Budget Officer, CFOO

World Food Programme; Roma; Ibrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

World Food Programme in Rome seeks a Budget Officer consultant to lead budget planning, monitor funds, and report on performance within the CFO Office.

You will coordinate with divisions, prepare quarterly updates, and guide branches on resource management, ensuring alignment with WFP policies and objectives.

Salary will reflect consultancy terms; this role requires strong analytical, governance, and cross-functional collaboration skills within a complex organizational setting.

Competenze

• Advanced degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Finance, Economics or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience.
• Familiarity with the UN system or best practices in financial management would be an asset.

Mansioni

• Lead the coordination and preparation of the Management Plan budget exercise.
• Provide guidance for the Annual Performance Planning process across the division.
• Monitor fund utilization and provide analyses to support directors' decisions.
• Oversee quarterly budget status updates and reports to CFO and Service Directors.

Conoscenze

Budget planning

Financial management

Performance reporting

Resource allocation

Cross-functional collaboration

UN system knowledge

Leadership

Formazione

Master's degree in Business Administration or Finance

Strumenti

SAP/ERP

Excel

Power BI

Descrizione del lavoro

24 September 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: Budget Officer

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy level II

DURATION: Until 31.12.2026 with possibility of extension to 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The CFO Office (CFOO) plays a crucial role in supporting the CFO’s strategic initiatives and ensuring seamless coordination across the CFO Division. The CFOO engages with Directors, Chiefs, and key counterparts to foster collaboration and integrate a comprehensive organizational perspective on planning, budget, finance, governance, communication, and performance best practices, ensuring alignment with the CFO's mandate and corporate priorities. The CFOO also coordinates external interactions with the UN System, the Executive Board, Advisory and Oversight Bodies, and engages with member states and donors.
The Budget Officer position is essential for budget planning, fund monitoring and management, performance reporting integral to the CFO Division.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Strategic Coordinator, the Consultant will have responsibilities as outlined below:

1. Budget Planning and Management

Lead the coordination and preparation of the Management Plan budget exercise, ensuring seamless integration and consolidating the input of CFO services across the division.
Provide guidance and oversight for the Division’s Annual Performance Planning process, encompassing all phases, including planning, mid-year review, and final review.
Monitor resource allocation and fund utilization, providing analysis to services and branches to support Directors in making informed decisions. This will optimize resource distribution, enhance operational efficiency while adhere to established standards and processes.
Act as the focal point for performance review and project budget analysis, consistently tracking project outcomes against key performance indicators (KPIs). Ensure adherence to relevant policies and guidelines while providing strategic insights to optimize resource allocation and efficiency.
Review submitted funding proposals and offer recommendations for refining project plans, budget forecasts, and functional work plans, ensuring that they align with WFP’s policies, standards, and overarching strategic objectives.

Consult CFO project managers and guide branches focal points in effective budget management, fostering a results-oriented approach to linking resources with measurable outcomes.
Deliver quarterly budget status updates and reports to CFO and Service Directors, highlighting key financial insights and trends.
Advise budgetary adjustments for optimal resource utilization, coordinating inputs from various units and providing regular feedback to main stakeholders.
Corporate Critical Initiatives (CCI) coordination in terms of quarterly reports and budget monitoring.
Oversee the CFO Divisional Risk Register, Oversight recommendations, and be the alternate for EDA exercise.
Proactively identify, surface, and resolve any issues in a timely manner, ensuring the division's goals are met.

2. Funds, Performance Management, and Reporting

Advise services and spending units on programming requests and the utilization of funds (appropriateness, timelines, accuracy, etc.) while proactively engaging managers to implement recommendations and possible corrective actions that enable reporting against original budgets and approved funding proposals.

Monitor ongoing performance against budget through various analyses and provide sound advice on budgetary adjustments as necessary to budget owners for optimal resource utilization and in adherence to available guidance and policies.

3. Leadership

Supervise and provide integrated leadership, guidance and operational oversight to the HR CFO Divisional focal points to ensure strategic alignment between budget planning, workforce planning, HR administration, and talent management.

Develop and document internal business processes, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training packages on resource management matters.

Guide the branches focal points, coaching and providing/delivering training to build capacity and increase expected level of support, acting as point of referral on complex analysis and queries.

4.Other

Coordinate data analysis efforts and innovatively develop reports, to meet varying requirements and enable informed decision-making. This includes the coordination and compilation of divisional and corporate reports ensuring accuracy, quality and consistency of information presented to senior management and external stakeholders.

Identify opportunities to develop and improve systems, techniques, tools, processes and procedures to better monitor, manage and report on WFP budgets and resources.

Represent the division at internal meetings/committees/working groups as required, to obtain and provide information from a budget and resource programming perspective.

Perform other relevant duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

An advanced degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Finance, Economics or equivalent is required.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of professional experience.

Familiarity with the UN system and/or Best Practices in Financial Management and Business Operations Support (administration, HR, Audit etc.) would be a strong asset.
Broader experience required in performance planning, project management, development of learning contents, support with senior level management. Experience in cross-functional collaboration, building partnership/collaboration.

Knowledge & Skills:

Proven ability to proactively approach problem solving and generate ideas for optimal team outcomes amidst operational challenges and resource constraints.
Adequate experience in working across functions to address identified resource management issues and gaps and influence Country/Regional Directors to make required decisions.
In-depth knowledge of a program's operational requirements and how those translate into resource management requirements, enabling the proposition of recommendations for improvement in a proactive rather than reactive manner.
Exhibit specialized knowledge in improving business planning processes and promoting Value-for-Money principles in accordance with WFP policies and strategic mission, as well as national priorities.
Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages). Members of the FIT Pool, once selected for a position, will have 2 years to reach the level B in a second UN language.

Languages:

Fluency (level C) in English language. Knowledge of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese, will be an advantage.

Working arrangements:

Eligible for occasional telecommuting as defined in the WFP Human Resources Manual Chapter V Sections 7.8

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