{"id":840317,"date":"2025-11-27T11:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=840317"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:43:16","slug":"840317-undp-regional-bureau-for-africa-finance-internship-nairobi","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&p=840317","title":{"rendered":"Finance Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bureau:<\/strong> Regional Bureau for Africa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contract Duration<\/strong>: 6 months<\/li>\n<li><strong>Required Languages:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Desired Languages<\/strong>: Kiswahili<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In today\u2019s digital environment, the ability to collect, manage, and analyze data is critical to ensuring efficiency, transparency and strategic decision-making. \u00a0The Finance Department plays a central role in supporting the organization's Finance Resources of the organization. \u00a0 UNDP promotes its sustainable human development agenda by developing and fully operationalizing a dynamic, harmonized, and integrated resource management framework.<\/p>\n<h4>Duties and Responsibilities<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Summary of Key Functions:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUnder the supervision of the Head of Finance and in close collaboration with the ICT\/Procurement and HR team, the intern will:<\/p>\n<p>1. Ensure implementation of operational strategies and procedures, focusing on achievement of the following results:<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full compliance with UN\/UNDP rules and regulations of financial processes, financial records and reports.<\/li>\n<li>Provision of inputs to elaboration of work plans.<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in preparation of financial analyses and related reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Assistance in Finance Unit to do basic research, focusing on achievement of the following results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct analysis on the workflow of finance unit and produce report on process optimization.<\/li>\n<li>Improve integrity of data used for Pay cycle process.<\/li>\n<li>Liaison with other United Nations agencies for information relating to payments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. Provide. \u00a0accounting and administrative support, focusing on achievement of the following results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Processing of financial documentation (vouchers, supporting documents, invoices, etc.) and maintaining internal expenditures control system by ensuring that vouchers \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 processed are matched and completed, transactions are correctly recorded and posted in Quantum system.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up with other teams in the office for information relating to payments.<\/li>\n<li>Assistance to analyze and monitor financial related dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Financial support to country office programme teams (as assigned by the supervisor).<\/li>\n<li>Maintenance of the proper filing system for financial records and documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Required Skills and Experience<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration in Accounting, CPA\/ACCA student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrolled in a Bachelors or Master\u2019s Programme<\/li>\n<li>In the final year of a bachelor\u2019s\/ Masters programme.<\/li>\n<li>Or within one year after graduation from a Bachelor\u2019s, Master\u2019s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Core Competencies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Achieve Results:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline<\/p>\n<p>Think Innovatively:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas\/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements<\/p>\n<p>Learn Continuously:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback<\/p>\n<p>Adapt with Agility:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity\/uncertainty, is flexible<\/p>\n<p>Act with Determination: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident<\/p>\n<p>Engage and Partner:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion\/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships<\/p>\n<p>Enable Diversity and Inclusion:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LEVEL 1: Appreciate\/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination<\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Competencies:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to perform a variety of repetitive and routine tasks and duties related to finance screening, collecting and preparation of documentation, data input, transactions \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tracking, filing, provision of information.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to review data, identify and adjust discrepancies.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to produce accurate and well documented records conforming to the required standard.<\/li>\n<li>Good knowledge of financial\/Accounting Rules and Regulations<\/li>\n<li>Strong IT Excel , Digital filing skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603323,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_promoted":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_job_salary_unit":"","_job_how_to_apply":"<strong>Apply Before 12\/01\/2025, 07:59 PM<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Note<\/strong>: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.\u00a0 We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Non-discrimination<\/strong>\r\n\r\nUNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. 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