Finance Team Leader

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Description

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Finance Team Leader will manage the day-to-day finance units in Kharkiv office. The F TL will lead and line manage team of junior finance staff, allocating duties to ensure day-to-day tasks are accomplished on efficient and timely manner. This role ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines.

Responsibilities
People management:

• Lead and manage the finance team (including people planning, performance, well-being and development);
• Supervision of the daily activity, regular planning and proper distribution of workload among subordinates;
• Deliver technical support and guidance to programs, in line with organizational priorities;
• Hiring of employees and conducting performance appraisals (closely overseen by the next-level manager).

Finance and Accounting:

• Budget monitoring and forecasting on support budget lines – review budget spending and consolidate information required to prepare forecast;
• Ensure support cost are allocated (fuel, salaries, rent, consumables, IT-equipment, etc.) based on accountable cost drives backed with relevant supporting documents;
• Ensure all payments are made timely and in accordance with existing DRC forms.
• Ensure to update cashbooks on a daily basis to reflect the actual status of existing cash count and bank balance in all currencies;
• Review documents and ensure costs are coded to correct budget codes and ensure costs will be incurred in line with budget available;
• Ensure that processes under supervision are handled properly via DRC Dynamics;
• Ensure accounting entries are made in line with DRC internal guidelines and Ukrainian legislation accurately and timely by reviewing and approving journals before their postings;
• Ensure month end accounting is carried out including cash counts and bank reconciliation are on a timely manner;
• Validate Purchase Requisitions (PR) / Request for Payments (RfP) / Travel Tools documents for trips (TT);
• Assist with audit in each project (storing and systematically gathering vouchers and needed information);
• Providing other finance support as requested by the Base Manager and ASSM.

Key Deliverables: 

• Workload among finance and accountants staff is proper distributed;
• Performance and development of subordinates satisfy objectives set by Finance TL;
• Finance vouchers scanned and stored on a monthly basis on Server and attached to each transaction in Dynamics;
• Budget for support costs for office revised and updated on a regular basis.

Experience: 

• Minimum 3 years experience in financial/accounting.
• Experience of work in NGO/INGO will be an advantage

Education/qualifications:

• University undergraduate degree in the related field or equivalent (Finance, Accounting, Personnel Management)
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial IT systems

Qualities:

• Speech, couch and communication skills
• Advanced organizational skills
• Accuracy in paper work
• Finance literacy

Languages: 

• Upper-Intermediate or Advanced English (speaking/reading/writing)
• Proficiency in written and spoken Ukrainian or Russian languages

Source: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=169709

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