Lead Accountant, France & Accounting Integration

Fever; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Madrid

Private health & dental insurance

40% discount on Fever events

Meal/transport benefits (Cobee)

Job summary

Fever, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment, seeks a senior accounting professional in Madrid. You will oversee French entity close, statutory reporting, audits, and tax coordination, while partnering with CFO and external advisers.

Requirements include a Master’s in Accounting/Finance, 5–7 years of experience (3+ in Big Four), fluent French and professional English, plus ERP and BI tools proficiency. Hybrid work model in Madrid offered.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience, including 3+ years in Big Four.
• Strong French GAAP and IFRS knowledge, incl. business combinations.
• Native/bilingual French and professional English; Spanish a plus.
• Experience with chart of accounts mapping and group reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead accounting of the French ticketing entity; monthly/quarterly/annual close; supervise team.
• Deliver group reporting; prepare statutory accounts under French GAAP; reconcile with IFRS.
• Be main contact for statutory and group auditors; prepare audit files.
• Coordinate tax/compliance with external advisors.
• Provide management analysis; ensure ledger vs management accounts consistency.
• Execute M&A accounting analyses; map acquired charts to group standards.
• Maintain integration playbook and strengthen internal controls.

Skills

French (native/bilingual)

English (professional)

Leadership

Ownership

Analytical thinking

Education

Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance

DSCG/DEC (or equivalent) valuable

Tools

Excel

ERP migrations

Business Central/Navision

Job description

Hey there!

We’re Fever, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment.

Our mission? To democratize access to culture and entertainment. With our proprietary cutting‑edge technology and data‑driven approach, we’re revolutionizing the way people engage with live entertainment.

Every month, our platform inspires over 300 million people in +55 countries (and counting) to discover unforgettable experiences while also empowering event creators with our data and technology, helping them scale, innovate, and enhance their events to reach new audiences.

Our results? We’ve teamed up with major industry leaders like Netflix, F.C. Barcelona, and Primavera Sound, presented international award‑winning experiences, and are backed by several leading global investors! Impressive, right?

To achieve our mission, we are looking for bar‑raisers with a hands‑on mindset who are eager to help shape the future of entertainment!

Ready to be part of the experience?

Now, let’s discuss this role and what you will do to help achieve Fever’s mission.

Meet the Team

At Fever, our Accounting team keeps finances accurate, compliant, and transparent. We define financial parameters, resolve compliance issues, and develop better tools to manage and report data. Partnering with teams like Legal, Operations, and Brand Partnerships, we ensure every project is accounted for and every number tells the right story.

Join us if you want to ensure financial excellence, useinnovative reporting tools, and provide the transparent insights that support our rapid global growth.

The Role

• France operations: lead the accounting of our French ticketing entity, including the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, sub-ledger and cash reviews, and the supervision of team members, working closely with CFO of French ticketing entity to maintain high standards across the team-
• Closing and reporting: deliver the Group reporting package on time, prepare the statutory accounts under French GAAP and reconcile them with Group IFRS reporting.
• Audit: act as main point of contact for statutory auditors (CAC) and Group auditors, preparing audit files and answering requests.
• Tax and compliance coordination: be the main point of contact with external advisors, providing reliable data and reviewing their outputs.
• Management reporting support: provide analysis to management, ensuring consistency between the ledger and the management accounts.
• M&A accounting: execute acquisition analysis, map acquired entities’ charts of accounts to Group standards, validate data migrations and coordinate Day-1 readiness and the first unified close.
• Playbook and processes: build and maintain our Integration playbook and strengthen internal controls across the entities you work on.

What You’ll Do

• Book‑keeping of monthly transactions
• Reporting and controlling of entities expenses reviewing its correct coding within the accounting records
• Reconciliation of monthly revenues and reconciliation with payment processors
• Approve large financial transactions
• Contribute to financial audit processes
• Participate in and support various projects and continuous improvement efforts across the Accounting function
• Manage relationships with external accounting service providers to make the accounting function as accurate and agile as possible

Who You Are

• Education: Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field. DSCG / DEC (or equivalent) is valuable.
• Experience: 5–7 years of experience, including at least 3 years in a Big Four firm (audit or transaction services). Hands‑on experience with French statutory closings and audits.
• Technical skills: strong command of French GAAP and IFRS, including business combinations and purchase price allocation; experience with chart of accounts mapping and group reporting.
• Languages: native or bilingual French and professional English; Spanish is a plus
• Leadership: experience leading or coordinating a team, and comfortable working with external advisors and auditors.
• Tech stack: advanced Excel; experience with ERP migrations; knowledge of Business Central / Navision is a plus.
• Soft skills: strong ownership, meticulous, able to seamlessly balance operational priorities with tight project deadlines.
• Working knowledge of French tax (VAT, corporate income tax, CFE/CVAE, liasse fiscale) to steer tax advisors with confidence.
• FP&A literacy: budget vs. actual analysis, management reporting and cash flow forecasting.
• Experience in M&A transactions, due diligence, or post‑merger integrations.
• Background in ticketing, marketplaces or payments on behalf of third parties.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Attractive compensation package to reward your contributions and growth.
• 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences + free Candlelight voucher.
• Flexible remuneration with Cobee: meals, transport, training, and nursery support (tax‑exempt).
• Payflow: option to access part of your salary in advance.
• Taxdown: help optimizing and filing your taxes.
• Private health & dental insurance with Cigna: 100% covered by Fever. You can also add your family members via flexible remuneration.
• Wellhub membership for gym and wellness access: 100% covered by Fever up to the Silver plan.
• Language learning support: English and Spanish lessons.
• Hybrid work setup: home office friendly with a central Madrid office location.
• Snacks, drinks, and fresh fruit are always available at the office.
• Dynamic international team: a young, talented group creating a great work environment.

Thank you for considering joining Fever. We cannot wait to learn more about you!

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