MAIN TASK AND DUTIES

The Finance and Accounting Officer is responsible for handling and overseeing all financial affairs of the Ukraine branch including, but not limited to, the following:

• Establishment of all financial and bookkeeping procedures for the
• Ukraine branch in line with Ukrainian legal requirements and FZS
• head office regulations and procedures
• Overall financial management and formal reporting in line with
• Ukrainian legal requirements
• Preparation and facilitation of annual accounts and external audits
• Controlling of project accounts and budgets
• Assistance with the preparation of internal financial reports
• Assistance with any financial reports required by donors
• Oversee the legal and financial correctness of agreements concluded
• with suppliers (establishment of contracts and related documents)
• Processing of payments to contractors and suppliers
• Financial documentation and archiving
• Day-to-day bookkeeping according to the national legal
• requirements of Ukraine
• Integration of financial data / postings into the FZS financial
• accounting and controlling system Abacus Projects (training will
• be provided)
• Regular reporting to the Ukrainian tax authorities
• Management of external tax, bookkeeping and HR service providers

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Education in business administration, economics, finance, accounting, or other related fields, with a specialization in accounting
• More than five years of working experience in an international context in the fields of accounting, financial management or related fields
• Experience with the accounting software “1C:Bukh”, the banking
• system “Client bank”, reporting using “Medoc” and/or “Artzvit”
• Profound knowledge of Ukrainian accounting and tax legislation as
• well as basic knowledge in HR matters
• Excellent MS-Excel skills and general MS-Office skills
• Experience in financial documentation and archiving
• Excellent command of the Ukrainian and English languages and
• preferably German in word and speech
• Good interpersonal and communications skills
• Ability and interest to work across multiple cultures with tact and
• diplomacy

YOUR APPLICATION
All applications should be submitted as a single pdf document, written in English, with a one-page motivational letter stating clearly why you are interested in the position, Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
and at least two references. Applications should be sent to [email protected].

APPLICATION DEADLINE 18TH FEBRUARY 2022