Manager - Client Accounting & Tax

CO_AFCSFR AFCS France; Paris; Sur place; EUR 85 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Apex Group in Paris seeks a Manager – Client Accounting & Tax to lead the day‑to‑day delivery of client accounting and tax compliance engagements. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will ensure statutory accounts, bookkeeping, VAT, corporate tax and related filings are prepared, reviewed and delivered to high professional standards.

The role requires a Qualified Expert‑Comptable in France, at least five years in a similar position, and fluency in French and English.

Qualifications

• 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 elevate complex matters appropriately.
• Experience supervising, coaching or developing junior accounting and tax professionals, including teams based in supporting locations.
• 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

Expert-Comptable

French accounting

VAT

Corporate tax

Bookkeeping

Team supervision

Fluent in French & English

Formation

Expert‑Comptable qualification

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 elevate complex matters appropriately.
• Experience supervising, coaching or developing junior accounting and tax professionals, including teams based in supporting locations.
• Fluent in French and English.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single‑source solution and unified cross asset‑class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross‑jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long‑standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people‑powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies.

Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people‑powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service‑led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people‑powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service‑led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.