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He/she is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of technical efforts and field activities by providing accounting services, payments and other bank operations, payroll administration to facilitate the implementation of the MSH Ukraine Projects’ activities. The Accountant ensures that accounting, personnel, and payroll administration systems are conducted according to MSH regulations, standard operating procedures, and good business practices.\nThe Accountant safeguards the assets (financial and physical) of MSH or other donors against fraud, loss or misuse. He or she ensures that any money expended in the field is done in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, MSH Policy, and any cost principles imposed by MSH or a donor agency. He or she must demonstrate the ability to use sound business judgment in assuring that all costs are reasonable and necessary for the completion of the office projects and MSH’s mission.\nThe MSH Accountant embodies MSH’s values and is aware of and adheres to MSH procurement integrity and institutional standards and procedures in all project management responsibilities.\nMain Duties and Responsibilities:\nAccounting Activities\nManage cash flow, including funds transfers from MSH, local currency exchange, and petty cash, as per MSH policies and procedures.\nPrepare necessary documents for the bank payments according to the MSH financial procedures, MSH authority matrix and legal regulations of Ukraine.\nRecord in QuickBooks/ QBO all approved payments for the local vendors, contractors and consultants for goods and services received, in accordance with the laws and regulations of Ukraine, MSH standard operating procedures and donor regulations.\nComplete month-end closing by the 5th business day of each month. Submit monthly expenses and upload them to MSH’s Corporate Accounting System. Ensure timely and accurate data entry, including journal entries for non-routine expenses as needed. Download all expenses to the MSH financial system Costpoint each month and reconcile bank accounts with Corporate Accounting as part of the month-end close process.\nEnsure that all paid invoices agree with supporting documentation, including price quotes, purchase requests, purchase orders, FED checks and shipping receipts, and/or other documents as per MSH procedures for procurement.\nMaintain current standing with all mandated tax liabilities and organization registrations.\nManage the issuance, monthly reconciliation, and collection of project advances. Track and resolve outstanding unliquidated advances in strict accordance with SOP timelines and MSH policies\nPrepare VAT report and submit to the tax authority each month.\nMaintain communication with the HQ support teams (Corporate Accounting), project management and other relevant staff, provide guidance and support to MSH Ukraine staff on financial and accounting issues and regulations\nFill the payment tracker with complete and accurate payment related data and generate links to folders with relevant documents. \nProvide necessary operational support for all internal and external audits, under the supervision of the Finance and Operations Director\nPayroll process\nManage timesheets for office staff, ensuring timely submission, approval, accuracy, and filing, as per MSH procedures for recording of time worked.\nUpload time keeping/payroll information into QBO. \nReview and prepare as necessary country activity travel advances and work with country program staff to resolve accounting related issues, as per MSH policy and procedures for request for advances and reimbursement (TEF) procedures.\nWork with the contracted local accounting firm to process and record local payroll, taxes and pension contributions and benefits and local auditing firm to conduct audit.\nAdminister local benefits plans, including pension and health insurance, track staff vacation and sick leave balances.\nManage local consultants: Ensuring that Consultants’ documentations are verified prior, during engagement, and effectively closing out consultancy after the contractual period. Follow up with consultants to ensure correct documentation prior to payment. Managing Consultant's trackers and making sure information is updated.\nOffice inventory and other tasks\nMaintain inventories and controls over project office fixed assets, such as furnishing and computer equipment. Take full and overall responsibility by leading physical check-up twice a year (December 30 and May 30).\nOther tasks as requested by supervisor.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired Education\nRequired: bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or relevant field.\nRequired Experience\nAt least 3 years of experience in an independent accounting position with advanced bookkeeping responsibilities\nKnowledge and Skills \nExperience working with international organizations, donor-funded projects or DOS preferred.\nExperience in working with QBO (QuickBooks On-line) preferred.\nComputer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (Excel spreadsheets, word processing, and electronic mail along with data entry experience).\nExperience developing and interpreting standard financial reports \n(Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow) and creation of Journal entries required.\nFluency in Ukrainian and ability to communicate in English \nincluding reading, writing and speaking skills. \nExcellent teamwork and communication skills\nCompetencies\nIndependent judgment is required to plan, prioritize, and organize a diverse workload\nAbility to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multitask\nProactive, pragmatic and resourceful problem solver\nExceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders including staff, board members, as well as external partners/customers.\nAbility to deliver excellent customer care, externally and internally, in a professional manner\nEffective team player that completes individual tasks on time, closes communication loops and asks clarifying questions to assure mutual understanding\nExcellent communication skills for team members and clients, even in stressful situations\nOutstanding project management and problem-solving skills with impeccable multi-tasking abilities.\nMSH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. MSH complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended, and all related applicable regulations.\nKnow Your Rights - Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (English)\nKnow Your Rights - Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (Spanish)","description_format":"text","description_chars":7204,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Ukrainian","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"Upper-Intermediate (B2)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Nonprofits & Foundations","Public Health & Prevention"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T07:23:19Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-09-30T08:42:30Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-10-15T06:17:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":10,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.341,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":60,"expected_fill_days":12,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/management-sciences-for-health-accountant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/management-sciences-for-health-accountant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-20T23:27:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27053,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1044668},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1044668"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmanagement-sciences-for-health-accountant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmanagement-sciences-for-health-accountant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmanagement-sciences-for-health-accountant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/management-sciences-for-health-accountant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmanagement-sciences-for-health-accountant"}]}