**Functions of the Department:**

 

1. Organize financial accounting and reporting at the Academy.

2. Prepare the draft budget for the Academy, present it to the Deputy Rector-Chief of Staff, and monitor and analyze the implementation of the approved budget.

3. Conduct and oversee financial operations related to employee remuneration, travel expenses, and social and other benefits.

4. Implement tax, treasury, and banking operations based on documentation prepared by the Academy’s structural units, following the relevant requisites and electronic declaration in accordance with Georgian legislation.

5. Handle financial operations related to the procurement of goods and services.

6. Prepare the Academy's financial statements and submit them to the Deputy Rector-Chief of Staff for presentation to the Ministry of Defense.

7. Plan the financial resources necessary for achieving the Academy’s goals.

8. If needed, prepare a proposal for revising the approved budget according to the procedures established by Georgian legislation.

9. Participate in preparing agreements to be signed on behalf of the Academy within the scope of authority.

10. Ensure compliance with obligations stipulated by the Tax Code of Georgia.

11. Open salary accounts for Academy employees, coordinate the issuance of salary plastic cards, and interact with relevant banking institutions.

12. Conduct synthetic and analytical accounting of material values based on primary accounting documentation received by the department.

13. Periodically compare accounting data with material values recorded at the Academy in collaboration with the Logistics Accounting Group of the Academy's Support Service.

14. Collect and organize primary accounting documentation received by the department for electronic and documented accounting of material values.

15. Exercise other powers as provided by law within the scope of competence.