Accounting & Administrative Assistant - Internship/Apprenticeship

Akur8 is revolutionizing insurance pricing with transparent AI.

We’re the creators of the world’s only AI-based insurance pricing solution that automates risk modelling for insurance companies while keeping full transparency and control on the models created, as required by regulators globally.

And as the only solution on the market reconciling Machine Learning and Actuarial worlds, insurance carriers’ modelling time is divided by 10 and loss ratio is improved by 2%-4%.

Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech startup that is revolutionizing insurance pricing with transparent AI.

Since 2016 our skilled R&D team of Data Scientists, Software Engineers and Actuaries has developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing process in an unprecedented way.

Our solution is a SaaS platform which allows insurance companies to model their risks 10 times faster, with a higher predictive power than traditional methods, constituting a major game changer for the insurance industry.

Akur8 is international by design, with offices in Paris, London, Milan, Koln, Tokyo and New York and a multicultural environment (26 different nationalities within our team).

And to get to know more about us visit this page

Akur8 is, in all senses of the term, an equal opportunities employer.

We’re looking for an Accounting & Administrative Assistant for an apprenticeship (one year contract ) OR an internship (6 months), who has a curious, organised and rigorous mindset.

You will be part of Akur8's Finance team and you will be in charge of assisting our Finance & Admin Manager and occasionally supporting the HR Admin & Payroll Manager.

To do this, you will find below a non-exhaustive list of tasks that will be entrusted you:

• Entry of accounting documents on all our subsidiaries (FR & INTL) on SAGE ;
• Preparation of invoice payments from Suppliers on a weekly basis ;
• Updating and reconciliation of the bank as well as the lettering of various accounts ;
• Updating Customer administrative information ;
• Assistance in monitoring the onboarding of new hires → Collection / Reminder obtaining documents such as diploma as part of our various ISO27001 & SOC 2 security certifications, ordering Swile cards and entering employees on the ACMS platform ;
• Follow-up of Expense Reports with the validation of supporting documents vs amounts entered by employees in the dedicated tool (Possibility to establish a deck of the rules to follow imperatively to comply with our legal obligations in terms of declaration) ;

Requirements

We're looking for an Accounting & Administrative Assistant who is eager to learn and work on various subjects in a fast moving organization, possessing the following attributes:

• You are currently completing a Licence/Bachelor or a Master Degree M1 (Comptabilité/Finance/Gestion, like “Management des organisations”, “Comptabilité”, “Ressources humaines”, “Gestion des entreprises”, “GACO”, “GEA” or equivalent) and you are looking for a internship or an apprenticeship ;
• You already have some experience with different internships in Accounting and Corporate Finance ;
• You have a good command of Excel and the Google tools suite ;
• You are very organized and are able to efficiently multi-task and project-manage ;
• You are autonomous, proactive, eager to learn and to assume responsibility for key initiatives with a problem-solver mindset ;
• You are a team player and are happy to collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders both internal and external ;
• You have excellent French and you have good written and oral communication skills in English ;

Benefits

You will join a multicultural, highly skilled and motivated team and a company that strives for excellence with a caring mindset.

In addition to this we provide (according to the type of contract) :

• Swile lunch vouchers
• RTT
• Alan health insurance
• Gym membership with Gymlib + On-site gym facilities/sporting events
• Beautiful office in the heart of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, with a great terrace
• Free cafeteria with fresh fruit, drinks and snacks