Катерина

Kiselova Kateryna
19.08.1977

Contact information:
Address: Kiev, Luteranskaya st. 19, apt. 3
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Work experience:

August 2022 – February 2025 | Grant Manager, Grants Department
USAID/Internews Network | Media Program in Ukraine
• Prepare and conduct grant competitions.
• Consulting applicants on writing project proposals, preparing budgets and pre-award documentation.
• Full and detailed grant management to comply with donor regulations, local laws, and internal policies.
• Review recipient’s financial reports and narratives for completeness, reasonableness, allowability, allocability, and compliance with internal and donor requirements.
• Prepare analysis including Budget Vs Actuals summary reports and forecast of expenditure.
• Enter transactions into the ERP system and resolve potential payment issues.
• Filling in the Internews Grants Database.
• Provide ongoing support to grant recipients, conducting grant management training sessions.
• Develop recipients’ monitoring plans and monitoring visits.
• Coordinate with Internews HQ grants analysts regarding grantees’ performance and grants administration, provide required reports on financial matters.

February 2022 – July 2022 | Office Administrator/ Grants Department Assistant
USAID/Internews Network | Media Program in Ukraine
• Assisted the Grants Department in preparing and conducting grant competitions, communicating with grant applicants, and translating contracts for grant recipients.
• Maintenance and population of the Internews Grantees Database.
March 2019 – February 2022 | Office Administrator
USAID/Internews Network | Media Program in Ukraine
• Organize company events, meetings, and conferences.
• Select suppliers and contractors for office setup and procurement of supplies.
• Conduct travel arrangements for staff duty travels according to the USAID Standard Operating Procedures.
• Liaise with travel agencies, airline companies, and hotels regarding booking and billing-related issues.
• Translate documents from Ukrainian language to English and vice versa.
• Manage office budgets, expenses, and petty cash.
• Assist with recruitment, onboarding, and training of new employees.
• Maintain, develop, and file documents and record data in data-related files.
• Dealing with information with very high confidentiality.
• Managed attendance, leave requests and workplace policies.

May 2016 – January 2019 | Economist, Junior Accountant
ECOCUP LLC
• Analysis of enterprise costs and control over their compliance with budget indicators.
• Keeping records of receivables and payables.
• Control over the conclusion and execution of financial contracts.
• Analyze production costs and assess profitability.
• Maintenance of primary accounting documentation (invoices, acts, payment instructions).
• Accounting for cash transactions and registration of cash orders.
• Assistance in preparing tax reporting.
• Prepare evaluations for management.

November 2004 – April 2016 | Sales Manager, Marketing & Research Specialist
ECOCUP LLC
• Monitoring the emergence of new products in global markets.
• Searching for potential suppliers of raw materials and production equipment.
• Conducting promotional campaigns to promote the company's new products, participating in exhibitions.
• Preparing commercial offers and participation in tenders.
• Work with company’s key clients, search for the new sales channels.
• Preparing sales contracts, organizing deliveries.
• Analyze customer needs, handling complaints and solving problems.

December 2001 – April 2004 | Junior Analyst
United Nations Development Program | Project: Agricultural Policy for Human Development
• Collected and analyzed data on Ukraine’s agrarian sector to support reform strategies aimed at improving productivity and profitability.
• Interacted with public and private sector stakeholders to ensure continuous agricultural policy development feedback.
• Maintained a database of sector indicators, infrastructure, and enterprises for use in monitoring and strategic planning.
• Facilitated engagement with key stakeholders to gather feedback and support the work of the Coordination Council on Agricultural Policy.

January 2000 – December 2001 | 1st Category Economist – Senior Economist
Ministry of Finance of Ukraine | External Capital Markets Subdivision, Capital Markets Division, State Debt Department

• Analyzed commercial proposals from international financial institutions and supported advisory services for public debt management.
• Assisted in the issuance, placement, redemption, and restructuring of Ukrainian Eurobonds in coordination with foreign banks and investors.
• Prepared draft regulations, technical documentation, and materials for investor roadshows and Paris Club negotiations.
• Supported the development of financial and legal documents related to government securities and responded to restructuring-related inquiries.

July 1999 – October 1999 | Junior Economist
Promenergoexport LLC

Education:

September 2024 – Present
National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit (Kyiv)
Part-time master's degree in Accounting, Audit and Taxation in progress

September 1994 – June 1999
State University of Trade & Economics (Kyiv)
Specialist Degree in International Business and Trade

Training & Professional Development:

• July 2023: USAID Rules & Regulations: Grants & Cooperative Agreements (one-week online course) Humentum, USA
• April 2003: Economic Aspects of Agrarian Policy, USAID, Kyiv (one-week course)
• October 2001: Market Economics & Financial Analysis, Regional Joint Vienna Institute & Ukrainian Academy of Government Administration, Kyiv (two-month course)
• August 2001: Monetary Operations, Joint Vienna Institute & IMF Institute, Vienna, Austria (one-week course)
• June 2000: Macroeconomics and Financial Policies in Transition Economies, IMF Institute, Kyiv (two-week course)
• February 2000: International Capital Markets, Kyiv Institute of Investment Management & London Securities Institute (two-week course)

Skills & Competencies:
Results-oriented professional with strong leadership and management skills and experience in budgeting, managerial and financial accounting, and project management. I have worked in the public and private sectors and international organizations. Possess excellent communication skills for engaging with stakeholders and experience working with clients and partner organizations. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive. An effective team player, adaptable, open-minded, and a fast learner. Technical skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel (pivot tables, formulas), Word, PowerPoint), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drive) Trello, Jira, ClickUp, 1C, ZohoBooks, Unit4ERP, Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams.
Languages:
• Ukrainian, Russian – Native
• English – C2 (Proficient)
• German – A2 (Basic, currently learning)

Additional Information:
• Driving Experience: 25 years