Financial Manager,
Brussels, Belgium
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
Closing date: Friday, 18 May 2018
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Cities Alliance, which is hosted by UNOPS, is a global partnership for the promotion of cities in poverty reduction and sustainable development. Headquartered in Brussels and supported by a Secretariat, it is a unique partnership with a diverse membership including – global organisations of local authorities, national governments, international non-governmental organisations, foundations, knowledge networks and multilateral organisations – which have come together to strengthen both impacts and coherence in urban development. Cities Alliance is a global leader, with a strong track record in grant making, that supports strategic city planning, slum upgrading strategies and national policies designed to make cities more inclusive and sustainable. Members promote longer-term and integrated work programmes, while actively promoting gender equality throughout all activities. Through UNOPS, the Cities Alliance operates a Multi-Donor Fund supported by an efficient, flexible grant-making mechanism with global reach.
Cities Alliance is implementing its 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, with a recalibrated business model combining a Global window for normative work and a Country/City window for operations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the MENA region.
To support implementation of the Strategic Plan, the Cities Alliance Secretariat is being strengthened to drive organisational maturity and operational excellence, to ensure strong coordination, organisational alignment and coherence, and to foster and ensure financial sustainability.
All funds to the Cities Alliance are managed through a multi-donor fund, a flexible instrument to manage funds from diverse sources and award grants, with robust fiduciary standards, to different entities across the globe from international institutions to grassroots community organisations.
Cities Alliance is seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and technically skilled Financial Manager who will have the following key responsibilities:
- Oversee the financial management and ensure robust fiduciary controls and compliance across all Cities Alliance operations, using UNOPS systems.
- Oversee all resource mobilisation efforts to ensure sound business decisions in relation to financial sustainability and business development opportunities and targets.
- Lead all exercises related to financial planning and ensure all projects and programmes are fully costed and financial reporting conditions and requirements for donors are fulfilled.
- Oversee, manage and motivate staff with financial roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure effective and efficient management of all resources to drive organisational maturity and operational excellence.