You will be responsible for managing all proposal budgeting, internal, and donor reporting for DRC UKR. You will support the Finance Manager in ensuring the implementation of new financial processes and tools in compliance with DRC's Operations Handbook, internal guidelines, and donor requirements. You will be responsible for strengthening procedures and systems for financial management and control, conducting spot checks and internal reviews, and implementing action plans to address weaknesses. Additionally, You will provide training and on-the-job support to ensure effective budget follow-up, financial reporting, and decentralized financial management processes.
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Ensure thorough and effective budget management in the country programs
Monitor budgets, spending, and forecasts, providing support and guidance to project managers
Ensure timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports
Conduct training sessions and workshops on budget follow-up, financial reporting, and decentralized financial management processes
Support the Finance Manager and Head of Support Services in preparing annual master budget for the country program, and analyze variances
Identify risks and develop/improve internal control systems to reduce associated risks
Provide technical support to the decentralization process, ensuring the implementation of new financial processes and tools
Liaise with relevant managers on key financial issues for all programs in the country, including co-funding, financial reporting, key variances, and any corrective actions.
Provide recommendations to improve budget utilization and cost effectiveness
Provide technical assistance during audits and donor assessments, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards.
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 5 year’s work experience in the field of finance/accounting in an INGO. You will need to work with a big volume of information and to have experience in Excel to sort and analyze them.
Moreover, we also expect the following:
Competence in providing technical guidance and training
Working experience with relevant donors (e.g. UNHCR, ECHO, UNICEF, US Gov and other guidelines)
Advanced proficiency in Ms Office and Ms 365 Dynamics
Full professional proficiency in English
We are looking for a team player for our finance team, active and attentive to details colleague
