Assistant Accountant

American Councils for International Education is a premier, international non-profit organization creating educational opportunities that prepare individuals and institutions to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world. Through academic exchanges, overseas language immersion, and educational development programs, American Councils has designed and administered innovative programs that broaden individual perspectives, increase knowledge, and deepen understanding for more than 40 years across more than 80 countries.

The Assistant Accountant is responsible for supporting the chief accountant and program teams by completing routine monthly clerical and accounting tasks. The Assistant Accountant will maintain reports, complete basic bookkeeping, and necessary accounting duties for organization. This position reports to a Chief Accountant, Office Manager, and Country Director.

Job Responsibilities

· Managing day-to-day transactions

· Posting daily receipts, invoices

· Reporting on debtors and creditors

· Sorting financial documents and posting them to the proper accounts

· Maintain and update organization inventory records, write-off of goods and materials.

· Assisting with inventory of goods and materials.

· Filing and scanning of receipts, invoices, agreements and other financial documents

· Supporting in preparing monthly expense reports to HQ and payroll Tax reports.

· Making wire payment different vendors, consultants and etc.

· Completing bank reconciliations

· Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in a relevant field of study

· Fluency in Russian required; English and Uzbek strongly preferred

· Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in accounting.

· Outstanding time management, organization and planning skills

· Strong data entry and bookkeeping skills.

· Detail oriented.

· Familiarity with Microsoft Office and 1C.

Compensation

· American Councils for International Education offers a competitive entry-level international salary based on Tashkent, Uzbekistan cost of living standards.

TO APPLY:

· Please send to info.uz@americancouncils.org your resume/CV as well as a cover letter that includes the following: (i) why are interested in the position, (ii) why you are well suited for the position, and (iii) what you would expect as a monthly salary (final take home salary amount per month after taxes). Your resume/CV should be saved as follows: LAST NAME OF APPLICANT-resume.doc (for example, if your last name is Kayumov, the file should be Kayumov-resume.doc). Your cover letter should be saved as: LAST NAME OF APPLICANT-letter.doc (for example, if your last name is Kayumov, the file should be Kayumov-letter.doc). File extensions of .docx are also acceptable. Hiring will be conducted on a rolling basis, the position will be filled immediately once the proper candidate is interviewed and selected. Interested candidates should submit their application as soon as possible.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – American Councils is committed to taking affirmative steps to enhance employment opportunities for minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities, and strives to ensure that meaningful employment and promotional opportunities are maintained for everyone. American Councils’ commitment to equal employment opportunity is based not only on federal requirements, but also on a longstanding commitment to maintaining a diverse workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate.

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information