Competitive salaries per job level

* Pension contribution added to net salary

* Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents

* Annual leave - 30 days per year

* 16 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent

* Learning & development opportunities

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Finance Officer and the Head of Finance Unit, the job holder will:
Assist in providing procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.
Monitor monthly expenditure forecasts and provide expenditure reports in order to facilitate informed decision-making.
Monitor the sub-imprest bank and petty cash accounts regularly, to ensure that adequate funds are available and appropriately disbursed.
Verify vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate procurement procedures, to ensure that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP finance rules and regulations.
Assist in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics.
Retrieve, format and validate information obtained from various financial information systems and bring any discrepancy or inaccuracy to the attention of the supervisor and follow up corrective actions.
Perform administrative duties related to the monitoring and recording of fixed assets, spend on fuel and spare parts for vehicles and generators, to ensure that the databases are accurately updated.
Maintain the web-based register for all invoices and payment transfers and record paperwork, to ensure that all documents are maintained and filed in compliance with WFP standards and guidelines.
Monitor and record all expenses in line with the approved budget in order to ensure that correct expenditure costs are charged and payments to external suppliers, cash grants and other supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner.
Responsible for all the invoices in the Invoice Tracking System.
متطلبات الوظيفة:
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

EDUCATION: Completion of secondary school education. Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or Business Administration is desirable.

EXPERIENCE: A minimum of five years of experience in the in Finance, Accounting, or Audit.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Proficiency in accounting and budgeting.
Ability to interpret and analyse financial data and generate reports.
Good organisational and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Proficiency in using financial management systems and Excel for data analysis.
Experience in emergency preparedness and response.
LANGUAGES: Fluency (level C) in English and Arabic languages.
تفاصيل الوظيفة:
المسمى الوظيفي: Finance Assistant
آخر موعد للتقديم: 29.03.2026.
المكان: القدس
طبيعة العمل: مكتبي أو ميداني (مقر العمل)
نوع الوظيفة: دوام كامل
المستوى المهني: متوسط الخبرة
الدرجة العلمية: الثانوية العامة
الخبرة: 5 سنوات
التصنيف: المحاسبة، الإقتصاد والعلوم المالية
آلية التقديم:
REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.
We strongly recommend that your Workday profile is accurate and complete, and that all sections are filled in, including your employment history, academic qualifications, language skills, and UN grade (if applicable). Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
If you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org. Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application - unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.
At the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.