French Assistant Accountant

Marc Daniels; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering and manufacturing firm is seeking a candidate responsible for all aspects of transactional accounting for its French legal entity. You will focus on accounts payable, banking, receivables, and expense controls. The role involves month-end journal entries and reconciliations. Ideal candidates should have strong prioritization skills, communication abilities, and a high attention to detail. This is a great opportunity to support a dynamic finance team based in the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong accuracy and detail orientation are essential.
• High level of communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience in transactional accounting is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable for the French entity.
• Process supplier invoices and intercompany transactions.
• Create month-end journals and perform reconciliations.
• Support accounts receivable and manage aged debt.
• Liaise with internal teams for financial clarity.

Skills

Prioritization and multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Responsible for all aspects of transactional accounting for the French legal entity of a leading global engineering and manufacturing business. Primary focus is on accounts payable, banking, receivables and expense controls with responsibility for month end journal entries and reconciliations.

Reporting to the European Finance Manager, and working as part of a fast paced EMEA finance team.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Manage the AP process for the French business entity - processing supplier invoices, intercompany transactions, payments and balance sheet reconciliations
• Verify and approve banking entries
• Month end journal creation, posting and reconciliation of accruals, prepayments and other regular transactional entries for the French business entity.
• Manage the employee expense approvals and payments
• Support the AR process - weekly debtor updates, monthly reporting and balance sheet reconciliations
• Liaise with Sales and Service team to agree action plans to clear aged debt
• Support the European Accountant with monthly analytical review of monthly departmental expenses
• Support the month end accrual & prepayment calculations and postings

Key Competencies (includes skills)

• Able to prioritise and multi-task
• Remains calm and patient under deadline pressure
• Flexible, resilient and demonstration of a positive, 'can do' attitude
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication skills; verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence to work at various levels of the organisation
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation