National Finance Specialist

This United Nations Volunteers (UNV) position is an integral part of UNDP's Environment, Energy and Climate Action (EECA) Pillar, which contributes to the Country Office's broader response to Sudan's rapidly evolving development and operational context since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023. The conflict has resulted in widespread displacement, disruption of essential services, increasing community vulnerabilities and severe constraints on institutional and operational capacities. In response, UNDP Sudan has progressively adapted its programming, operational footprint and delivery arrangements, guided by a strategic recalibration that emphasizes resilience and recovery, peacebuilding, public health systems, and energy and environment as interconnected priorities. Within this framework, the EECA Pillar plays an important role in supporting climate-resilient recovery, access to sustainable energy, environmental governance and sustainable management of natural resources.

The EECA Pillar manages a diverse and increasingly complex portfolio covering climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy, biodiversity conservation, protected areas management, environmental governance, climate finance, resilience and sustainable natural resource management. The portfolio is implemented through partnerships with national and subnational government institutions, project management units, implementing partners, development partners, civil society organizations, communities, consultants and contractors. The Pillar supports the formulation, implementation, monitoring and oversight of programmes and projects while working closely with UNDP Operations units to ensure that resources are managed efficiently, accountably and in accordance with approved project documents, work plans, budgets and applicable UNDP policies and procedures. This coordination has become particularly important in the current operating environment, where security, access, logistical and institutional constraints require greater flexibility while maintaining strong programme and fiduciary oversight.

Against this background, effective delivery of the EECA portfolio requires dedicated and systematic administrative and financial support. This includes tracking project budgets and expenditure; following up on advances, liquidations and financial documentation; facilitating timely processing of programme and project transactions; monitoring procurement and contractual actions; maintaining complete and auditable project records; and supporting audits, spot checks and other assurance activities. Given the volume, geographical reach and operational complexity of the portfolio, the UNV assignment will strengthen the Pillar's capacity to provide timely administrative and financial follow-up, improve coordination between programme, project and operations teams, and contribute to efficient, transparent and accountable implementation of the EECA portfolio in Sudan's challenging operational context.

Under the overall supervision of the Pillar Lead, the United Nations Volunteer (UNV ) will undertake and be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Provide day-to-day guidance to implementing partners on project implementation and track the use of financial resources, including monitoring the financial management protocols of the project.
2. Prepare for external and internal programme/project audits, conduct financial spot checks during liquidation processes, and support the implementation of audit recommendations.
3. Support the administration and implementation of projects and programme activities under the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA ) Pillar.
4. Support the preparation, review, and follow-up of financial reports, payment requests, and related supporting documentation.
5. Assist the Pillar by maintaining the internal expenditure system and performing quality assurance reviews of financial reports and payments.
6. Provide on-the-job training to projects under the National Implementation Modality.
7. Oversee financial management and fulfill the obligations of project administration for all projects (nationally and directly implemented ) .
8. Facilitate the procurement process and liaise with the Procurement Unit on behalf of the Pillar.
9. Maintain and ensure that the standard operating procedures are fully compliant.