Assistant Accountant (Contract – 1 year)
The role of the Assistant Accountant at Chanel is to reduce risk on financial statements and contribute to performance by processing in-charged jobs efficiently. It is mainly to make financial statements stable by reconciling invoices to control expenses.
Key Responsibilities:
Expenses management (Concur, Coupa)
Review and post T&E journals
- Pay employees by verifying recharged amount is equal with attached receipt in travel and expense reports
- Check that expense is spent for business and reasonable to reimburse as per T&E policy
- Adjust T&E approval workflow as per the change of department and reassign to certain manager temporarily
Manage corporate card
- Issue and hand out the corporate card to newcomers and request the card company to update and change the information pay
Provide user support for expense processing on Coupa
General Ledger & Others
Expenses ledger management
- Prepare accrual expenses journal
- Review dimension combination on expense transactions during the closing period
- Update reconciled result regarding finance statements
Vendor management
- Regular review of unused vendor code in AX
Prepare intercompany billing invoices (IC recharges)
VAT filing and other local tax-related support
Others
- Distribute ledger list with summary reports to division users
- Participate in any system or process improvement projects
Person Specifications:
Academic / Professional Qualifications
- Business administration or Accounting Major
Work Experience
- Max 1-2 years experience in Finance or Accounting department
Required Competencies
- Interpersonal communication skill cross the divisions and countries
- MS Office (Especially Excel)
Key Interactions:
Internal
- All divisions and departments
- Regional and global finance teams
External
- Auditors, System consultants
Skills Required
- Business administration or Accounting major
- 1-2 years experience in Finance or Accounting department
- Interpersonal communication skills across divisions and countries
- MS Office proficiency, especially Excel
- Experience using Concur or Coupa for T&E processing
- Familiarity with AX (vendor code and ledger management)
What We Do
CHANEL is a private company and a world leader in creating, developing, manufacturing and distributing luxury products. Founded by Gabrielle Chanel at the beginning of the last century, CHANEL offers a broad range of high-end creations, including Ready-to-Wear, Leather Goods, Fashion Accessories, Eyewear, Fragrances, Makeup, Skincare, Jewelry and Watches. CHANEL is also renowned for its Haute Couture collections, presented twice yearly in Paris, and for having acquired a large number of specialized suppliers, collectively known as the Métiers d’Art. CHANEL is dedicated to ultimate luxury and to the highest level of craftsmanship. It is a brand whose core values remain historically grounded on exceptional creation. As such, CHANEL promotes culture, art, creativity and “savoir-faire” throughout the world, and invests significantly in people, R&D and innovation. At the end of 2019, CHANEL employed more than 28,000 people across the world.
