French speaking Assistant Accountant

Reed Accountancy are working exclusively with a growing investment and asset management company to recruit a bright and enthusiastic French speaking Assistant Accountant to join their small London team.

Contract: Permanent

Location: Mayfair, London.  Initially 5 days office based, with flexibility for hybrid working in the long term

Package: Competitive (depending on experience) with comprehensive benefits package

Responsibilities

• Day to day accounting for various group companies.

• Responsible for Accounts Payable, from processing invoices to setting up bank payments of different entities.

• Performing bank reconciliations.

• Performing reconciliations of intercompany accounts.

• Perform month-end closing of (accruals, prepayments, capitalisation, revaluations).

• Production of monthly cash flows.

• Production of monthly management accounts for different entities.

• Manage Fixed asset Register.

• Quarter end accounts (P&L and Balance Sheet).

• Investigate and resolve internal or external queries.

• Support the wider finance team with any ad hoc tasks.

Systems Knowledge & Experience

Essential: SAP - Intermediate, MS Excel - Intermediate

Desirable: Hyperion/TM1

Person Specification

• Part Qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA)

• Friendly, enthusiastic, willing and able to work effectively within a team.

• Good communication skills both written and oral.

• Able to work independently.

• Strong organisational skills with ability to multi-task and prioritise.

• Able to work under pressure and deliver to agreed deadlines.

• Experience of solving problems and implementing solutions.

• Proficient in both French and English