Associate Accounting Officer(P2)

Associate Accounting Officer(P2) - (2025/0226 (127647))

Organization: MTBF-General Accounting Unit

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2025-04-14, 8:50:24 AM

Closing Date: 2025-04-22, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 12

Contract Type: Temporary Assistance - Regular

Probation Period: 1 Year

Full Competitive Recruitment: No

Organizational Setting

The Division of Budget and Finance manages the financial resources essential for full implementation of the IAEA's scientific and technical programmes. The Division provides financial services and solutions for programme budgeting, treasury, payments, payroll, financial accounting and reporting to support the IAEA's mandate.The Finance and Accounting Section maintains and monitors all accounts for the IAEA, monitors and reports on the receipts of assessed and voluntary contributions, and prepares the IAEA's financial statements and other reports to the governing bodies and Member States and supports the control environment related to financial reporting.

Main Purpose

Role

The Associate Accounting Officer is a) a technical analyst, working with others within the Unit to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures in line with IPSAS; b) a team member, working together with other members of the Unit and outside MTBF to ensure accurate and timely processing and recording of financial transactions and preparation of the Agency Financial Statements.

Functions / Key Results Expected

Under the general guidance of the Unit Head, Accounting and Reporting Unit and the direct supervision of the Accounting Specialist, the Associate Accounting Officer performs the following duties:

- Support the preparation of annual IPSAS compliant Financial Statements including Note disclosures.
- Contribute to the year end closure of accounts including IPSAS compliant adjustments related to accruals, provisions, employee benefits and others.
- Perform routine activities related to the monthly closure of sub-ledgers.
- Maintain master data of chart of accounts, financial statement mapping elements in Oracle General Ledger and posting rules.
- Provide assistance in the Unit's activities related to Oracle system, such as testing subsequent to system upgrades.
- Contribute to the review process of internal controls and actively propose suggestions for improvements.
- Support the preparation of quarterly financial reporting packages.
- Provide assistance in responses to internal and external audit queries.

Competencies and Expertise

**Core Competencies**(Competency Framework)

**Name**

**Definition**
- Communication
- Communicates orally and in writing in a clear, concise and impartial manner. Takes time to listen to and understand the perspectives of others and proposes solutions.
- Achieving Results
- Takes initiative in defining realistic outputs and clarifying roles, responsibilities and expected results in the context of the Department/Division’s programme. Evaluates his/her results realistically, drawing conclusions from lessons learned.
- Teamwork
- Actively contributes to achieving team results. Supports team decisions.
- Planning and Organizing
- Plans and organizes his/her own work in support of achieving the team or Section’s priorities. Takes into account potential changes and proposes contingency plans.

**Functional Competencies**

**Name**

**Definition**
- Analytical thinking
- Gathers and analyses information, identifying critical relationships and patterns among data and proposes workable solutions.
- Judgement/decision making
- Consults with supervisor/manager and makes decisions in full compliance with the Agency’s regulations and rules.
- Technical/scientific credibility
- Acquires and applies new skills to remain up to date in his/her area of expertise. Reliably applies knowledge of basic technical/scientific methods and concepts.

**Required Expertise**

**Function**

**Name**

**Expertise Description**
- Finance
- Accounting
- Knowledge of an internationally recognized set of accounting standards required. Sound understanding of accrual accounting.
- Finance
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
- Hands-on experience of an ERP system is required. Oracle is an advantage
- Finance
- Finance Principles and Practices
- Good understanding of finance principles and practices is a must.
- Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Finance
- International Public Sector Accounting Standards
- Knowledge of and experience with internationally accepted accounting standards is required. IPSAS an advantage.

Qualifications, Experience and Language skills

Bachelor's Degree - Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.

Other - Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant, ACCA, etc. certification or in process.

At least two years work experience in accounting, including the preparation of financial statements.
Experience in supporting the work of external auditors in relation to their audit work is requir