Head of Accounting M/F

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Who You Are: 

You are the Head of Accounting for the Financial Department, you will be responsible of all the accounting operations on the French perimeter.

What You’ll Do:

• Oversee the accounting operations of French entities (80% of the Group activity)
• Ensure all financial transactions are properly recorded and reported in a timely fashion
• Expertise on accounting impacts of complex operations or contracts
• Ensure the production of monthly, half yearly and yearly accounts of the French entities in IFRS and French GAAPs
• Manage the relationship with external auditors especially for French entities in IFRS and local GAAPs.
• Ensure the proper level of internal control is in place in accounting tasks
• Ensure suppliers invoices are paid as per legal and contractual deadlines
• Ensure customer billing is issued as per contractual agreements
• Prepare expected cash flows for forecast and budget campaigns
• Steer IT projects related to accounting tools in coordination with IT teams. Ensures proper development are planned and delivered timely and as per business needs.
• Maintain and update when necessary the accounting procedures and policies
• Anticipate the accounting impacts linked with the development of news businesses or new processes and ensure proper implementation.

What it Takes: 

• 10+ years of experience in accounting in an international environment
• Master degree in finance / accounting / economics
• Good knowledge of IFRS, French GAAPs and French tax.
• Leadership, good management skills, strong ability to organize teams and processes
• Team spirit, demonstrate emotional intelligence
• Can do attitude -- positive and collaboration mindset responsibilities
• IT systems oriented. Knowledge of SAP4 Hana is key, Sales Force and/or One Stream are a plus.
• Strong communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and levels of management
• Fluent in English and French
• Project management skills
• Resilient and ability to manage multi-tasks, solution oriented, good delivery.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ethics and lead-by-example behavior

Where You’ll Be: Issy-Les-Moulineaux (France)

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