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Current Vacancy:

Financial Accountant (FR, SP & IT)

Are you a French qualified accountant based in London looking for a new challenge in a pan European business? If so Kelkoo, Europe's premier shopping comparison site, has a new role that might just be exactly what you've been looking for.

The role
Following its purchase by a private equity firm Kelkoo needs to build an in house finance function. Key to the structure and success of the team is the Financial Accountant with responsibility for France, Spain and Italy. With France being an important and valuable market for Kelkoo being a qualified French accountant and fluent French speaker is a prerequisite. With responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations, production of statutory accounts, month end and year to date accounts as well liaison with the auditors for our year end audit the role will be a varied and challenging.

  • French qualified accountant
  • Fluent in English and French
  • Superior technical accounting skills
  • Experience in similar role within similar sized business
  • Strong communication skills
  • Financial systems knowledge, preferably Sun Accounts
  • High level of competency in MS Office products including Excel, Word and PowerPoint required
  • Ability to work at a detailed level while keeping an eye on the macro environment
  • Self-motivation with enthusiasm for change and working in a dynamic environment
  • Prior experience of working in a pan European environment, with a solid understanding of financial, legal and tax considerations
  • Flexibility to adapt to a fast changing, dynamic environment
  • Excellent communications (written and verbal) skills, and strong interpersonal skills are a requirement as is the ability to self manage and influence others to meet commitments

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The company

Kelkoo was founded in 2000, following mergers with Zoomit, Dondecomprar and Shopgenie.

Within 2 years of launching, Kelkoo became Europe's largest e-commerce website after Amazon and Ebay and the largest e-commerce advertising platform both in the UK and Europe.

According to Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, Kelkoo is the UK's favourite shopping comparison site and has been for more than 4 years.

Kelkoo now operates in 10 European countries and Kelkoo is a one-stop shopping service, which helps shoppers to find research and buy products online with confidence.

Following the sale to a private equity firm Kelkoo needs to build its own in house administrative functions including a finance team. These functions were previously managed by the parent company Yahoo!

If this role sounds interesting please apply via the instructions given online or email through and we can send you the full job description.

Kelkoo is an equal opportunities employer.