Lead Accountant - France

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Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (or by experience)
• 5-7 years of relevant accounting experience
• Strong financial and management accounting background
• Comprehensive knowledge of French GAAP and good understanding of US GAAP
• Working knowledge of French fiscal and social tax declarations
• Excellent analytical review skills
• Effective interpersonal communication as a good interlocutor
• Fluent French and English speaker
• Experience within a large global services organisation
• End to end accounting process understanding
• Comfortable with working autonomously
• Proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong customer focus work ethic
• Proven problem solver
• Enthusiastic

Responsibilities:

• Support the entire statutory audit process for the French companies
• Support the delivery of the monthly close activities for each company under remit
• Balance sheet and P&L monthly flux analysis
• Production of key supporting schedules for balance sheet and P&L
• Maintain the FEC files for the five French legal entities
• Coordination with centralized process teams
• Support monthly tax and social compliance and filings
• Support ad hoc projects