Accountant – Ukraine
For over 30 years, and through our work in more than 100 countries, the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has sought to strengthen legal institutions, support legal professionals, foster respect for human rights, and advance public understanding of the law and citizen rights. In collaboration with government agencies, the judiciary, lawyers, bar associations, legislatures, and civil society, we design programs that are responsive to local needs and that prioritize sustainable solutions to pressing rule of law challenges.
To learn more about our work in Ukraine, please visit https://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/rule_of_law/where_we_work/europe_eurasia/ukraine/
Job Summary
This is a full-time position based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
ABA ROLI is looking to hire a local Ukrainian expert to fill the role of Accountant for the new five-year “Healing & Accountability through Human Rights Activity” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The purpose of this new activity is to help Ukrainians use human-rights-based approaches to achieve justice and address social divisions resulting from Russia’s full-scale invasion. The program will support processes aimed at accountability for war crimes, and foster dialogue on difficult questions related to post-conflict recovery.
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Administration, the Accountant is part of a multi-disciplinary team of program development, procurement, finance, and other professionals establishing and maintaining a strong system and management control for human resources, logistics, office procurement, office accounting and information systems. The Accountant is responsible for correctly and accurately recording and tracking all office expenses, for working to ensure accurate and timely reporting of all necessary financial and accounting materials and information, as well as to resolve any such related issues.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the accounting, including the various petty cash funds, office finance, and administrative activities.
• Prepare regular expenditure analysis for office expenses.
• Coordinate with the Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) on maintaining collection of daily staff timesheets and tracking accumulation of staff leave time, and benefits.
• Handle the day-to-day finance and management of project accounting systems and ensure that all accounting procedures are compliant with USG policies and regulations.
• Coordinate closely with the DFA to follow-up, review, process and maintain all program finances and contracts, including per diem and travel allowances and logistics of staff.
• Check expense reports, reconciliations and other documentation submitted by staff to ensure that it complies with USAID and Ukrainian regulations and requirements.
• Support payroll by checking the validity of supporting documentation for authorization of payment requests by the DFA, through activities such as matching invoices, timesheets, purchase orders and proper verification of receipts of goods and services.
• Implement a system of asset and inventory control that accounts for all reportable assets acquired under the program.
• Work with the DFA, DCOP, and COP to ensure the program’s financial compliance with local authorities (social security, tax authorities, labor department, etc.).
• Actively contribute to information sharing across program units and with the HEAL PMU within the HEAL program.
• Perform other tasks as requested by the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party.

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written English language communication skills required.
• Master’s degree in Accounting is required.
• At least five (5) years of financial experience within an international non-governmental organization or multilateral institution.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working on USG-funded projects.
• Experience with, and knowledge of, U.S. Government procurement regulations.
• Strong understanding and experience with USAID’s financial management policies and procedures with regard to financial reporting and procurement processes.
• Experience working with small grant programs preferred.
• Ability to work under difficult conditions while maintaining security awareness.

Please apply by August 29, 2024.