Accounts Assistant - French Speaker

Job Title: Accounts Assistant - French Speaker
Salary: £33,000 - £35,000
Location: London, UK / hybrid

About us:

Adzuna is an established, profitable and growing job search engine that lists every job, everywhere. Launched in 2011, we help over 10 million visitors a month in 19 markets find better, more fulfilling jobs. Governments and the world’s largest companies trust us for our unique global audience and jobs market intelligence, and we walk the walk on things like Salary Transparency and Gender Pay.

The role:

We are seeking a self-motivated, ambitious Finance Assistant to join our team. We have recently completed the acquisition of two entities, one in the US and the other in France, and are now seeking for a new member of the team to help support our processes across our group. Reporting to our experienced Senior Finance Manager and working closely with the wider team you will be responsible for key parts of the finance function, supporting our fast-growing scale-up business across multiple geographies and business segments.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the processes across our group, supporting our accounts payable process, and taking ownership of ensuring supplier invoices are processed and paid on time. You will also help monitor and report on key spending lines such as cloud server spending and IT costs. We are a small team so expect exposure to a variety of areas including; management reporting and analysis, annual audit and statutory accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, banking and cash management. You will also be willing to help in our London office ad hoc where required on office maintenance and IT systems.

The role involves working in multiple currencies across our group and you will also need to be fluent to native speaker level in French. You will also support the Finance team in maintaining our ledgers and help with the monthly close process, reporting and annual audit as well as some wider operational support and administration.

The business has ambitious growth plans evidenced by its recent acquisitions and it is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and ambitious individual to grow and develop your skills.

This is a great opportunity to learn the skills of company accounting whilst working in a small team who have the experience and time to really help you grow.

Requirements

Adzuna is a growing scale-up, championing real change in the job market globally - using the power of tech to match people to better, more fulfilling jobs. We’re at a really pivotal time in our journey and it’s an exciting moment to join us. With cutting-edge technology and the expansion of our labour market data offerings, we are experiencing phenomenal growth and are actively expanding our team.

Like everyone here, you will act like an owner, be a team player and truly make a difference. Joining us means being part of an energetic team, guided by experienced leaders and passionate founders. This is an exceptional opportunity to drive your personal growth while contributing to the rapid expansion of our company by:

Managing our Accounts Payable process
Accurate recording of supplier invoices, working across the business to ensure accuracy
Supplier queries and payments

Other responsibilities:

Balance sheet reconciliations
Cost reporting and analysis, reporting on key operating cost lines
Assisting with monthly accounting close and reporting
Support the finance team on annual audit and ad hoc reporting
Operational support in our Putney office

Experience and skills:

1-2 years experience in a finance role with involvement in the accounts payable and banking processes
French language - native speaker / fluent
A degree (2:1 or better) and/or accounting technical qualification such as AAT.
A desire to complete an accounting qualification is preferred, and we can help facilitate your learning
Proficient use of Excel
Exposure to Xero is a plus but...we can teach you this

Personal Characteristics:

Organised
Self-motivated, takes initiative without being prompted
Thrives under pressure, determined
Strong attention to detail
Strong communicator
A desire to learn and grow
Hands-on, can-do attitude, willing to roll up sleeves and support the business

Benefits

For more information on Adzuna and the benefits we offer, please see the full job description on our careers page:

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