Engagement Accounting Analyst (EMEA, French speaking)

Overview

In this role you partner with client engagement teams and the finance function to optimize working capital, focusing on WIP and accounts receivable, accurate client invoicing, and timely cash collection. Based in London, you will manage contracts, time/expense adjustments, and interactions with teams to ensure compliance with firm policies. You will drive improvements to the order-to-cash process and support enhancements to tools and methods. This is a hybrid role within a values-driven culture that prioritizes inclusion and professional growth.

Pay / Benefits

• comprehensive compensation package
• excellent benefit programme

Responsibilities

• Monitor work in process and collaborate with engagement teams to issue invoices timely per contract terms
• Track contracts, addendums, extensions and their impact on invoicing and working capital
• Execute time and expense adjustments, write-offs, transfers, and application of advances/retainers per procedures
• Proactively communicate AR and WIP issues to management and engagement teams to ensure accurate invoicing and cash collection
• Exercise judgment in handling time-sensitive, nonstandard, and complex scenarios
• Contribute to a cohesive team environment and support cross-functional process improvements across order-to-cash
• Assist in process enhancements for working capital management and new tools/methods

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required
• Relevant accounting/finance experience, ideally in a consulting or professional services firm
• Strong written and verbal English and French communication for business and technical contexts
• Excellent teamwork and customer service orientation
• High attention to detail, organized, able to prioritize multiple tasks
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Proactive problem-solving approach
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel, and Outlook; ability to learn new systems
• Willingness to work full-time in office and remote environments

• effective written and verbal communication
• team collaboration
• customer service orientation
• MS Word
• Excel
• Outlook

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