Accountant
- Description
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Omya Ukraine offers a fantastic career opportunity for an enthusiastic individual as accountant. The accountant will join a local team in Kyiv office and support our specialists.
Duties will primarily include:
Timely and effective performance of primary day-to-day bookkeeping activities.
Accountability for bookkeeping in accordance with local GAAP and and Omya accounting and reporting guidelines and policies (statutory/Group reporting, local taxes and tax returns, national statistics).
Key accountabilities
- Owner of the primary accounting activities such as (but not exclusively): cargo custom im-port, related import costs, transportation costs, inventories and other services, VAT e-invoicing, bank transactions input etc.
- Responsible for the timely input of cargo custom declaration, VAT e-invoices ready for sub-mission, bank statements and other accounting/tax activities.
- Completion of statutory accounts on a day-to-day basis.
- Strong support in fast statutory/Group period closing.
- Follow local GAAP and Group standards, policies and directives and ensure compliance with local rules and regulations, such as the Accounting and Reporting Manual (ARM).
- Maintain regular reconciliations and cross-checks with customers, local suppliers, transportation companies, custom brokers, service companies, external warehouses, tax authorities and others.
- Completion and submission of statistical data to government departments on monthly basis.
- Work closely with the country coordination team (CCT) in accounting, tax, legal and financial issues. Be informed about contractual obligations, claims and disputes.
- Compliance with Internal Control System (ICS) and company policies.
- Eliminate or reduce non value adding activities and implement process improvements.
- Follow labor discipline, internal labor regulation and instructions on safety.
Education:
University (preferably degree in finance/accounting, master level or CPA).
Experience
- Minimum 1-3 year's experience in financial position(s).
- With a technically strong financial accounting background, including taxes.
- Experience with BAS (1C) and skills in Excel are required.
Knowledge and skills
- Have a good level of accounting and taxation knowledge.
- Proactive, open minded and solution-oriented person.
- Good communication skills.
- English skills (A2 or B1) are preferable but not critical.
Thank you for your interest in the position, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.