Head of Accounting (full-time, Kyiv) in Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the Country Office to fill the position of the

Head of Accounting (full-time, Kyiv)

(internal SAP code: Head of Accounting)

As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and governments of other countries. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. Our main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The commissioning parties and cooperation partners all place their trust in GIZ, and we work with them to generate ideas for political, social and economic change, to develop these into concrete plans and to implement them. Since we are a public-benefit federal enterprise, German and European values are central to our work. Together with our partners in national governments worldwide and cooperation partners from the worlds of business, research and civil society, we work flexibly to deliver effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring the quality, efficiency and economics of administrative and commercial support processes in the areas of Accounting and Payments in S4HANA.
• Ensuring compliance with company-wide procedures (P+R), country-specific guidelines and national legal requirements.
• Management of employees (range 7-9) in accordance with GIZ management principles and guidelines to promote a sense of corporate identity, enable employees to carry out tasks independently, and create scope for creativity and innovation.
• Introducing and disseminating new policies, rules and guidelines etc. relating to administrative procedures respecting the standards in S4Hana.
• Ensuring an efficient and effective interface management through regular knowledge transfer and contact with employees in the clusters and HQ.
• Representation of the unit vis-a-vis business partners, internal customers and external auditors
• Cooperation and regular exchange with Procurement team and Financial Contract Management team to align policies and processes.
• Secures efficient, quality assured process within the standards of S4HANA.
• Ensures management of bank accounts including management of all communication with GIZ’s local bank
• Ensures management of funds, cash flow in bank and cash box.
• Ensures payments in bank and cash.
• Manages accounting
• Ensures management of payables and receivables
• Ensures checking of invoices related to procurement of goods
• Supports annual Internal Controls in the projects in coordination with Head of Financial Contract Management.
• Supports audits of/at the GIZ office of all kinds (Buro IK, revisions, others, also project-related).
• Assigns and conducts trainings within the area of responsibility.
• Provides advisory support to the Service Units of Clusters through the Community of Practice for Finance (jointly with Head of Financial Contract Management).
• Is role model for internal and external networking between different teams and thinks and acts outside the boundaries of the immediate team.
• Designs group and working procedures in line with S4Hana standards.
• Proposes and decides on solutions for exceptional cases meeting justified client’s needs.
• Develops themes and instruments in his/her working area and incorporates these into the overall context.
• Makes available expertise in the context of knowledge management and also advises external parties on issues from the manager’s area of responsibility.
• Networks with other units and takes into account management goals and requirements in providing services.

Required qualifications, professional experience and personal competences:

• MSc/ MBA/ master’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration or similar area.
• At least 5 years’ professional experience in a comparable position with management experience.
• Experience in managing change processes
• Knowledge on S4HANA .
• At least 3 years’ experience in a leading function.
• Very good English knowledge in speaking and writing
• Native speaker of Ukrainian
• German knowledge is an advantage but not a must.
• Finely tuned organisational skills and ability to work on one’s own initiative at the conceptional level.
• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office.)
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management.

We offer: 

• Official employment, salary fixed in EUR, performance-related bonuses and 13th salary.
• Medical insurance, 29 vacation days annually.
• Language classes, hard and soft skills trainings.
• Individual and group psychological support.
• Possible flexible and remote work (depending on projects’ needs up to 10 days a month within Ukrainian border). 
• Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions: 

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Place of assignment is Kyiv. Starting as soon as possible. The contract duration will be 12 months with the possibility of prolongation.

 GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application:

 We are looking forward to your application in English, comprising your CV and a Cover letter explaining your motivation to apply for the job until COB 01 April 2026, Wednesday. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.

Candidates are requested to submit their documents with the following title:

•  Surname Name_CV

•  Surname Name_Cover letter

By sending the application you give the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely according to GIZ data privacy regulations. You can familiarize yourself with these regulations by the link Data protection | GIZ