Finance Officer (Grants) - Ukrainian Nationals

Contract

This is a Professional contract (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract (NRC) contracts.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We are looking for a national Finance Officer (Grants) to Prepare up-to-date analysis and required reports of the financial situation in the projects and the programme to the Finance Manager, Head of Support, Head of Programme, Area Managers, Programme Managers, Project Coordinators and the Regional/Head office upon request;Ensure that the accounting, monitoring and reporting are according to procedures (Finance);and Support project staff in financial matters (Finance),

Qualifications

What you will bring:

• At least 1 from working as a Finance Officer/Accountant/ Finance Specialist in a humanitarian/recovery context OR as an Associate/Specialist in Audit company
• Finance/Accounting/ Audit
• High level of analytical skills ( ie Data analysis, Research, Forecasting)
• Knowledge of English, both written and verbal
• High level of computer literacy (MS Office, especially Excel)
• Knowledge of context where NRC operates
• Fluency in Ukrainian written and verbal
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience from working with local and international donors

What We Offer

• Duty station: Kyiv
• Contract duration: Employment contract – till 31 Dec 2024 with the possibility of extension subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance
• Travel: 10% to field locations
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC salary scale, terms and conditions.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. In the selection of our staff, we are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying

• Learn more about NRC here and NRC Ukraine
• To apply as an internal candidate, please click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRC’s internal career site.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.

Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Prepare up-to-date analysis and required reports of the financial situation in the projects and the programme to the Finance Manager, Head of Support, Head of Programme, Area Managers, Programme Managers, Project Coordinators and the Regional/Head office upon request;
• Ensure that the accounting, monitoring and reporting are according to procedures (Finance);
• Support project staff in financial matters (Finance);
• Participate in registering & keeping project updated in UNIT4/AGRESSO PROJECT MASTER FILE;Follow up on applying correct ACCOUNTING CODES;
• Follow all finance related DONOR REGULATIONS
• Assist in maintaining budget controls (Finance)
• Assist budget holder in preparation of budgets (Draft budget); making BUDGET REVISIONS; making DONOR FINANCIAL REPORTS;
• Participate in FINANCIAL CLOSING of project;
• Prepare inputs to the PCM meetings;
• Assist in updating the TopDowns,
• Assist in updating Master budget; monitoring MASTER Budget spending,
• Participate in updating SPENDING PLANS;
• Prepare monthly Budget versus Actual (BvA) reports with budget holder and follow up on action points.
• Assist the Finance Coordinator (FC) and the Finance Manager (FM) in internal and external audits;

We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the detailed Job Description here.