Financial & Statutory Accounting Lead (H/F)

Roquette Frères; France; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading global ingredients company is seeking a Financial & Statutory Accounting Lead, preferably in Lille. The role entails overseeing financial management and ensuring compliance with regional accounting standards. Key responsibilities include managing month-end activities, liaising with controllers for financial reporting, and collaboration with remote teams. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and benefits such as telecommuting options.

Prestations

RTT

Time Savings Account

Incentives

Organizational flexibility through telecommuting

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing finance/accounting operations.
• Ability to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial operations.
• Experience with tax returns and compliance.

Responsabilités

• Oversee financial management and accounting operations for legal entities.
• Manage month-end closing activities and validate reconciliations.
• Liaise with controllers on financial reporting and consolidation.

Connaissances

Strong knowledge of Finance accounting and tax

Ability to work with remote teams

Communication and change management

Stakeholders' management

Description du poste

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference? Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

We are looking for a Financial & Statutory Accounting Lead. This position will preferably be located in Lille (France).

As a Financial & Statutory Accounting Lead, you will be responsible for the financial management and legal entity reporting within the designated region. This role involves ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial operations, compliance with regional accounting standards, reviewing and approving tax returns, and effective collaboration with outsourced finance/accounting and tax business service partners and the Global and Regional Controllers.

You will be responsible for:

• Financial Management and Operations: Oversee and manage finance/accounting operations for legal entities within the region, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll, ensuring costs are complete and recorded accurately.
• Partner with Financial Planning and Analysis on cost accruals and budgeting/forecasting.
• Manage month-end closing activities and validate reconciliation activities performed by outsourced service partners.

Reporting, Compliance, Month End Closing and Consolidation:

• Liaise with the Regional and Global Controllers on financial reporting and consolidation matters.
• Produce and optimize monthly financial reports according to business needs.
• Prepare statutory books and coordinate with the outsourced finance & accounting business services for Finance and Tax as well as working with external auditors.
• Review and approve Tax and VAT returns forms and interact with Global tax teams as well as Tax BPO partner.
• Liaise with process owners on process improvements and oversee data reporting, tracking, planning, and auditing.
• Coordinate internal and external auditing processes.

What will we love about you?

• Strong knowledge of Finance accounting and tax.
• Knowledge of the other functions in the value chain: manufacturing, procurement, sales and distribution.
• Ability to work with remote teams (BPO partners, etc.).
• Communication and change management.
• Stakeholders' management (Country business teams, Management from other functions, Global teams, BPO partners).

What will you love about us?

• Opportunities to learn and develop in an entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation.
• Our internal mobility policy.
• Benefits such as: RTT, Time Savings Account, Incentives.
• The possibility of combining professional and personal life through telecommuting and organizational flexibility.

Rquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. Roquette strives to create a dynamic workforce while remaining firmly committed to equal opportunity by complying with EEO laws.