Senior Director, Accounting

Concentrix Conseil France; Paris; Vor Ort; EUR 150.000 - 230.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Concentrix is seeking a Senior Director of Accounting to lead financial operations across France and French-speaking Africa. You will oversee corporate and regional reporting, ensure US GAAP and local GAAP compliance, and drive closing processes with a focus on accuracy and controls.

You will manage a sizeable accounting team, partner with FP&A and Internal Audit, and own statutory filings, VAT and tax reporting, while implementing robust SOX controls and continuous process improvements across

Qualifikationen

• Senior accounting leadership experience in a multinational environment.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS/local GAAP.
• Experience with SOX controls and regulatory reporting.
• Proven track record in financial close and statutory reporting.
• Bi-lingual in French and English with excellent communication.

Aufgaben

• Oversee regional financial reporting and integrity of ledgers under US GAAP and local GAAP.
• Lead and develop a large accounting team; ensure alignment with policies.
• Manage monthly close calendars and tax compliance duties.
• Collaborate with FP&A and Internal Audit to validate close processes.
• Ensure VAT, CIT, and withholding tax filings are accurate and timely.

Kenntnisse

French/English fluency

Team leadership

Financial reporting

SOX compliance

US GAAP knowledge

Ausbildung

Master's in Accounting/Finance

CPA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Jobbeschreibung

Job Title: Senior Director, Accounting Job Description We're Concentrix. The intelligent transformation partner. Solution-focused. Tech-powered. Intelligence-fueled. The global technology and services leader that powers the world’s best brands, today and into the future. We’re solution-focused, tech-powered, intelligence-fueled. With unique data and insights, deep industry expertise, and advanced technology solutions, we’re the intelligent transformation partner that powers a world that works, helping companies become refreshingly simple to work, interact, and transact with. We shape new game-changing careers in over 70 countries, attracting the best talent. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Director of Accounting to lead our financial operations in the French region. This role is pivotal in ensuring the financial integrity and compliance of our accounting practices across the region which covers France and French speaking African countries. The entire region employs 25 000+ people and accounts for $650 m annual revenue across the 50 legal entities. The successful candidate will oversee a team of accountants, guiding the corporate, regional, and country-level financial reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Integrity and Reporting: Oversee the financial integrity of Corporate ledgers and ensure compliance with USGAAP and local GAAP standards. Lead the timely and accurate financial reporting across the French region, collaborating with various organizational departments.
• Team Leadership and Development: Manage and mentor a team of accountants, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Drive team alignment with corporate accounting policies and procedures to ensure consistent financial practices.
• Process and Compliance Management: Establish monthly close calendars and oversee ledger closures, ensuring compliance with corporate income tax requirements. Ensure adherence to SOX controls, working closely with Internal Audit for validation.
• Collaboration and Coordination: Coordinate closely with FP&A teams during monthly close to ensure the accurate reflection of financial transactions. Participate in the EMEA daily close calls with Accounting/GLSS and FP&A to resolve concerns and coordinate activities for the French region.
• Contribute to operational and reorganization projects in the region to ensure proper accounting and financial consequences are properly assessed.
• Statutory and Regulatory Compliance: Maintain ownership of local GAAP and statutory compliance, including audits and tax returns for CIT, VAT, and WHT. Act as a signatory for filings on behalf of the legal entity, ensuring adherence to regional regulations.
• Operational Excellence: Drive the approval and reconciliation of balance sheets and the segregation of duties for manual entries. Oversee the preparation, filing, and recovery of VAT and payment of WHT.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Accounting Finance, ideally graduate from Business School as well as CPA or equivalent professional certification preferred.
• Extensive experience in a senior accounting role, with significant exposure to French financial operations and preferably with Big 4 audit experience.
• Bi-Lingual with excellent French and English capabilities.
• Proven leadership experience managing large teams within a multinational context.
• Strong knowledge of local and international accounting standards and compliance requirements.
• Broad experience across industry and practice, with a proven track record in environments requiring reporting under multiple GAAP frameworks, including IFRS and US GAAP.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing accounting functions for large businesses, with a focus on forecasting, budgeting, and due diligence for acquisitions.
• In-depth knowledge of financial systems and their implementation, ensuring robust financial operations and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

Location: FRA Paris - 3 rue d'Heliopolis-Conseil

Language Requirements:

Time Type: Full time

Mission: Hi, we're Concentrix. We’re a global technology and services leader that powers the brands of the future. We help well-known brands — the ones you use every day — improve their businesses with technology and integrated solutions, in over 70 countries.

Company Overview

We power the brands of the future. Some call us a global technology and services leader. But we’re so much more. Human-centered, tech-powered, intelligence fuelled. Every day we’re busy helping over 2000 of the world's best brands solve their toughest business challenges. Whether it’s…… designing game-changing brand experiences, building and scaling secure AI technologies, or building loyalty to drive revenue. We’ve got them covered. But how? We design, build, and run fully integrated, end-to-end solutions across the entire enterprise, at speed and scale. We’re the strategic thinkers who design brand-defining experiences. The technologists & engineers who build smarter solutions. And the operational experts who run it all and make it work seamlessly. By integrating strategy & design with data & analytics, enterprise technology, and digital operations. You could say, at the heart of everything we do lies a commitment to transform the way companies connect, interact, and grow across the world and into the future.

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