Chief Accountant

Job Description

Chief Accountant (Senior Controllership Analyst)

General Requirements:

• A person with a higher professional (Finance & Accounting) education, holding a certificate of a professional accountant shall be appointed to the position of Chief Accountant and practical work experience (at least five years out of the last seven calendar years of work related to accounting, preparation of accounting (financial) statements or with auditing activities).
• Must speak Russian and Uzbek language as well as English fluently
• Dual employment is not possible at this position

We expect you to know:

• All laws and legislation of Uzbekistan related to accounting, taxes and fees, official statistical accounting, archival work, in the field of social and medical insurance, pension provision, as well as economic, civil, customs, labor, currency legislation, legislation on combating corruption and commercial bribery, legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime
  • judicial practice on taxation, on disputes related to the facts of economic life committed by economic entities, accounting and preparation of accounting (financial) statements
  • international financial reporting standards to assess differences vs local reporting standards, the practice of applying these standards advanced domestic and foreign experience in the organization and implementation of internal control of accounting and preparation of accounting (financial) statements
• Your responsibilities will be as follows:
• Meet statutory accounting and tax requirements and ensure accounting and tax compliance with Uzbekistan legislation
• Formation of accounting & tax policy in accordance with accounting legislation and corporate policies
• Monitor changes in accounting and tax laws, accounting requirements and inform BU’s increase tax compliance and reporting awareness within business units
• Ensure all accounts are recorded and reported on time and in full compliance with Uzbek GAAP and lead (review & approve) the daily operations
• Ensure the submission of accounting (financial) statements to the appropriate addresses in due time
• Formation of numerical indicators of reports included in the accounting (financial) statements at the Uzbek and corporate level
• Provide necessary accounting documents during internal and external audits (audits, tax and other audits) and manage disagreements based on audit results (audits, tax and other audits)
• Ensure the safety of accounting (financial) statements before its transfer to the archive and organize archiving timely
• Organization and implementation of internal control of accounting and preparation of accounting (financial) statements of the company
• Preparation and submission of reports on the state of internal control of the company, organization of their storage and transfer to the archive in due time
• Conduct work on the organization of an internal control system for the correctness of business transactions, compliance with the order of document flow, technology for processing accounting information and its protection from unauthorized access
• Management of the formation of the accounting and reporting information system in accordance with the requirements of accounting, tax, statistical and management accounting and corporate standards, ensure the provision of necessary accounting information to internal and external users.
• Ensure timely responses to management requests at the local and corporate levels on management reporting and applicable accounting policies.
• Providing methodological assistance to heads of departments and other employees of the organization on accounting, control, reporting and tax related matters
• Be main contact for tax authorities in the country and manage any questions and requests received from local authorities
• Make sure all required physical documentation handled as per local rules and regulations
• Work closely with finance shared service and entity controller and guide/instruct them about any local requirements
• Support system set up implementations for changes in terms of tax & accounting regulations
• Ensure Intercompany (IC) invoices are booked in accordance with local accounting and tax regulations and provide tax information to relevant teams during processing of such invoices