The Finance and Administration Department at INSEAD encompasses a diverse range of critical functions, including Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Finance, Legal, Procurement, Risk, and Audit. This department plays a pivotal role in ensuring the institution's financial health, compliance, and operational efficiency, supporting INSEAD's mission to deliver world-class education and research.
INSEAD is looking for an Apprentice, Accounts Payable Accountant to join our Account Payable team within the Finance department. This is an apprenticeship based at our Europe Campus in Fontainebleau, France.
About the Job
The apprentice will be reporting to and supervised by the Accounts Payable Manager. S/He will have to assist the Accounts Payable Team in their daily duties.
Your role within the team
- Accounts Payable Operations.
- Scan invoices and ensure invoices are processed accurately and timely.
- Attend to supplier/ vendors queries pertaining to payment and/or invoice issue if any.
- Direct and ensure that the coding of expenditures is accurate and complete before posting to ledger.
- Verify payment to suppliers and staff.
- Prepare various schedules including cash-in-advance, Supplier/Vendors Contract List and other reconciliation schedules.
- Assist in the verification and follow up of vendors’ bank details to prepare wire instructions for foreign payments.
- Review and process the employee expense reimbursement (including department purchase card) and ensure they are processed per company policy.
- Assist supervisor for the monthly closing activities.
The ideal candidate
- Ideally you will start a BTS CG or a licence in Finance in September 2026.
- Good communicational skills in French and English.
- Well organised and detail oriented.
- Motivated, serious, punctual, and reliable.
- Both autonomous and collaborative.
- Team player.
- Tech savvy, at ease with accounting softwares and the Office pack.
Kindly submit your application along with a CV in English.
In France, apprenticeship contracts are agreements combining work and study, allowing young individuals to gain vocational training and practical experience while being paid and working towards a diploma or qualification.
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