Ministry of Finance (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is the ministry of the Ukrainian government charged with developing and implementing national financial and budget policies, and with defining national policies in customs and taxation. The ministry is responsible for ensuring that the state has enough resources to perform its functions and that financial policies promote economic growth.
Role
Specific responsibilities of the ministry include:- regulating customs fees and tax collection;
- regulating administration of Ukraine’s single social insurance tax;
- defining state policy for combating violations of tax and customs law;
- defining state policy for combating proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism; cooperating with the inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force and other anti–money laundering international organisations;
- regulating issues related to financial control of public funds; monitoring compliance with accounting standards; administering lotteries; regulating securities issuances and certain precious metals and gemstone transactions;
- analysing and forecasting public revenue, drafting mid-term Budget Declarations and annual Budget Laws;
- coordinating implementation of the State Budget;
- setting guidelines for budget planning; enhancing effectiveness of public financial management;
- managing public and state-guaranteed debt;
- regulating intergovernmental fiscal relations; approving within-country regional borrowing and provision of debt guarantees by local governments;
- informing the general public about economic and fiscal policies of the state, as well as the results of implementing the state’s budget;
- assessing financial viability of regional development projects;
- development and management of state-owned banks;
- defining and implementing national policy on development of financial services and non-bank financial institutions ;
- cooperating with the International Monetary Fund and other international financial organisations.
Senior leadership
| Incumbent | Position | Portfolio |
| Serhiy Marchenko | Minister of Finance | Management of the Ministry |
| Denys Uliutin | First Deputy Minister of Finance | Inter-budgetary relations, financing of security and defense, procuratorial authorities and separate law enforcement, implementation of national programs of Ukraine-NATO cooperation |
| State Commissioner for public debt management | Commercial borrowing, EU macro-fiscal support and World Bank guaranteed loans | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Financing of infrastructure projects | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Expenditures of the budget of the humanitarian sphere, expenditures of the social sphere and authorities | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Ensuring the activities of the Ministry in the field of tax and customs policy, verification of government payments | |
| Olga Zykova | Deputy Minister of Finance | Development and implementation of unified state financial policy in the field of cooperation with foreign governments, foreign financial institutions, and international financial organizations. |
| Deputy minister of finance of Ukraine for European integration | Financial and customs policies, international cooperation and strategic planning in European integration, fuel and energy complex finance, property relations | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization | Development of digital transformations and digitalization | |
| State Secretary | Organisational development, HR management, information systems and technologies, administrative management |
Structure
Minister of Finance:- Minister’s Office;
- Department for Strategic planning and European integration;
- State budget department;
- Local budgets department;
- Department for harmonization of state internal financial control;
- Department of financial and economic affairs, accounting and financial reporting;
- Department public and government relations;
- Legal department;
- Department for analysis and communications;
- Internal audit department;
- Anti-corruption department;
- Mobilisation department;
- Classified records office;
- Department for taxation policy;
- Department for database monitoring and verification of budget payments;
- Department for revenue forecasting and accounting standards;
- Department for assay control and strict accounting documents;
- Department for fuel and energy;
- Department for industrial expenditure;
- Department for public debt management;
- Department for fiscal risks management;
- Department for cash management.
- Department for management of expenditure in humanitarian sectors;
- Department for management of expenditure in social sectors;
- Department for management of expenditure of government agencies.
- Department for management of expenditure on defense, state security and law enforcement.
- Financial policy department;
- Department for international financial projects;
- Department for international cooperation.
- Office of the State Commissioner for public debt management.
- Department for Human resources and organizational management;
- Department for submissions and procedural control;
- Department of IT and information systems;
- Administrative Office
Ministry agencies
There are several central executive agencies in Ukraine which report to the Cabinet of Ministers through the Minister of Finance. These include:- State Treasury Service;
- State Tax Service;
- State Customs Service;
- State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine;
- State Audit Service of Ukraine.
Supporting establishments
- State gemological center of Ukraine
- State repository of precious metals and stones
- Museum of decorative and precious stones
- Kyiv Offset Factory
- Main planning and service center of computer financial technologies
- Administration in exploitation of assets complex
- Recreation site Koncha-Zaspa
- Administration Office in International Financial Cooperation projects
- Assay Control State Offices
- Scientific-researching financial institute