Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions

Job Identification (Reference Number)**:14745**
Position Title**:Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit**
Duty Station City**:Valencia**
Duty Station Country**:Spain**
Grade**:P-5**
Contract Type**:Fixed-term (1 year with possibility of extension)**
Recruiting Type**:Professional**
Vacancy Type**:Vacancy Notice**
Initial duration**:1 year with possibility of extension**
Closing date**:June 3, 2025**
Introduction:
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

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Applications are welcome from first

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

**Context**:
The Department of Financial and Administrative Management (DFAM) oversees and manages the IOM's global financial, budgetary, treasury, accounting and administrative functions.

The Financial Coordination and Policy Division oversees the global financial controlling framework of the Organization, facilitating compliance with the Organization’s financial regulations, policies, and standards. It coordinates the comprehensive monitoring and analysis of budgetary and financial risks in close coordination with the other Divisions of the Department. The Division’s work facilitates IOM’s financial management globally, ensuring it remains robust, adaptable, and closely aligned with both operational and strategic objectives.

Within this framework, the Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit (FSRS) provides business support to IOM’s financial systems and digital finance architecture. The Unit leads the design of business requirements, functional specifications, data structures, and governance models that support financial processes across the Organization. It operates from the business side, working in close partnership with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) —which is responsible for technical implementation and support—and external service providers.

Under the overall supervision of the Comptroller / Director of DFAM and direct supervision of the Deputy Comptroller, the Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit leads the Organization’s business-side strategy and oversight of financial systems and solutions. The Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit ensures that digital finance initiatives are driven by IOM’s operational needs and aligned with internal controls, International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), and evolving financial and administrative policies.

Acting as a key interface between DFAM, ICT, and external providers, the Chief, Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit provides strategic leadership and oversees cross-functional teams, while managing change processes that support a shift from transactional workflows to value-added financial services.

Responsibilities: Provide strategic direction for the business-side ownership of financial systems, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) modules (Oracle Fusion), enterprise reporting, and financial planning tools.
Manage and lead the Financial Systems and Reporting Solutions Unit, including mentoring, supervising, and supporting a team of business analysts, planning and reporting specialists.
Lead the development of business requirements and functional specifications for financial and administrative tools, ensuring they support efficient, compliant, and scalable financial processes.
Serve as DFAM’s primary liaison with ICT and system integrators, ensuring technical implementations reflect business priorities and are appropriately governed.
Oversee the review and validation of functional design documents, system change requests, and testing strategies prepared by ICT and vendors.
Establish and manage financial and planning systems governance models from a business perspective, including change control, configuration management, and user role definitions.
Oversee the maintenance and business-side validation of key financial master data and control elements—such as Cross Validation Rules values, reporting hierarchies, and segment mappings, digital workflow governance
Oversee and coordinate the end-to-end integr