Position: Accountant

Reporting to: Director

Qualification / Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting;
• 5 to 7 years of experience in finance, accounting work in a western or large local companies;
• Excellent knowledge of Kazakhstani and European accounting and reporting practice and procedures;
• Excellent knowledge of Kazakhstani accounting legislation;
• Fluency in English and Russian (both written and oral);
• Careful attention to detail, ability to work mostly on an independent basis and to seek to resolve complex issues on an amicable basis, ability to sustain fast paced, high pressure performance;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects;
• Proven ability to deal effectively in a changing environment while consistently meeting strict deadlines;
• Knowledge of MS Office, e-mail, Internet;
• Experience working with SAP, or other international accounting software, as well as local software such as Galaktika and1C.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage the day-to-day activities and transactions, accounts receivables, accounts payables, cash;

Preparing payment and conversion documents for the bank, and internal record keeping;

Manage and supervise the local accounting and reporting functions;

Develop, implement and maintain best practices policies and procedures to ensure good financial control and record keeping;

Seeking and obtaining approval for payment enquiries and expense reports;

Obtaining cash from and depositing cash in the bank, manage and control petty cash;

Keeping an itemised report of banking and cash documents (costs, fixed assets etc.);

Record keeping, calculating and making payments of VAT and other taxes and funds;

Preparing and submitting all the reports required to the Tax Inspectorate and all relevant State agencies.

Reviewing, checking Wire Transfer, Cash Requests provided by employees;

Preparing documents for payments after receiving the appropriate approval;

Preparing reports on account balances;

Advising management on cash requirements so as to maintain a cash balance;

Calculating and making payments of payroll and related taxes and funds as to employees.

Assist in completion of the IFRS accounts for 2016-2023, and completion of the audit for 2021-2022, and thereafter annual year-end audits;

Assist Ernst & Young accounting employees and bookkeepers in collecting and analyzing original and backup documents for 2016-2023, answering and dealing with their questions and requests for more details;

Prepare and maintain Trade Receivables Table and Ledgers for the years 2016-2023, and going forward so as to enable the audit catch-up completion, and annually;

Prepare, monitor 4040 and 4051 ledgers, reports and allocations and all back-up documents and ledgers.