Global Portfolio Strategy & Risk Lead

UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services, based in New York, seeks a Portfolio Advisor to align global portfolio objectives with corporate strategy, risk management, and compliance. You will provide strategic advice, drive performance analytics, and lead finance and governance initiatives across multi-regional portfolios.

The role emphasizes data-driven oversight, executive reporting, and the development of BI dashboards to streamline decision-making for senior management.

Qualifications

• Relevant required experience is defined as experience in finance, risk management, internal controls, project management, operations etc.
• Knowledge of Google Suite applications and working with Big query is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the formulation of GPO Annual Targets ensuring alignment with operational strategy, delivery standards, and engagement addition objectives.
• Lead and analyze GPO portfolio KPI performance across portfolios to identify performance gaps and advise senior management on strategic interventions.
• Drive GPO risk management processes, acting with portfolios to proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate strategic, financial, and operational risks.
• Actively monitor GPO issues logs, analyzing systemic operational bottlenecks, and enacting holistic corrective action plans to reinforce the internal control environment.
• Lead the preparation and synthesis of high-level executive reports, portfolio performance analyses, and strategic briefings for GPO senior governance.
• Drive innovation and digitization by leading the conceptualization, design, and deployment of advanced business intelligence dashboards and automated oversight tools, significantly reducing manual reporting overhead across global portfolios.
• Ensure all regular and ad-hoc corporate reporting requirements are met, maintaining high data integrity and strategic value.
• Provide comprehensive financial advisory for GPO Management Teams, overseeing the complete Administrative budget cycle, resource allocation, and budget reallocations and revisions.
• Prepare and provide timely and accurate strategic budget analyses and financial reports, ensuring maximum efficiency and optimization of financial resources, enabling data-driven decision-making by GPO.
• Establish and enforce rigorous financial data quality directing cross-portfolio interventions and coordination with finance teams to resolve critical data anomalies.
• Monitor and report on GPO financial targets and management expenditure, ensuring strict compliance with UNOPS financial regulations, rules, and the corporate accountability framework.
• Enforce and lead quality assurance reviews of high-value and high-risk operational documents submitted to GPO for executive approval, ensuring alignment with UNOPS Policy and Procedures.
• Direct the continuous monitoring and tracking of High-Stake / High-Risk projects, establishing active follow-up protocols and escalation pathways, and providing advisory to portfolios.
• Serve as the main Focal Point for all internal and external GPO audit exercises; lead audit preparedness, coordinate official responses, and direct the implementation of audit recommendations to resolve control gaps.
• Design and lead capacity-building and training initiatives for GPO personnel on portfolio management methodologies, UNOPS compliance rules, and risk management best practices.

Skills

Communication

Crisis Management

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance and Project Management, or related field

Master’s degree in any of the above or related fields

Job description

UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services, based in New York, seeks a Portfolio Advisor to align global portfolio objectives with corporate strategy, risk management, and compliance. You will provide strategic advice, drive performance analytics, and lead finance and governance initiatives across multi-regional portfolios.

The role emphasizes data-driven oversight, executive reporting, and the development of BI dashboards to streamline decision-making for senior management.