Position: Head of Accounting
Company: Paymentop
Category: Other
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate
Published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00+02:00

**Key tasks and role: **
As a Chief Accountant you will supervise all activities of the accounting department, ensuring that all subordinates constantly change to be well-suited to company needs. You will also be responsible for ensuring the progress and performance of work in the business, timely reporting, and giving suggestions to help the Board of the Company handle problems that arise effectively and promptly and will apply new technologies and techniques to increase efficiency and reduce time and costs. In addition, you will perform transactions with banks.


**The primary responsibilities:**
➢	Providing accounting services (EU/UA/Canada/Singapore companies);
➢	Accounting, calculation of respective taxes and fees according to local legislation;
➢	Implementation of accounting systems;
➢	Maintaining up-to-date accounting records (accrual-based) in the systems;
➢	Working with invoices and bills, AR/AP reconciliations & communication with vendors;
➢	Ensuring that all accounting processes align with IFRS and current financial legislation;
➢	Provide suggestions in terms of expenses optimization and cash flow management;
➢	Maintain an optimal tax structure for the company and individual projects. Adapt the structure to the changing needs of international legislation;
➢	Making payments upon the company’s request;
➢	Submitting month-end close reporting in the systems;
➢	Mediating submission of official reportings;
➢	Manage relationships with external audit professionals and accounting partners;
➢	Engaging in consultations and clarifications on accounting and tax issues, automation of accounting processes, and enhancing existing reporting systems;
➢	Recommend improvement of accounting systems and management practices;
➢	Support audit process for company;
➢	Interaction and communication with the legal department;
➢	Communicate with banks, payment service providers, and vendors regarding the payments; 

**Requirements & Skills: **
➢	Bachelor’s degree in Finance (Economics, Economic Cybernetics, Statistics, Business economics, Accounting, Banking, or related);
➢	2+ years of experience as Head of Accounting/Chief Accountant;
➢	Successful completion of the audit of non-resident companies;
➢	On-hand experience with industry-specific accounting in Fintech;
➢	Experience of maintaining the accounting of non-resident companies;
➢	Experience in various accounting software (Quickbooks Online, Quickbooks Desktop, GUSTO, Xero);
➢	Experience in reporting records from various payment systems and banks (Mercury, Chase, Rippling, DEEL, BILL.com, Ramp, Brex, Stripe, etc);
➢	Practical experience with IFRS and Financial Reporting;
➢	Good knowledge of International Accounting Standards;
➢	Knowledge of EU financial regulations and frameworks;
➢	Strong English knowledge (B1-B2).

**Will be a plus:**
➢	BIG4 and international working experience;
➢	Being a part of a multilingual and multicultural team;
➢	Audit experience;
➢	ACCA, CIPA, CIMA certification.