Finance Officer

The primary objective of this role is to drive, monitor, and enforce airtight month-end and year-end closing cycles. The incumbent ensures all digital platform balances reconcile with core accounting books, verifies absolute compliance with Afghanistan tax laws, and functions as the primary operational gatekeeper between the Finance Department, Internal Audit, and External Audit teams.

Non-Negotiable Criteria

• Educational Background: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration. Ongoing or partial qualification in professional tracks (ACCA / CA / CPA) is highly preferred.
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 3 years of professional accounting experience, with a dedicated focus on financial compliance, external/internal audit liaison, and multi-currency month-end ledger closing procedures.
• Technical Software Suite: Intermediate command of QuickBooks Enterprise and dual-platform data integrations. Strong functional proficiency in ERP systems (Odoo) or QuickBooks and advanced Microsoft Excel (data lookup formulas, pivot tables) is mandatory.

Preferred Core Competencies

• Regulatory Knowledge: Sound working knowledge of Afghanistan Income Tax Law, Ministry of Finance statutory compliance regulations, and IFRS standards.
• Operational Drive: Proven capability to operate under heavy pressure, coordinate cross-functional teams, and aggressively enforce closing deadlines across decentralized business units.
• Communication & Diplomacy: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to interface effectively between finance teams and rigorous internal/external audit investigators.
• Language Fluency: Professional workspace fluency in written and spoken English, Pashto, and Dari.

• Month-End Closing Orchestration & Ledger Integrity
• Conduct and coordinate the comprehensive end-of-month closing workflows for all Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss (P&L) accounts.
• Review month-end adjusting entries and aggressively push decentralized finance units to record all outstanding transactions within strict deadlines.
• Actively collaborate with teams across the department to eliminate pending items, ensuring not a single transaction is missed or left unrecorded prior to ledger closure.
• Follow up with the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Manager to execute necessary transaction edits, or structural corrections identified during the closing validation.
• Checklist Development & Process Enforcement
• Design, update, and distribute comprehensive Month-End Closing Checklists to finance officers across all sections, clearly identifying the specific accounts requiring verification.
• Cross-check and reverify OPEX, Administrative, and General Expenses against physical hard-copy source documents to validate entry accuracy before closing.
• Enforce rigorous data-collection timelines with regional provincial offices, ensuring external branch transactions are recorded accurately before closing deadlines.
• Mandate and verify that all accounting units maintain organized, comprehensive digital (soft-copy) backups that map perfectly to physical hard files.
• Revenue, Commission & Platform Reconciliation Oversight
• Follow Up on reconcile core TopUp sales data between the front-end distribution platforms and the backend QuickBooks database, confirming the final monthly platform closing report.
• Collaborate closely with Section B (Accounts Receivable) to verify that all commission and revenue accounts are checked, accrued, and processed accurately during month-end routines.
• Audit cross-franchise expense sheets, ensuring all franchise operational costs are fully captured and closed out by month-end.
• Coordinate directly with Section A and Section C's Reconciliation unit to ensure all cash, bank, and systemic ledgers are fully balanced and verified prior to closing the books.
• Statutory Tax Compliance
• Review accounting entries to guarantee full alignment with statutory tax laws, verifying that all relevant Withholding Taxes (WHT) and contractor taxes are properly computed and applied.
• Internal Audit & Communication Interface
• Serve as the focal point between the Finance Department, Internal Audit, and External Audit teams.
• Manage and fulfill audit sample requests by coordinating with respective units to extract and deliver precise soft-copy ledger details and physical voucher trails.
• Issue official corporate email notifications to the Internal Audit Department immediately upon the successful completion of a monthly ledger closing.

Maintain an active, high-priority follow-up channel with internal auditors to provide rapid support, clarify variances, and resolve inquiries post-closing

Interested and qualified national candidates are invited to click Apply Now. submit their applications, including a cover letter and an updated CV, no later than 10 Nov 2026. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Setaragan Mutahed Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, age, or any other protected status.