Budget and Programming Consultant CFOBC

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
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• 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 and Programming Consultant CFOB

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy, level II

UNIT/DIVISION: CFOB / CFO

DUTY STATION (City, Country): HQ - Rome, Italy

DURATION: 11 months from 4th January 2027 – 3rd of December 2027

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Division drives effective planning, allocation and utilization of resources; oversees the financial cycle, from corporate planning, through budgeting, performance management and recording of accounting transactions and payments to financial performance reporting; and supervises special account and resource management of insurance services, strategic financing and financial monitoring.

Under the Chief Financial Officer’s direction, the Corporate Planning, Budgeting and Reporting Branch (CFOB) manages and administers the comprehensive program support and business operations budget and monitor performance against targets (budget & results) to inform resource allocation decisions. The Branch is responsible for designing, analysing, and presenting the corporate plan, corporate budget and planned activities and results; monitoring the implementation of the corporate plan and budget including KPIs, budget utilization and performance results; designing the corporate allotment structure and managing corporate budget funding requests, and reporting budget expenditures and results achieved.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the overall supervision of the Chief CFOB and the direct supervision of the OIM and performance report officer, the Consultant will perform the following functions related to planning, budgeting and performance reporting:

1. Manage the end-to-end technical workstream for Corporate Critical Initiatives (CCIs) planning, monitoring and reporting exercise, including the development of guidance and templates, review and challenge of submissions, and quality assurance of CCI financial and performance results.

2. Lead the technical development, production and quality assurance of analytical products related to resource allocation, budget implementation and organizational performance for the annual Management Plan and Annual Performance Report.

3. Design and conduct complex budget and performance analyses, including trend analysis, results measurement and qualitative assessments, and translate findings into insights, presentation decks and technical recommendations for management review.

1. Develop analytical assessments of budget implementation and results performance to inform the preparation of the Annual Performance Report and Management Plan, including drafting specific s