Danish Cultural Institute is looking for a financial controller for its office in Tbilisi, Georgia

The position is open in Tbilisi, Georgia, from January 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of a year with the possibility of prolongation.

You will be a part of Danish Cultural Institute’s (DCI) team for the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries (ENC) based in Denmark, Moldova, and Georgia.

Your daily reference will be the DCI project coordinator in Tbilisi. However, you should expect to be in daily contact and coordination with the whole project team. The main programme of the ENC team is the New Democracy Fund (NDF) funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Other cultural projects in Georgia and other countries in the region will also be part of the portfolio.

As a financial controller, you will be in charge of supporting our activities in ENC from the financial management perspective, making sure that our projects are compliant to our internal guidelines; the demands of our donors and internationally recognized accounting standards and best practices.

The tasks
As our new financial controller your main tasks will be:

• Responsible for the daily bookkeeping of expenses;
• Ensuring an efficient internal control system;
• Preparation of financial reports and sound financial management of activities in close cooperation with the project manager and project partners in the ENC;
• Sparring with project team on financial management issues (e.g., budget planning and follow up; financial transfers to partners; invoicing; bookkeeping etc.);
• Advising project team and local partners on sound financial management and reporting to ensure compliance with DANIDA’s administrative (Danish MFA) guidelines and the NDF/DCI administrative guidelines;
• Quality assurance of partner’s financial reports and audits and other project bookkeeping, as well as dialogue with and support to the partners’ budgets and budgetary follow-up;
• Supervising the project partners in their duties such as identifying audit company, providing templates, and collecting the audit reports.

Your profile
We are searching for candidates with following skills and competencies:

• Documented experience working with financial management of projects, preferably international ones;
• Documented ability to read and understand financial guidelines of different donors and implementing them in practice;
• Ability to shift between different set of guidelines and donor modalities;
• Strong communication skills and ability to be proactive;
• Ability to work independently;
• Documented understanding of financial compliance and what it entails when working with local partners;
• Fluent in English.

The position is a local full-time employment, in compliance with Georgian labour code.

How to apply
Please submit your application no later than 2nd December 2024.

You apply by sending your CV, letter of motivation, and relevant appendixes to: Henriette Borg Reinholdt, [email protected]