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)
1. Able to prioritise and multi-task
2. Remains calm and patient under deadline pressure
3. Flexible, resilient and demonstration of...