Junior Accounting and Finance Professional (full time, Kyiv)

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is looking for a qualified professional to fill the position of a

Junior Accounting and Finance Professional (full time, Kyiv)

for the project “EU4Resilient Regions - Special Assistance Programme for Ukraine”.

The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), co- funded by the European Union (EU) and is implemented by GIZ. It supports communities in the Regions Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kherson and the governmental controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in improving the quality of social, medical and administrative services and their accessibility, in particular with respect to the needs of vulnerable population groups. For that purpose, the project will coordinate and cooperate with a broad range of local/national and international partners and stakeholders.

As junior accounting/finance professional you will take responsibility for supporting in and providing administrative services and financial and contract management for the project. This includes inter alia:

Areas of responsibilities

• All tasks related to bookkeeping in the project;
• Supporting in filing documents in reference files or in DMS in line with GIZ?s filing rules;
• Supporting that financial administration functions well in accordance with GIZ standard procedures and EU regulations;
• Managing cash withdrawals, keeping the cashbook, bank accounts, preparing and entering vouchers;
• Creating payments via online banking for approval by the respective supervisor;
• Inventory recording to Onsite Asset;
• Monitoring income, expenditure and the monthly bank reconciliation;
• Support in preparing monthly period;
• Support in preparing monthly period financial statements, cash records and bank reconciliation records;
• Support in monitoring real accounts (payables, receivables) and reports regularly to the officer responsible; 
• Support in monitoring payment schedules according to contracts with third parties;
• Checks travel expense report of national staff for approval by the respective supervisor;
• Preparing data and documents for the completion of expert and consulting contracts and local grant agreements to the country office;
• Supporting the accounting of expert and consulting contracts and local grant agreements according to GIZ- standards.

Required qualifications, experience and competences

• university degree in relevant specialisation and qualification in business administration desirable (equivalent of BA);
• at least 2 years’ professional experience in a comparable position;
• good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office);
• experience with accounting systems desirable;
• very good understanding of management and administration;
• confidential handling of data and information;
• very good knowledge of the European language widely used in the country (English), ideally a knowledge of German;
• willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management;
• an independent and result-oriented approach, flexibility, self-organization. 

Employment conditions

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Place of assignment is Kyiv. The assignment starts asap. The contract duration is until October 2023.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application

Application comprising of the candidate's CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent until COB 08.10.2021, Friday.

By sending the application the candidate gives the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.