Employment Opportunities
Chief Accountant
American University of Central Asia
seeks
Chief Accountant
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversees activities related to inventory and monitoring of financial operations and ensures compliance with accounting information technology and record keeping procedures, as well as the correct input of data into AUCA’s SAP-based accounting system.
- Organizes the accounting of assets, liabilities and financial operations, incoming fixed assets, inventory holdings and cash; ensures that movements of the above are entered on a timely basis; oversees the accounting of expenses and operational costs.
- Operates spreadsheets, databases and other relevant computer applications at an expert level and willing to learn SAP-based accounting systems
- Works closely with rest of Finance team to communicate financial data in a meaningful way to inform university and division-level strategy and cost/income projections by managing accounts for three key areas: general, chargebacks and divisions
- Takes initiative to propose ways to improve efficiency and usefulness of Finance activities; acts immediately on red flags and any irregularities by informing management
- Organizes the accounting of financial activities and ensures the economical use of material, labor and financial resources, as well as preservation of university properties.
- Verifies and reconciles the information prepared by other financial officers, maintains the general ledger, as well as select accounts in SAP.
- Verifies the cashier’s reports and controls the transactions involving the university’s bank accounts.
- Verifies the expenses for purchase of services and materials assets, as well as payments involving the university’s debitors and creditors. (3110, 1810)
- Reconciles the accounts and prepares end-of-the-year acts for major debitors and creditors.
- Ensures accuracy of consolidated accounting records of inventories (1621), long-term assets and fixed assets (2100); reconciles payroll with the documentation provided; calculates depreciation of fixed assets and non-material assets.
- Performs a monthly review of amounts of acquisitions and writing off of library books.
- Based on the data entered into SAP, prepares a trial balance sheet for the reporting date, the chart and the draft of concluding entries. Prepares drafts of final reports and disclosures and provides them to the head of Finance.
- Reconciles the budget, prepares all the tax calculations and reports, with the exception of income tax and reports to the Social Fund. Prepares accounts for accrual of taxes, verifies transactions with tax authorities, prepares drafts of advance tax payments and coordinates them with tax authorities.
- Performs any other related functions as directed by the immediate supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
- 3 years’ progressively more responsible employment experience with financial accounting/cost accounting/auditing and financial analysis
- Comprehensive knowledge, understanding and application of IFRS, as well as Kyrgyz government regulations and procedures
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to serve as a member of a service-oriented team in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and professionalism
- Strong work ethic and ability to take initiative to improve team outcomes
- Ability to interpret institutional policies, plans, objectives, rules and regulations and to effectively communicate the interpretation to others
- Project management and problem solving skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple on-going projects simultaneously
- Ability to think and work both independently and as part of a team
- Expert spreadsheet, database management, query, and word processing knowledge
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to organize, coordinate and supervise support staff
- Fluent knowledge of English
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in accounting or finance
- Accounting certification: CPA/ACCA/CAP/CIPA
- Experience in projects accounting in a university setting
- Experience working with SAP-based accounting systems
Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, and resume by November 30, 2015. Send documents to: human_resources@auca.kg
Selected candidates will be invited for interview.
