Finance Technical Officer Ukraine Chernihiv
Ensure adherence to NRC policies and support financial procedures.
Overview
Ensure adherence to NRC policies and support financial procedures.
You have:
- Experience from working as a Finance in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Experience in NGO Finance.
- Knowledge of legal tax base for the representation office.
- Knowledge in compulsory primary documentation for processing Supplier’s payments in line with Local law.
- Experience with Agresso ERP system.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations.
- Upper-Intermediate level of English, both written and verbal.
- Fluency in Ukrainian, both written and verbal.
- Good computer skills in MS Office as a must.
- Experience with 1C system.
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:
- Knowledge of context where NRC operates
- Upper-Intermediate level of English, both written and verbal
- Fluency in Ukrainian, both written and verbal
- Good computer skills in MS Office as a must
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Experience from working as a Finance in a humanitarian/recovery context – 3 years
- Experience in NGO Finance – 3 years
- Knowledge of legal tax base for the representation office
- Knowledge in compulsory primary documentation for processing Supplier’s payments in line with Local law – as a must
- Experience with Agresso ERP system – 3 years
- Experience with 1C system
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations.
- Experience with start-up of humanitarian/recovery or related programmes is an asset
- Proficiency in MS Excel and other financial tools.
Behavioral competencies
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with people
- Analysing
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Coping with change
Responsibilities
Generic Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Support line manager in financial procedures and maintaining regular budget monitoring and performing required team training.
- Plan and implements activities and ensure the implementation of policy and standards
- Support line manager in developing post audit improvement plans and implementing the same in respective for internal and external audits.
- 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
- Assist line manager developing a capacity building plan for finance staff and non-finance staff on Finance procedures, donor regulation.
- Facilitate the introduction of new ideas, technology, methods and approaches to improve the quality of financial processes.
- Contribute to specific protection risks and needs analysis
- Process spending plans with program teams
- Update the Master Budget and Donor budgets on FC/ASM request
- Analise the financial information and prepare presentations to program teams
Specific Responsibilities
- Verify that all vouchers and supporting documents comply with NRC standards prior to payment processing.
- Manage payments to suppliers, contractors, and project participants in accordance with NRC policies and procedures.
- Ensure the Cash and Corporate card procedures are carried out in line with NRC’s financial procedures.
- Ensure the reports from the NAO partners within the Flexible mini grant (FMG) modality following NRC’s financial procedures.
- Ensure timely and accurate posting of all costs into Agresso on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
- Ensure the accuracy of the information that entered into 1C accounting programme, finance databases for reporting to the Pension Fund.
- Prepare and maintain bank account reconciliations.
- Ensure timely payments to the vendors, contractors and suppliers, etc., following NRC’s financial procedures and contract policies.
- Support of the finance staff in maintaining an accurate and complete accounting database.
- Follow up on reconciliation of deliverables from a financial perspective.
- Assist the Finance Coordinator and Finance Manager during internal and external audits.
- Responsible for the month-end closing within the stipulated period, with close coordination with the Finance Coordinator.
- Verify purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) for compliance.
- Support Budget Holders in preparing spending plans, donor budgets, and master budgets upon request from the Finance Coordinator.
- Prepare Budget vs Actual (BvA) presentations and conduct project utilization assessments as requested by FC.
- Perform any additional tasks assigned by the Area Office Coordinator to support the finance function.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe your experience working in finance within a humanitarian context? | The interviewer wants to understand your relevant experience in similar settings. | Focus on specific projects you've worked on and the impact of your financial management. |
| How do you ensure compliance with financial regulations when managing payments? | This assesses your understanding of financial compliance. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time when you had to analyze financial information to make a decision. What was the outcome? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you handle a situation with conflicting documentation for supplier payments? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use to support non-finance staff in understanding financial procedures? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you manage closing the monthly financial accounts in a timely manner? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you discuss your experience with ERP systems like Agresso? How did it benefit your work? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a challenging project you worked on related to financial planning. What made it challenging? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |