European Accountant - French Speaking

• European Accountant - French Speaking (Manchester)|Remote working for a large manufacturing & distribution business
  
  

About Our Client

Our client is a large international manufacturing and distribution business with several sites across the globe.The business recently underwent a restructure which has meant a relocation of some finance roles to the UK - these roles including finance reporting for the UK and Benelux regions.As part of the business you will have access to a great range of benefits including remote working.

Job Description

European Accountant duties include:

• Ownership of accruals ensuring that these are fully reconciled each month and that ageing of accrual balance is appropriate, understood and differences resolved.
• Ownership of prepayments, ensuring the balances are fully reconciled and balances released as appropriate.
• Ownership of other debtors and creditors, ensuring that the financials are fully supported.
• Support in management of the profit and loss, explaining differences month on month and year on year, ensuring spend is in line with budget. Challenging cost centre owners as appropriate.
• Support in submitting figures to head office and ad-hoc analysis of profit and loss and balance sheet.
• Accounts receivable tasks including chasing and posting cash allocations, ensuring creditworthiness of new and existing customers. All are French speaking.
• Manage the business's customer investment spend (terms and promos), including management/reconciliation of the balance sheet accounts where sales rebates are held, and support of settlement of claims, including disputes.
• Manage accounts payable accounts, including dispute resolution. Ensuring that suppliers are paid promptly.
• Setting up payments to suppliers in the bank, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Ownership of accounts receivable accounts, proactively ensure collection of income in a timely manner.
• Allocation of payments received to debtor accounts.
• Ensure creditworthiness of new and existing customers
• Prepare and transact the day-to-day postings for Customer Terms and Trading Promotional Investment (TPI) with the accounting systems.
• Own the periodic sales rebate review process to ensure the accounts reflect a true and fair view of our liabilities to our customers.
• Reconciling supplier accounts to ensure all invoices have been received and investigate any queries.
• Manage the year end audit information requirement, including Group year end packs and tax packs. Ensuring audit and accounts are finalised on time.
• Ownership of all external financial reporting and submission requirements. This includes:
• VAT returns
• Corporation and payroll taxes eg CVAE
  

Any Other External Regulatory / Legal Requirements

The Successful Applicant

The Successful Candidate Will

• Be part qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA or fully qualified.
• Be FLUENT IN FRENCH with knowledge of French tax (CVAE & CFE)
• Have a proven track record in a similar role.
• Be proficient in MS Office, particularly MS Excel (vlookups, pivot tables etc)
• Be able to work alone and as part of a team
  
  

What's on Offer

A salary up to £55,000 based on experience & qualification level, hybrid / remote working, pension, holidays & more.

Contact: Daniel Simpson

Quote job ref: JN-062024-6454272

Brand: PP