Assistant Manager, General Accounting Department

Assistant Manager, General Accounting Department

Department: General Accounting Department

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Chartered in 1983, it is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, Aga Khan University (AKU) provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the accounts payable, monthly, quarterly and annual closing activity with related financial reporting and coordinating external audit of AKU.
• The candidate will be responsible to:
• Responsible for timely payment to various suppliers, vendors, contractor and service providers of AKU and AKHMCF.
• Responsible for timely advances adjustments given to vendors for goods and supplies and also staff advances provided for various activities.
• Accurate recording of expenses as per the University policy and compliance with local laws and granting agencies requirements.
• Develop and consolidate external audit plan.
• Coordinate with external auditors of AKU Pakistan to perform the field audit and finalisation of consolidated Financial Statements of AKU.
• Coordinate with UK, EA, USA Finance team to finalise their audit and submission of Statutory and Management reports for consolidation.
• Prepare Audit Committee documents related to Annual External Audit.
• Supervise the advances adjustments, prepaid adjustments through account payable system.
• Supervise various closing JVs including accrual, advances, prepaid, recording of various expenses like transport, utility, food service through GL system.
• Monitoring of all assets and liabilities schedules on monthly basis in order to guide for proper adjustment of advances and recording of expenses on time.
• Recording of Cost allocation and central support cost and debits notes to respective entities.
• Quarterly donation and cost allocation working for University’s accounts.
• Prepare adhoc and monthly reports as per team and user requirements.
• Identify the weaknesses of staff and recommend relevant trainings to supervisors.
• Develop a staff rotation plan to ensure that staff is trained in multiple areas of the section.

Requirements:

• CA / CMA / ACCA / CA Finalist
• A minimum of 2 years working experience in a management position.
• Have sound knowledge of overall financial systems, accounting standards and Pakistan withholding tax laws.
• Strong communication and report writing skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and develop team members to work towards achieving the set goals and objectives.
• Excellence at carrying out data analysis.
• Strong command on MS Excel and MS Word.
• Ability to prioritize work assignments and meet strict deadlines.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted