Chief Accountant, Payments
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Chief Accountant leading IFRS accounting, regulatory reporting, and controls for Binance’s licensed Kazakhstan payments business. Managing segregated client funds, audits, tax compliance, and the accounting team.
Responsibilities:
- Own full-scope bookkeeping and accounting in compliance with IFRS and Kazakhstan legislation, ensuring readiness for external audit
- Ensure accurate accounting and reconciliation of segregated client funds kept separate from company funds
- Support calculation and reporting of prudential norms and capital requirements
- Prepare and timely submit financial, tax, and statistical reporting
- Prepare group and parent-company reporting, including participation in consolidated group audits
- Maintain a robust, regulator-ready internal control system
- Prepare documentation and explanations for external auditors and the National Bank of Kazakhstan
- Act as key finance stakeholder with the regulator, external auditors, tax authorities, and correspondent banks
- Lead and coordinate the accounting team, outsourced providers, and the group’s central accounting function
Requirements:
- Higher education in accounting, finance, or economics; postgraduate education or professional certification (ACCA, CAP/CIPA, DipIFR)
- 10+ years of finance and accounting experience, including managerial roles, with 5+ years as Chief Accountant or Deputy Chief Accountant at a fintech, payment, banking, or microfinance organisation
- Compliance with clause 7 of the Accounting Rules (Order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 531 dated 4 June 2021) and the Qualification Directory of Positions of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Full-scope accounting experience under IFRS and Kazakhstan legislation, including understanding of reporting requirements for international groups of companies
- Strong knowledge of the Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including CIT, withholding CIT, VAT, individual income tax, and social payments
- Experience with tax audits and liaison with tax authorities
- Knowledge of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Payments and Payment Systems" and requirements for first-category payment organisations, including client fund segregation, prudential norms, and capital requirements
- Experience with external annual and quarterly audits conducted by a Big Four firm
- Experience preparing documentation and explanations for auditors and regulators
- Experience with NetSuite (Oracle), including bookkeeping, reporting, and general ledger modules
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, and large data sets
- Experience with online banking platforms of Kazakhstan banks
- Fluent Russian required for statutory record-keeping and reporting
- English at intermediate level or above for liaison with the international group
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Career growth opportunities
- Continuous learning
- Autonomy in an innovative environment
- Collaboration with world-class talent in a global organization
- User-centric global organization with a flat structure
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