| Overview : ** Deadline extended until 23 August 2021. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the global development network of the United Nations system that is on the ground in over 140 countries, with its Headquarters in New York, USA. The Bureau for Management Services (BMS) is a central Bureau tasked with the development of corporate strategies, policies, tools and systems in key cross-cutting management areas. Drawing on sound analytics and a risk-management approach, BMS supports the achievement of development results through management advice, innovative business solutions, and other corporate services in line with international best practices and evolving needs and expectations of development partners. BMS also ensures policy adherence in operations management within UN Rules & Regulations, safeguarding UNDP’s accountability vis-à-vis Member States and other stakeholders. The Office of Financial Management (OFM) performs a pivotal role within BMS and within UNDP’s global finance function, partnering with Bureaux and Country Offices. The primary role of OFRM is to maintain the financial integrity of UNDP through providing financial leadership, supporting the efficient and effective management of its financial resources, promoting financial sustainability and responsible resource allocation in the context of a fluctuating funding environment. This is accomplished by the development and implementation of sound financial policies and practices, oversight of corporate financial management performance, and flexible scalable support to resource allocation. OFRM is a key source of information for the Executive Board, General Assembly, to Partners and wider civil society. It supports transparency through the provision of on time and quality statutory and other financial reports that comply with international standards and regulatory guidelines.
The Finance Business Partnering/Business Advisors team (FBP/BA) is the point of contact for client facing offices in providing advice, guidance, and related services on complex financial issues, those relating to the financial aspects of project and programme management. The services provided include policy advice, financial management training, internal controls, financial planning support, report and query management, and programme resources management. The FBP/BA unit also plays a role in monitoring the financial performance of the Bureaux and offices in support of OFRM's responsibilities for corporate oversight. In so doing, develops constructive relationships with clients to understand the reasons for strong/weak performance and develops strategies, in close consultation with the regional bureaux to help them improve. In response to the recent Global Environment Facility (GEF) audit recommendations, additional monitoring and advice is required to ensure the regional bureaux continue to exercise their enhanced oversight roles on the GEF projects.
Reporting to the head of FBP/BA, the services of Business Partnering Expert are being sought to undertake specific functional and technical work on financial management related activities through the achievement of the deliverables specified under ‘Expected Output and Deliverables’ section. These deliverables span across the work of the FBP/BA unit and cover, amongst others, key corporate initiatives such as the NextGen ERP Data Preparedness and transition to a new Oracle Cloud ERP from the current PeopleSoft (Atlas) system during 2021. Objective The purpose of this procurement exercise is to contract an individual consultant who will undertake specific functional and technical work to support project milestones related to the financial management activities. Details are provided in the Terms of Reference as advertised on UNDP job site VA # 100831 Interested bidders are requested to submit their application using the following link: VA # 100831 as per the instruction in the notice and using templates provided. Applications must be submitted by the deadline stated on the jobsite. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to submit a financial proposal through separate email. Should you have any questions please email cpu.bids@undp.org no later than 13 August 2021 referencing VA # 100831 – Consultancy – Business Partnering Expert, BMS/OFM/FBA Best regards, UNDP Central Procurement Unit | 
