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French speaking Accounts Assistant
- Posted 31 July 2018
- Salary £22000 - £25000 per annum
- Location
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Accounting & Finance
- ReferenceRM FAA_1533053987
- Contact NameRishi Maini
Job description
Job title: Accounts Assistant (French speaking role)
Department: Finance and Operations
Reports to: Finance Manager
Works with: Other members of Finance, Operations & Sales
Summary
You will be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get involved in all aspects of finance and operations, be open, honest and keen to learn and be confident to question appropriately and assume ownership of systems and processes.
Key responsibilities
- Sales ledger management & credit control
- Cash management and bank reconciliations
- Purchase ledger, payment runs and supplier reconciliations
- Sales analysis and reporting
- Subsidiary accounting and intercompany reconciliations
- Maintaining the fixed asset register & depreciation
- Quarterly VAT reporting
- End of month accruals, prepayments and deferred income
- Producing first draft management accounts and related reports
- Office of National Statistics and any other official returns, as required
- Assisting and overseeing Operations Exec for finance duties
- Supporting Operations Exec on office & operations issues as required
Skills/experience
The following are mandatory:
- Degree-level education with 2+ years of broad accounting experience
- You must be fluent in French
- Understanding of accounting journals & reconciliations
- Organized, motivated and able to self-manage
- Numerate with strong Excel skills
- High attention to detail
- Energetic with a desire to learn
- Team player, happy to get involved in all areas and help out
The following are desirable:
- Desire to study towards an accounting qualification
- A general interest in IT / software