French Assistant Accountant in High Wycombe)

Marc Daniels Specialist Recruitment Ltd; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Accounts Payable Specialist to oversee transactional accounting for a French business entity. Responsibilities include managing supplier invoices, banking entries, and month-end reconciliations. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong interpersonal skills, a high level of accuracy, and the ability to work under pressure. This position is vital for maintaining efficient finance operations and requires effective communication with various teams.

Qualifications

• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail is essential.
• Must be able to remain calm and patient under deadline pressure.
• Experience in managing accounts payable and banking processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the AP process for the French business entity.
• Verify and approve banking entries.
• Support the AR process with debtor updates and reporting.

Skills

Able to prioritise and multi-task

Good communication skills (verbal and written)

Strong interpersonal skills

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