Finance Intern

Financial management support

• Participate in the preparation of financial planning and budgeting exercises related to the Cities Alliance annual work plan and new Cities Alliance programmes and projects.
• Assist with monthly reports using UNOPS financial management systems to monitor income and expenditures against annual budgets set for all Cities Alliance programmes and projects. Ensure expenditures are recorded accurately and take corrective actions necessary.
• Assist in analyzing financial data related to cost drivers for personnel, grants, procurement, travel etc. and prepare comparative reports and charts for management purposes.
• Assist as required on tasks related to financial management, fiduciary control, project and donor reporting, including recurring monthly analysis of accounts, reconciliations and quarterly closure of Cities Alliance.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of financial dashboard for Cities Alliance using the Google suite of tools including Google Sheets, Apps Script and Looker Studio connected with BigQuery.
• Assist with any other related duties as required.

Grant management support

• As required, support in key processes of grant-making and management, including capacity assessment of implementing partners, fiduciary spot checks and grant closure.
• As required, support with the monitoring and implementation of a select number of grants in the Cities Alliance portfolio, to ensure that milestones are met, all reporting is submitted on time and reviewed, and potential issues are flagged in a timely way to support management action.

Policy management support

• Support in compliance with UNOPS regulations and rules and the Cities Alliance Standard Operating Procedures.
• As required, assist with the development, review and revision of Cities Alliance manuals, guidelines, check-lists and templates.

Teamwork and Gender mainstreaming

• Participate in the teamwork of the Cities Alliance Secretariat, including specific initiatives that support the effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat.
• Contribute to the Cities Alliance corporate priority on the mainstreaming of gender in all its programmes and projects.

Education 

• Applicants should have recently (in the last 3 years) graduated with a first level or advanced university degree (Bachelors, Masters or equivalent) in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration or related fields

Experience 

• Professional experience in finance or accounting will be considered as an asset. 
• Experience with the Google suite of products including Google Sheets, Apps Script and Looker Studio is not required, but would be an advantage