The National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) announces a competition for the position of Finance Assistant for the German Red Cross Mission
The Ukrainian Red Cross Society is the largest humanitarian organization in Ukraine, which is one of the first to respond to all emergencies in the country and provide assistance to those who need it most.
Do you feel like you can make the world a better place? Join the Ukrainian Red Cross Society:
- The opportunity to do good: Help those who need it and feel inspired by contributing to a better world.
- New knowledge and skills: Take interesting trainings, become a volunteer or employee, and gain valuable experience for your life.
- Friends and like-minded people: Join a team of caring people who are always ready to help.
- Pride in your actions: Join and feel proud to be a hero!

The Ukrainian Red Cross is thousands of people across Ukraine who make the world a better place every day.
Based in Kyiv, the Finance Assistant supports the overall financial management of the GRC projects in Ukraine to ensure an optimal and timely performance.
Essential Tasks:
General Tasks:
- Maintain a proper filling system in accordance with filling best practices, donor document retention policies and GRC guidelines.
- Ensure all documents are sufficiently translated.
- Arrange and prepare financial closures and courier to GRC HQ on a monthly basis.

Translation:
- Perform translation of key information as required on vouchers, CBAs, quotations, contracts, and agreements etc. before documents are submitted to Berlin.

Field original document files:
- Sort and arrange the monthly accountancies as per GRC Standard.
- After validation of the accountancies ensure that all accountancies are scanned and archived to the same order for retention within the GRC Ukraine Office.
- Organizing & filing of FundsPro documents, according to the standard filing system.
- Ensure that originals are securely packaged / labeled and sent to Berlin in a timely manner.
- Dispatch the shipment to HQ and updating the tracking system of documentation sent accordingly.

Payments and Transactions:
- Coordinate in close cooperation with management of currently 10 apartments in Ukraine and review the monthly invoices before sharing with GRC HQ.
- Supervise the inventory for stationary and other office consumables.
- Perform the mobile top up for all GRC staff in Ukraine on a monthly basis.
- If required handle Petty Cash Transactions, preparation of the office payment authorizations for signature, ensure that all supporting documentation is attached.

Support Visits:
- Visit the regions to support and train financial staff and delegates in finance related matters if required.
- Inform the line manager in case of any problems with financial procedure or financial payments if any found during the visits.
- Suggest to the finance delegates any improvements needed.

Other tasks:
- Implement any other finance related tasks as assigned by Finance delegate.

Position within organization:
- Reporting to: GRC Regional Finance Delegate.
- Supporting and working relationships: The Finance Assistant will work closely with the GRC team in Ukraine. He / She will have direct engagements with the URCS Finance Team.

Requirements

Availability of higher education
- Finance/Business/Administration Studies or minimum professional experience in Finance-Administration
- Work experience in public organisations; Experience of working for a Humanitarian Organization — preferred
- Work experience in project activities; Minimum 1 years working in financial role
- Excellent communication skills
- Fluency in the Ukrainian language and English language — at a fluent level a must
- Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, databases, e-mail)
- Experience in communication with different categories of people, tact, and diplomacy
- Developed organizational and executive skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team, quick adaptation
- Ability to learn quickly, attentiveness
- Ability to cope with stress and work under time pressure
- Compliance with the fundamental principles of the Red Cross
- Compliance with the principle of information confidentiality

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society offers:
- Interesting, diverse and multitasking work;
- Employment in accordance with the Labor Code;
- Timely payment of salary;
- A friendly and close-knit team of like-minded people;
- Participation in trainings and seminars in Ukraine and abroad.
- Unique experience in the largest public organization in Ukraine

We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment at URCS that will provide all employees and volunteers, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, equal access to opportunities, protection of their dignity, and equal rights.
We are an employer with equal opportunities for all employees, including people with disabilities.
We do not discriminate in our recruitment and employment practices based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, or age.
Sexual exploitation and abuse are prohibited in all forms. The organization implements a policy to prevent sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse, including in the workplace.
Location: Kyiv
If you are interested in this position,please send your CV and Cover letter only in Englishto [см. контактную информацию ниже]
Due to a large number of requests, we contact candidates who fully meet the requirements of the vacancy.

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