Finance Officer NOA

Country: Cuba Organization: World Food Programme Closing date: 26 Aug 2026 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. The World Food Programme (WFP) has worked alongside the Cuban government, since 1963, to reinforce long-standing social protection programs that provide free, universal access to basic services. These efforts have led to 1.3 million direct beneficiaries by 2024. The country's operational landscape is marked by significant food security and nutrition challenges, and in this context, WFP works to address prioritized humanitarian needs amid growing needs and resource constraints by providing nutrition-sensitive food assistance before, during, and after shocks. WFP enhances the capacity of the social protection system and facilitates the delivery of nutritious food and nutrient supplements. WFP also strengthens local food systems and links them with social protection program institutions. WFP has a strong field presence with monitors operating in six provinces: Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Villa Clara (which recently opened). THE ROLE To support the stewardship of WFP’s resources, monitoring budgets, forecasting, reporting on key data and providing basic administrative and human resource functions that enable effective management of funds, and ensure assistance to beneficiaries is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way possible. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority): • Maintain awareness of corporate finance and resource management strategies and major ongoing programmatic initiatives, participating where appropriate using finance and resource management expertise. • Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes, aligned with Regional and wider WFP strategy, policies and processes to meet the food assistance needs of beneficiaries within the Country. • Report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects in accordance with corporate governance requirements, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with. • Monitor budgets, and carry out forecasting for new and ongoing projects according to established corporate procedures and requirements. • Perform bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management and monthly financial closures on a regular basis in accordance with corporate requirements. • Where necessary, deliver core administrative services, working with contractors and following standard processes to provide cost-effective, quality and timely services to WFP staff. • Where necessary, undertake basic human resource functions related to staff benefits, recruitment of local staff, and training. • Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, providing management with financial, staffing and resource usage information to enable them to make informed decisions. • Track and collate data to support others to improve policies, systems and procedures in order to minimise financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives. • Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, supporting periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks. • Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries. • Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required. • Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis. • Other as required. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Education: Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent. Experience: At least one (1) year of postgraduate professional experience. Language: Fluency in Spanish. Advanced English. DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE • Has performed basic financial analyses at a national and/or operational level. • Has experience managing financial transactions. How to apply Please apply at the following link: https://wd3.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/wfp/job_openings/job/Havana-Cuba-The-Republic-Of/Finance-Officer-NOA_JR125830-1