Strategic CFO Office Lead & Executive Advisor

United Nations Development Programme; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UN Women in New York seeks a Management Specialist to support the Chief Finance Officer’s office. The role coordinates strategic planning, executive workflow, and cross-organizational initiatives to advance financial, operational and governance priorities.

You will prepare high-quality briefs, manage complex submissions, and liaise with senior management and governing bodies. The incumbent leads a team of consultants and interns, ensuring timely decisions and effective follow-through on DFA

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, public administration, finance, accounting, economics, international development, or related field.
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in strategic coordination or executive office support, including experience in financial or operational management, governance, institutional planning or related areas.
• Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional processes involving senior-level engagement.
• Experience providing advice and decision-support to senior officials on complex institutional, financial or governance matters.
• Experience preparing high-quality strategic briefs, speeches, policy notes or decision papers for senior-level audiences.
• Experience leading and managing personnel in international settings.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development of high-quality strategic briefs, policy notes, speeches, talking points and decision papers for the CFO’s engagement with senior management, governing bodies, oversight actors and United Nations system counterparts.
• Provide coordination-oriented analysis that clearly identifies required decisions, responsible offices, timelines, risks, dependencies and escalation points.
• Anticipate emerging institutional, financial, administrative and operational issues that may delay implementation or require CFO intervention and propose practical responses.
• Review complex submissions from the perspective of executive decision-making and process readiness, ensuring that issues, risks, options, accountabilities and implications are clearly presented.
• Support the CFO in articulating DFA’s strategic position in corporate discussions, inter-agency forums and high-level governance processes.

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, public administration, finance, accounting, economics, international development, or related field

Job description

UN Women in New York seeks a Management Specialist to support the Chief Finance Officer’s office. The role coordinates strategic planning, executive workflow, and cross-organizational initiatives to advance financial, operational and governance priorities.

You will prepare high-quality briefs, manage complex submissions, and liaise with senior management and governing bodies. The incumbent leads a team of consultants and interns, ensuring timely decisions and effective follow-through on DFA