Accounting Job - Mandarin speaking Finance Assistant (Accounts Payable) - London - wm
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Your New Job Title: Mandarin speaking Finance Assistant (Accounts Payable) , London
The Skills You'll Need: Mandarin, Accounting, payable, ACCA part qualified
Your New Salary: depending on experience
Office based
Perm
Start: ASAP
To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:
- are fluent in Mandarin
- have accounts payable experience in Finance or Banking sector
- possess an accounting degree or ACCA part-qualification
If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.
What You'll be Doing:
- Maintain adequate records and reconciliations of all balances within the Account Payable system, and reconcile to the Trial Balance on a periodically basis.
- Ensure the audit trail for the authorisation of Expenses or the purchase of Fixed Assets is maintained
- Prepare monthly MI, and report any material variances or risk to the CFO/Head of Finance in a timely manner.
- Support the development of forecast of Income and expenses. Demonstrate the capacity to manage and analyse any variances.
- Ensure all payments and receipts are recorded correctly in accordance with the required Head Office requirements.
- Maintain the Accounts Payable Policies and Procedures
- Maintain the Fixed Asset and Accounts Payable System, and settle expenses in a timely manner.
- Support adhoc request for information to support senior managers and/or periodic audits within the required deadlines.
The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
- 3 years+ as Finance Clerk, probably with a Bachelor Degree in Accounting or similar
- Association of Accounting Technicians desirable, possibly ACCA Part Qualified
- A sound understanding of Accounts Payable, with experience of SAP, Sage or Xero
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of Fixed Asset Accounting and Depreciation
- Explain the main accounting requirement for the Accounting for VAT
- Able to explain the principles behind Accruals and Prepayments
- Some experience of the preparation of the VAT Return using a Partial Exemption Special Methodology
- Strong organisational and planning skills, including the ability to juggle multiple tasks
- Communication & interpersonal skills, with the capacity to obtain data from other departments
- An analytical mind with excellent problem-solving ability
- Being a Mandarin Speaker is highly desirable
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