UNOPS

The Finance Group serves as a strategic partner and fiduciary advisor, ensuring transparent, accountable, and effective resource management across UNOPS. The Group defines financial strategy in alignment with organizational goals, establishes finance policies, systems, and processes, and leads corporate budgeting to enable full cost recovery and ensure long-term financial sustainability. Throughout the project lifecycle, the Finance Group provides expert guidance, oversight, and tailored financial solutions. Responsibilities include delivering comprehensive financial and corporate performance reporting, strengthening financial capacity across the organization, and continuously enhancing resource planning and allocation. In addition, the Finance Group prepares and oversees the implementation of finance-related policies, upholding the highest standards of financial stewardship and supporting UNOPS in achieving operational excellence and fiscal responsibility.

This position is responsible for providing support in asset management and financial reporting, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of asset data within the UNOPS ERP system. The role involves assisting with the preparation of financial reports, supporting physical asset verification processes, and contributing to the maintenance of a strong control environment around financial reporting related to asset management. Additionally, the position supports the management of UNOPS' global fleet and contributes to system improvements and knowledge management activities.

The Finance (Asset Management) Associate will directly report to the Asset Management Specialist and will be associated with the Financial Statement & UNBOA Relations team based in UNOPS HQ in Denmark.

Please note that as this is a local position is based in Bangkok, Thailand candidates need to be Thai Nationals.

The Finance (Asset Management) Associate takes responsibility for a complete, specialized administrative process related to asset management and financial reporting, from start to finish, ensuring its integrity. This includes supporting the preparation of financial reports, processing asset transactions, assisting with physical asset verification, and contributing to system improvements and knowledge management activities.

Required

• Secondary school (or equivalent) with 6 years of relevant experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 2 years of relevant experience is required.

Desired

• A University degree (Bachelor or Master’s) in Finance, Business, Accounting or related numerate field is strongly preferred and may substitute for some years of experience

• Specialized training in finance or accounting
  

• A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in accounting is desired.

Required

• Relevant experience is work in finance or related areas. 

• A minimum of 2 years working with accounting, administration or programme support service

Desired

• Experience in fleet/asset management.

• Experience in the usage of ERP systems.

• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations.

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes. 
• Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
• Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. 
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments. 
• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 
• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. 
• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process. If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few mandatory courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here. 
• For more details about the contract types, please click here.
• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda. 
• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.