Finance Officer Ukraine Lviv
Ensure financial procedures adherence in NRC
Overview
Ensure financial procedures adherence in NRC
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working in a humanitarian organization.
- Fluency in English.
- Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian.
- Knowledge of Ukrainian law regarding taxes, VAT, pension, social insurance and other taxes.
- Familiar with NRC donors' rules and regulations.
- Strong context monitoring and analytical skills.
- Resilience and ability to work in insecure environments.
- Strategic thinking.
- Ability to empower and build trust.
Contract
This is a Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contracts.
Generic responsibilities
- Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
- Implement NRC’s systems and procedures at the area level.
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements.
- Prepare and submit reports and analyses.
- Ensure proper filing of all supporting documents.
- Support line managers in the financial procedures and perform the required team training.
- Ensure development and implementation of administrative systems and procedures.
- Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards &
- principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC.
- Ensure that the accounting, monitoring and reporting are according to procedures.
Specific responsibilities
- Support and guide non-finance staff in finance procedures and facilitate team training.
- Implement and adhere to the anti-corruption policy.
- Make sure that financial internal controls are in place and adhered to for the banking and cash system.
- Post the entries on daily basis to UNIT4. Make sure that Data has proper correct codes and as per the project documents.
- Prepare the regular UNIT4 Bank reconciliations for all the balance sheet items.
- Enter the UNIT4 rebooking and keep a proper record of it.
- Verify the purchase requests and payment requests for the Area office.
- Other tasks related to the project budgets like any realignment and updating the UNIT4 for project follow-up.
- Perform payments for Vendors, partners and contractors as per NRC policies.
- Assist the Finance Coordinator (FC) and the Finance Manager (FM) in internal and external audits.
Critical interfaces
- NRC staff at the area level and the country office.
- Local partners, vendors and contractors.
Scale and scope of the position
Staff:
None
Stakeholders:
Donors, NRC staff, vendors and contractors
Budgets:
-
Information:
Office365, OKTA, Agresso, Intranet, filing system
Legal or compliance:
Terms of employment, Code of conduct, Security Management Policy, NRC People
- Competencies
Professional competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working in a humanitarian organization.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Fluency in English.
- Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian.
- Knowledge of Ukrainian law regarding taxes, VAT, pension, social insurance and other taxes.
- Familiar with NRC donors’ rules and regulations.
Behavioural competencies
- Strong context monitoring and analytical skills.
- Resilience and ability to work in insecure environments.
- Strategic thinking.
- Ability to empower and build trust.
- Performance Management
• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to implement a difficult policy? | This question assesses your ability to follow through on policies under challenging circumstances. | Provide a specific example illustrating your approach to compliance. |
| How do you ensure the accuracy of financial reports? | The interviewer wants to know your methods for maintaining data integrity. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a situation where you had to train someone on financial procedures. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Have you ever faced opposition while implementing financial controls? How did you handle it? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have with compliance and auditing processes? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |