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WHY JOIN WFP?

JOB TITLE: Finance Consultant
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy – Consultant Level I
UNIT/DIVISION: WFP Innovation Accelerator
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Munich, Germany
DURATION: 5 Months (extendable)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. WFP reaches more than 100 million people every day - delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with smallholder farmers, communities, and governments to improve nutrition and build resilience.
The WFP Innovation Accelerator was named by Fast Company as Most Innovative Non-Profit Organization 2021 for its work in identifying, nurturing, and scaling disruptive start-ups and innovations to end global hunger. Based in Munich, Germany, the Innovation Accelerator provides WFP employees, entrepreneurs, and start-ups with funding, hands-on support, and access to WFP’s global operations. Through the Innovation Accelerator, WFP is leveraging unprecedented advances in digital innovation - such as mobile technology, artificial intelligence and blockchain - and new business models to transform the way it serves vulnerable communities across the world. In 2023, Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 60.7 million people globally. Most recently, the Accelerator runs programs for external partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others.
More information here: http://innovation.wfp.org and https://youtu.be/OnKkQlRdh2c.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent, reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance, is expected to:
1. Plan and implement financial reporting ensuring outcomes of projects are in accordance with corporate governance requirements, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with:
a. Collate, maintain, analyze financial data, and prepare accurate and timely reporting and forecasting to support data-driven decision-making.
b. Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, supporting periodic financial and risk assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks.
c. Prepare and