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The successful candidate will report to the Senior Accountant and will be responsible for, inter alia, the following:

Key Responsibility: Month-End Accounting and Close

Core Tasks:

• Perform monthly accounting activities and support the month-end close
• Review P&L accounts and investigate variances
• Prepare and post journals including accruals, prepayments, depreciation, amortisation and FX adjustments
• Complete final month-end checks and maintain supporting documentation

Key Responsibility: Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Core Tasks:

• Prepare monthly reconciliations
• Investigate reconciling items
• Ensure reconciliations agree to the General Ledger and obtain sign-off

Key Responsibility: Intercompany Accounting

Core Tasks:

• Prepare intercompany reconciliations and confirmations
• Process intercompany invoices and settlements
• Resolve intercompany differences across Group entities

Key Responsibility: Accounts Payable Support

Core Tasks:

• Support supplier invoice processing
• Review AP transactions and approvals

Key Responsibility: Prepayments and Accruals

Core Tasks:

• Maintain prepayment and accrual schedules
• Post recurring and reversing journals
• Ensure calculations are fully supported

Key Responsibility: Foreign Exchange

Core Tasks:

• Perform month-end revaluations
• Post revaluation journals and reconcile FX balances

Key Responsibility: Fixed Assets

Core Tasks:

• Maintain the fixed asset register
• Support capitalisation decisions
• Post depreciation and monitor WIP balances

Key Responsibility: Interest and Financing

Core Tasks:

• Maintain loan and interest schedules
• Post interest accrual journals

Key Responsibility: Accounts Receivable Support

Core Tasks:

• Process approved customer adjustments
• Support withholding tax and receipt transfers
• Coordinate customer setoffs

Key Responsibility: Payroll Accounting

Core Tasks:

• Review payroll journals
• Process payroll-related entries and provisions

Key Responsibility: Management Reporting

Core Tasks:

• Prepare management accounts
• Perform variance analysis
• Support budgeting and forecasting

Key Responsibility: Annual Financial Statements

Core Tasks:

• Assist with AFS preparation
• Prepare supporting schedules and disclosures
• Support French GAAP to IFRS reconciliations where applicable

Key Responsibility: Audit Support

Core Tasks:

• Provide audit information and working papers
• Assist in resolving audit queries

Key Responsibility: Group Reporting

Core Tasks:

• Review reconciliations from international entities
• Support Group reporting requirements

Key Responsibility: Document Management

Core Tasks:

• Maintain organised accounting records
• Upload journals and reconciliations to SharePoint
• Maintain version control

EDUCATION:

• Recognised accounting qualification

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• IFRS and accounting principles
• Month-end and year-end close
• Accruals, prepayments, and provisions
• Fixed assets and depreciation
• Foreign currency accounting
• Intercompany accounting
• Financial statement preparation
• Audit requirements
• French GAAP exposure advantageous

REQUIRED KEY COMPETENCIES/ATTRIBUTES:

• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Time management
• Stakeholder communication
• Documentation discipline
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Accurate reconciliations
• Resolution of reconciling items
• Accurate journals
• Reliable management reporting
• Audit readiness
• Compliance with Group policies

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