Accountant (AR / AP)

Position Overview

• The Accountant will be responsible for managing cash inflows and customer installment plans from apartment sales, including collections, receivables reconciliation, and CRM-style tracking of customer payment status. The role also will support the AP cycle — subcontractor progress billings, retention tracking, and vendor reconciliations — along with accurate cost coding, month-end closing, and audit/tax support.

Key Information

• Department: Finance & Accounting
• Reports To: Finance Manager 
• Location: Crescent Offices (Baku, Azerbaijan)
• Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Track instalments plans, down payments, and outstanding balances against sales contracts; reconcile customer accounts across bank, cash, and card payments and allocate correctly against invoices/agreements.
• Maintain a customer record (CRM-style) per unit: contact info, payment plan, communication log, and document status.
• Run structured follow-ups on due/overdue instalments (reminders before due date, escalating contact after), with a live status dashboard (current / overdue / in dispute / legal).
• Perform month-end/year-end closing: aging analysis, bad-debt review, accruals, and collection KPI reporting.
• Verify and process subcontractor billings, material invoices, and overhead expenses against contracts, POs, and BOQs.
• Track retention money, advance payment amortization, and withholding tax per subcontractor.
• Code all transactions correctly by project, unit, cost centre, and cost code.
• Prepare audit schedules and VAT/withholding tax filing data.
• Maintain organized digital archives (contracts, agreements, payment certificates, receipts).

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field. Professional certification is preferred.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of solid accounting experience, with at least 2 years specifically within the construction or real estate sector.
• Strong hands-on experience with ERP systems (Coins) and advanced proficiency in MS Excel. 
• Solid understanding of construction-specific accounting principles (percentage of completion method, retention, advance payment recovery, and cost codes).
• Fluency in English and Russian is advantageous.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical and negotiation skills, ability to work under tight project deadlines, and excellent communication skills for vendor/customer relations.

Interested candidates can send their CV to the e-mail address in the Apply for job button.