Job Responsibilities

• Prepare the Green Energy Recovery Programme in Ukraine budget and annual workplan based on the project management guidance.  
• Prepare and review the financial reports of the Green Energy Recovery Programme in Ukraine.
• Send payment requests to the Country Office.
• Perform financial analysis and oversight for all resources of the Green Energy Recovery Programme in Ukraine. 
• Analyze and monitor financial situation and present forecast to the project management.
• Plan proper expenditure, tracking and audit of financial resources.
• Organize and oversee project cashflow and revenue management process.
• Ensure full compliance of financial activities, financial recording/reporting and audit follow up as per UNDP rules, regulations, policies and strategies.
• Prepare budget and monitor project expenses in Quantum on a regular basis, report on the project delivery.
• Ensure that advances and direct payments are properly raised and made on timely basis.
• Support Green Energy Recovery Programme Manager to ensure proper planning, internal control system and safeguard measures for efficient and effective use of financial and other resources of the Project.
• Ensure full compliance with UN/UNDP rules, regulations, and policies of financial activities, financial recording/reporting system.
• Support Programme Manager on preparation of budgets, periodic expenditure reporting, donor reporting and other financial reports.
• Properly manage bank and cash operation of the Programme.
• Maintain complete sets of books of accounts and financial records on a daily basis following standard accounting principles.
• Support Programme Manager in analysis and monitoring of the financial situation, presentation of forecasts for the Project, monitoring of financial exception reports for unusual activities, transactions.
• Ensure financial transactions are authorized, recorded, filed with adequate supporting documentation.
• Preparation and monitoring of budgets; regular analysis and reporting on the budget approvals and the delivery situation.
• Provide coordination support in the audit and spot check process in accordance with UN/UNDP rules, regulations, policies and procedures including pre-audit preparations and ensure continuous follow ups on the implementation of audit findings.
• Ensure implementation of operational and financial management strategies and procedures;
• Ensure proper control of the Programme accounts.
• Full compliance of financial activities with UNDP/UN rules and regulation, policies, procedures and strategies; effective implementation of the internal control system.
• Timely corrective actions on accounting entries, timely response to HQ/Donors/CO requests to resolve financial data issues.
• Analysis of requirements and synthesis of proposals on proper mechanisms to build internal and external Programme management capacity.
• Continues analysis of corporate financial strategies and policies, assessing the impact of changes and making recommendation on their implementation in the project.
• Monitor the progress on the procurement processes.
• Review and report the financial risk management issues, ensure timely accounting and reconciliation of all transactions.
• Ensure timely financial reporting to the donors.
• Maintain an effective stakeholder engagement approach.
• Based on need, support relevant RPP financial focal points to identify new programme financial management, joint quality assurance and audit.
• Organizing on job and capacity trainings on specialized financial matters
• Organizing of training for finance team in the unit.
• Performs other related duties as required.