Finance Trainee

Contract

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Background

DRC (Danish Refugee Council), founded in Denmark in 1956, is Denmark’s largest and the world’s leading non-profit, independent, rights-based refugee organization.

Our vision is to assist refugees, internally displaced people, and their host communities to a dignified life. We protect lives and human rights and empower beneficiaries throughout conflict displacement by providing shelter, food, and hope in terms of work, education, and integration towards a sustainable future.

Since 1998, programmes in the South Caucasus are designed through a “protection lens”, ensuring that all activities integrate protection principles. As such, we will continue to work on expanding our knowledge and ensure durable solutions are provided to IDPs, returnees and host communities, and as well as make IDPs, returnees, host communities and persons in a refugee-like situation aware of and actively claim their rights, through legal assistance and awareness raising.

The main DRC donors in the South Caucasus in 2022 are the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Development Bank KfW, the European Union and GiZ (Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit). The fundraising efforts have been undertaken with other donor organizations, which could potentially affect organizational priorities, the scope of work and tasks related to this position. The operations span across the whole of Georgia with over 45 employees in 4 offices, including two field offices in Abkhazia.

Position: Finance Trainee (Trainee Contract)

About the job:

Under the supervision of the Support Services Manager, the Finance Trainee is expected to provide Finance and Accounting support to DRC Operations in Georgia.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

As an overarching duty, the Finance Trainee is expected to:

• Get familiar with finance processes in the regional office of DRC Georgia as planned by the relevant supervisor and the mentor.
• Participate actively in day-to-day finance tasks while using DRC’s learning tools and guidelines as well as mentorship support of senior finance staff.

Accounting:

• Familiarize oneself with payment validation and transfer process in accordance with Georgian legislation and DRC’s operational guidelines, checking payment related documents, registering corresponding invoices in the ERP system and the payments in online bank
• Familiarize oneself with Accounts Payable and Expense management modules in ERP system, check and reconcile open vendor balances on a monthly basis
• Familiarize oneself with General and Project Ledgers, reflect relevant transactions in each of them as relevant
• Support with the reconciliation of bank and cash accounts at the end of each month
• Participate in the preparation of Statutory reports, e.g., Income tax and Pension fund Declarations
• Support with proper filing of financial documents.

Donor Audits:

• Participate in donor audit process with the guidance of the assigned mentor

About you:

To be successful in this role the ideal candidate should have:

• Post-graduate degree (Bachelor/Masters) in finance, business, accounting, or related field.
• Fluent in Georgian and English languages (spoken and written)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel
• Basic proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
• Well-developed organizational and planning skills to meet deadlines, attentiveness to detail
• Previous work experience in finance/accounting field is desirable

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.

We offer:

Contract length: 6 months

Salary and conditions: Monthly stipend of 120 Euro net. Medical insurance provided.

Duty station: Tbilisi, Georgia

Availability: May 16th 2022

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV in English no later than May 7th, 2022, 23:59 pm.

We only accept online applications at https://drc.ngo under Vacancies >Current Vacancies. Click on the vacancy then on ‘Apply for position’ at the bottom of the window. Please indicate at least two references with contact information.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

DRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer