Finance Assistant

The Finance Assistant (Accountant) plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and compliant operation of DRC’s finance functions. This position provides support for the day-to-day functioning of the DRC Kharkiv office, supports from accountancy side the implementation of DRC programs in the area of responsibility.
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Responsibilities:

• Checking DRC Program activities related documents for compliance with Ukrainian legislation.
• Checks, calculation and processing the payments of business trips for DRC staff, maintenance of advances to employees.
• Control of the authenticity of the necessary documents for processing the payments.
• Conducting banking transactions.
• Receiving inbound documentation for accounting processing (applications for payment, contracts).
• Control over the availability of DRC’s Supplier related documentation in accordance with payments, keeping the registrar updated.
• Preparation of acts of performed work/acceptance in accordance with legislative requirements.
• Produces calculation and transfer of taxes and fees, insuring contributions to state extra-budgetary social funds, payments to banking institutions, wages of employees and other payments.
• Accounting of property, liabilities (accounting for fixed assets, inventory, etc.).
• Maintaining, entering and updating “1C”/”BAF” software, makes changes to the reference and regulatory information used in the processing of data.
• Participation in drafting of contracts with counterparties.

About you:
To be successful in this role we expect you to:

• Proven work experience of at least 2 years in finance or accountancy, preferably in a humanitarian or development organization.
• Knowledge of the legislation on accounting and tax accounting.
• Knowledge of the procedure for maintaining documents for business trips, checking up-to-date reports
• Act as a focal point for program units as to program related documentation (grants, agreements, etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work together in a multicultural environment.
• Good working skills with MS Word and Excel.
• Proficiency in Ukrainian or Russian, both written and spoken.

Moreover, we also expect the following:
Desirable:

• Ability to work with ERP systems.
• Knowledge of humanitarian regulations, including donor requirements.
• Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
• Basic or higher level of English language will be a preference.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or master degree in economics, finance, accountancy, business administration or related field.

Source: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=170200