Chief Accountant
vakansiya — 2024

Job mission:

• This role will be expected to cover the whole accounting work for several foreign companies in full.
• Interaction with the tax authorities and consulting clients on accounting and taxation issues (including in English)
• Supervise tax consultants and junior staff

Main responsibilities:

• Maintain full cycle accounting for clients (payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, taxes, and other general accounting duties)
• Preparation of management reports (in accordance with IFRS, US GAAP requirements)
• Bookkeeping management and qualitative execution and control of accounting and bookkeeping processes in accordance with the company’s policy and international accounting standards
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Optimization of the accounting process
• To ensure timely reflection of accounting operations in the ERP systems of the company.
• Timely collection of receivables and repayment of accounts payable and regular AP and AR reconciliation
• Monitoring and preparation and submission of all statutory reports
• Manage local payment process to ensure full compliance.
• Ensure communication with tax authorities, state institutions and other stakeholders
• Performing other daily accounting tasks as per the requirement
• Carry out duties on various tax issues of clients
• Supervise tax consultants and junior staff

Qualifications and Requirements:

• University degree in Finance, Accounting and/or other related business disciplines
• Minimum 4+ years’ experience in full cycle accounting and taxation
• Advanced knowledge of Azerbaijan Tax regulations as ell as PSA taxation
• Strong Knowledge of all accounting, tax and management accounting processes
• Professional qualifications are an advantage (ACCA, DipIFR, Certificate of a Professional Accountant (PAC), etc.)
• Solid knowledge and working experience of 1C, MS Office Programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook (advanced Excel is a must))
• Payroll skills;
• Skills in maintaining primary documentation;
• Analytical mindset, systematic, structured, responsible;
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet the deadlines
• Problem-solving and decision- making skills
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills
• Result oriented, honest and an active person with open mind.
• Fluency in Azerbaijani, English, Russian