Senior Banking & Reporting Accountant (PFS)

Pennylane SAS; Paris; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days 25

Company shares

Home office budget

Gymlib wellness access

Apple equipment

Job summary

Pennylane is building Pennylane Financial Services (PFS) and seeks a financial operations leader to lay the foundation of PFS's accounting model and controls. You will ensure reliable financial information from product events to prudential reporting and oversee daily reconciliations and capital needs forecasting in collaboration with the Head of Finance.

You will document decisions, liaise with auditors and the ACPR, and work across Product, Tech, and Regulatory teams to align metrics and

Qualifications

• Must-have: 6–7 years experience in financial services audit followed by accounting in a payment institution, financing company or bank.
• Must-have: strong PCEC, doubtful receivables and provisioning knowledge.
• Must-have: able to build the accounting model and run daily reconciliations, exceptions and closings.
• Must-have: comfortable with incomplete information and owning accounting decisions.
• Must-have: able to query large datasets independently.
• Must-have: works well with Engineering, Product, Data, Operations and Regulatory Lead; fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Build from scratch the accounting model and controls with Product and Tech, then run daily accounting as volumes increase.
• Own the figures and accounting decisions; prepare accounting-based prudential reports.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Lead to ensure deadlines, completeness and review of reports.

Skills

PCEC knowledge

Doubtful receivables

Provisioning

Accounting model

Daily reconciliations

Data querying

Cross-functional collaboration

French & English

Tools

Core Banking System

Accounting interpreter

Job description

Pennylane is building Pennylane Financial Services (PFS) and seeks a financial operations leader to lay the foundation of PFS's accounting model and controls. You will ensure reliable financial information from product events to prudential reporting and oversee daily reconciliations and capital needs forecasting in collaboration with the Head of Finance.

You will document decisions, liaise with auditors and the ACPR, and work across Product, Tech, and Regulatory teams to align metrics and