Accounting Assistant – Pension Administration

About the role

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) provides retirement and related benefits to staff of the United Nations and its member organisations. Based in Manhattan, the Accounts Section of the Pension Administration seeks an Accounting Assistant to support the monitoring of pension contributions, bank reconciliations and financial reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of office support and administrative functions.
• Draft memoranda and routine correspondence to UNJSPF member organisations, participants and beneficiaries.
• Monitor and process schedules related to pension contribution remittances using the Integrated Pension Administration System (IPAS).
• Assist in calculating, inputting and checking pension contributions for accuracy and communicate discrepancies.
• Generate various reports through IPAS.
• Record, analyse and reconcile accounting transactions and multi‑currency bank accounts.
• Manage and consolidate large documents (MS Word) and financial tables (Excel) with high attention to detail.
• Proofread documents and edit texts for accuracy, grammar, punctuation and format compliance.

Required profile

• Ability to work with international stakeholders and handle correspondence across multiple countries.

Required skills

• Integrated Pension Administration System (IPAS)
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel