Manager - Client Accounting & Tax

Apex Group Ltd; Paris; Sur place; EUR 85 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Apex Group Ltd in Paris seeks a Manager – Client Accounting & Tax to oversee day-to-day client accounting and tax engagements, ensuring statutory accounts, VAT and corporate tax filings are accurate and timely.

The role requires Expert-Comptable qualification, 5+ years of experience, and fluency in French and English. You will report to the Head of Operations and support the team across locations at high professional standards.

Qualifications

• Expert-Comptable qualification required; strong knowledge of OEC professional standards.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar position.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsabilités

• Lead the delivery of accounting and tax compliance engagements for assigned clients, ensuring work is planned, reviewed and completed to agreed deadlines.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements, corporate tax returns and related filings in accordance with regulatory deadlines and applicable professional standards.
• Maintain quality control over bookkeeping, VAT, tax filings and accounting records, confirming completeness, accuracy and compliance before submission or escalation.
• Review work prepared by junior team members and supporting locations, ensuring appropriate quality control, documentation and follow-up of outstanding matters.
• Escalate matters involving professional judgement, technical complexity, independence, ethics or client risk to the Responsible Expert-Comptable.
• Coach, supervise and develop the junior accounting and tax team based locally or in supporting locations, promoting technical development, accountability and consistent delivery standards.

Connaissances

French

English

Formation

Expert-Comptable designation

Description du poste

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Manager – Client Accounting & Tax

Description

The Manager – Client Accounting & Tax is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of client accounting and tax compliance engagements. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the role ensures that statutory accounts, bookkeeping, VAT, corporate tax and related filings are prepared, reviewed and delivered to the required professional and regulatory standards.

The role must be held by an Expert-Comptable and is expected to maintain high professional standards in line with the requirements of the Ordre des Experts-Comptables. The Manager acts as a key technical and operational support to the Head of Operations and escalates matters requiring professional judgement to the Responsible Expert-Comptable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of accounting and tax compliance engagements for assigned clients, ensuring work is planned, reviewed and completed to agreed deadlines.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements, corporate tax returns and related filings in accordance with regulatory deadlines and applicable professional standards.
• Maintain quality control over bookkeeping, VAT, tax filings and accounting records, confirming completeness, accuracy and compliance before submission or escalation.
• Review work prepared by junior team members and supporting locations, ensuring appropriate quality control, documentation and follow-up of outstanding matters.
• Escalate matters involving professional judgement, technical complexity, independence, ethics or client risk to the Responsible Expert-Comptable.
• Coach, supervise and develop the junior accounting and tax team based locally or in supporting locations, promoting technical development, accountability and consistent delivery standards.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Qualified Expert-Comptable in France, with strong knowledge of OEC professional standards and obligations.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in similar position
• Strong technical expertise in French accounting, statutory financial statements, corporate tax compliance, VAT and bookkeeping requirements.
• Experience managing a portfolio of corporate services clients and delivering accounting and tax compliance engagements to strict deadlines.
• Ability to review technical work, identify risk areas, resolve delivery issues and escalated complex matters appropriately.
• Experience supervising, coaching or developing junior accounting and tax professionals, including teams based in supporting locations.
• Fluent in French and English.