Yandex is looking for a Chief Accountant to manage the finances of legal entity in Turkey (without relocation); perform local, tax, and corporate accounting; and establish and execute control policies/procedures.
Apply if you have 5+ years of finance experience (in Turkey) and fluent English, Russian, and Turkish.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all accounting operations in corporate systems, including timely financial statements and regulatory reporting
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and reporting, including all consolidated accounting modules
- Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Lead the integration of new business with corporate and local accounting systems from a finance perspective
- Liaise with senior management and peers in business, finance, and IT to lead the design and development of systems to improve and automate processes
- Liaise with internal and external auditors
- Reconcile balance sheets and P&L accounts regularly
- Manage all requests to and from local tax advisors and outsourcers, including payroll and social package providers
- Lead all financial processes and procedures, including purchasing for local entities and docflow for local and management accounting, support business requests from a finance perspective
- Support month-/year-end close processes
Qualifications:
- Fluency in English, Russian, and Turkish
- Proven experience as a financial controller/chief accountant in Turkey
- 5+ years of overall finance experience, including at an international corporation
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
- Experience with general ledger functions and month-/year-end close processes
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- ERP experience
- Strong influencing, facilitation, and communication skills
- Forward-thinking approach and commitment to improving management accounting processes
Preferred qualifications:
- Accounting degree
- Experience working with Oracle