General Accountant - Air Cargo Finance (Marseille)

CMA CGM; Marseille; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM Air Cargo in Marseille seeks a General Accountant (M/F) to maintain financial information, manage statutory accounts, IFRS adjustments and support the group finance teams. You will supervise supplier and customer accounting, perform monthly closings, handle VAT and corporate taxes, and assist audits. Occasional travel to Paris may be required.

Requires a Finance/Accounting degree, strong Excel skills, and fluent English; a proactive, team‑oriented mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance/Accounting (Bachelor’s or Master’s level) with a strong interest in accounting tools and Excel and a good command of operational English.
• Team spirit, organizational skills, methodical approach, and willingness to learn to carry out assigned missions.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage supplier payments, including specifics related to the air cargo environment;
• Actively engage with suppliers (account reconciliation, payments, invoices, credit notes, claims management, etc.);
• Assist in preparing the supplier cash flow forecast;
• Lead weekly meetings to review supplier invoices;
• Support the tracking of invoices in the group’s spending commitment tool;
• Monitor performance indicators and ensure compliance.
• Oversee projects to adapt and improve the customer invoicing process;
• Actively participate in customer invoicing, track flight schedule changes, and adjust invoicing accordingly;
• Monitor customer collections and weekly customer follow-ups;
• Track new customer contracts and liaise with management control;
• Actively engage with customers (payments, invoices, credit notes, claims management, etc.).
• Independently produce closing entries for around ten SPV-type entities;
• Frame revenue related to dedicated flights (PCA, FAE, AAE) in collaboration with management control;
• Record IFRS/IAS entries (particularly related to IFRS 16 and IAS 19);
• Supervise intercompany balances;
• Assist in preparing accounting and financial reports for the group’s financial management;
• Support the Head of Accounting and Consolidation in preparing the monthly income statement.
• Assist in preparing and standardizing legal accounting documents (annual balance sheet, income statement, appendices);
• Support during audits of the accounts.
• Monthly VAT;
• Taxes (corporate tax installments, office tax, CFE, CVAE, IFU, rent declarations, DAS 2, TVS);
• Calculate and determine semi-annual and quarterly tax results;
• Monthly aeronautical declarations to the DGAC (TA and TNSA);
• Assist in preparing accounting and tax packages on Cegid TAX.
• Respond to statistical surveys from INSEE and Banque de France;
• Participate in implementing and monitoring CMA CGM Air Cargo’s carbon offset process;
• Train shared service center team members on new topics.

Skills

Operational English

Excel

Flexibility

Proactivity

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

Job description

CMA CGM Air Cargo in Marseille seeks a General Accountant (M/F) to maintain financial information, manage statutory accounts, IFRS adjustments and support the group finance teams. You will supervise supplier and customer accounting, perform monthly closings, handle VAT and corporate taxes, and assist audits. Occasional travel to Paris may be required.

Requires a Finance/Accounting degree, strong Excel skills, and fluent English; a proactive, team‑oriented mindset is essential.