French & English Accountant M/F Lisbon REF: 119152

The ideal candidate will be involved with preparing financial reports and statements, bank reconciliations, and conducting cyclical audits. Moreover, the candidate must have strong interpersonal skills and possess a strong business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Regular posting of business transactions;
• Month, Quarter and Year End activities;
• Be involved in audit requests;
• Support Accounts Payable, Assets accounting and Treasury areas;
• Accounts, banks and systems reconciliations;
• Intercompany reconciliations;
• Liaising with internal and external parties to meet agreed deadlines;
• Support country Finance Manager
• Assure the accuracy of accounting postings and compliance with accounting rules and internal accounting policy and delegated authority matrix.;
• Resolve queries from stakeholders by e-mail or phone;
• Create and/or update processes and internal documentation on a regular basis;
• Support and participate in the implementation of continuous improvement or change project work and processes;

Person Specification:

• Have a degree qualification in Economic/Administrative/Accounting area or equivalent;
• Good understanding of the concepts of Income Statement and Balance Sheet
• Fluent in English and French;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a member of different teams;
• Attention to detail and accuracy, structured and autonomous working style;
• You would need to be able to explain your findings in a simple way that does not mislead or confuse;
• Results driven, with the energy and determination to succeed in a very fast paced environment where the pace and quality of response are critical to success;
• Ability to organise, prioritise and plan workload to meet deadlines;
• Curious, willing to learn and showing a challenging conventions spirit;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships in and outside Hiscox and manage different level of stakeholders;
• Good analytical skills;
• Critical thinking and a can do attitude;
• Ability to manage the relationship with the different stakeholders, and professionally firm and determined to assure accounting rules are met;
• Be organised, efficient and logical in the way you carry out your work.

Professional:

• Experience of working in an office environment, ideally in a multinational and multilingual environment;
• Experience in Accounting is required (minimum of 1 year);
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will be an added value;
• Ability and energy to meet all the accounting deadlines that impact the reporting submission;
• Ability to take ownership of accounting problems and apply logical thinking to resolve them;
• Ability to focus on making an impact in the area displayed by an eagerness to make a difference, even under pressure;
• Ability to understand the Finance model for the business area and company vision.
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Excel (Advanced). VBA is an added value and;
• Knowledge of Oracle or similar ERP is a plus;
• Good and quick adaptation to internal systems.

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