Finance Officer Ukraine Kyiv - Internal candidates only

Finance & Economy

Overview

Ensure compliance with NRC financial regulations and manage financial processes effectively.

You have:

• Experience from working as a Finance Officer/Accountant in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Professional knowledge of auditing/accounting
• Knowledge of the context in the areas NRC operates
• Knowledge of legal tax base for the representation office
• Fluency in Ukrainian or Russian both written and verbal
• Good computer skills in MS Office
• Experience with start-up of humanitarian/recovery or related programmes is an asset
• Intermediate proficiency in English, both written and verbal, is an advantage
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

NRC is an independent humanitarian organization that helps people who are forced to flee. We provide assistance to meet immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement, and support displaced people as they build a new future. Around 15,000 humanitarians work with the NRC. Most of us are hired locally to work in the field, and a small number are based at our head office in Oslo, Norway. Many of our colleagues were once themselves fleeing their homes. In 2022, we reached almost 10 million people across 40 countries.

Qualifications

Generic professional competencies:

• Experience from working as a Finance Officer/Accountant in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Professional knowledge of auditing/accounting
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge of English, both written and verbal

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in the areas NRC operates
• Fluency in Ukrainian or Russian both written and verbal
• Intermediate proficiency in English, both written and verbal, is an advantage
• Knowledge of legal tax base for the representation office
• Experience from working with local financial institutions and tax authorities
• Experience with start-up of humanitarian/recovery or related programmes is an asset
• Proficiency in Excel (both knowledge and experience)
• Good computer skills in MS Office

Behavioral competencies

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Analyzing
• Working with people

Responsibilities

Generic Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Implement delegated financial function portfolio according to plan of action as well as to Financial Handbook and other NRC policies including SOP’s
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Maintain the filling system for all financial and accounting documents and ensure filing of all financial documents according to NRC standards
• Prepare monthly financial reports and send all relevant documents
• Process payments to project participants
• Support project staff in financial and administrative matters
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
• Contribute to specific protection risks and needs analysis
• Contribute to designing of protection response to identified risks and needs.

Specific Responsibilities

• Verify that vouchers and supporting documents meet NRC standards before payment. Be responsible for payments to suppliers, contract workers and mobilisers.
• Be responsible for check of programme documents and handling cash payments to project participants.
• Be responsible for disbursement of per diem to NRC Ukraine employees according to Ukrainian legislation and NRC policies.
• Ensure that all costs are timely booked into Agresso on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Be responsible for writing transactions numbers on the vouchers and label financial documents
• Prepare bank accounts reconciliations.
• Collaborate with the financial institutions to ensure that queries related to payments are timely resolved (return payments, under/over payments, suppliers/contractors’ incorrect account details etc)
• Ensure implementing of the routine for securing supporting documentation in a digital format. Follow up to ensure processing of reconciliation of deliverables (Financial part).
• Assist the Finance Coordinator (FC) and the Finance Manager (FM) in internal and external audits and preparing donor reports
• Verification of purchase requisitions (PR) and purchase orders (PO)
• Any other tasks that will be assigned by the Area Office Coordinator.

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Added 3 months ago - Updated 3 months ago - Source: nrc.no