US GAAP Specialist: Global Consolidation & ERP Transition

SixteenFifty; France; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SixteenFifty is seeking an experienced US GAAP Specialist to support a major finance transformation, including transition to SAP S/4HANA. The role involves reviewing historical Accounting and ensuring correct treatment in future reporting.

You will work with senior finance stakeholders across Europe, focusing on adjustments, consolidations, and close procedures while operating in a remote European setup with occasional travel to the South of France.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP in multinational reporting environments.
• Extensive experience in group consolidation, financial reporting and technical accounting.
• Practical understanding of topside journal entries, intercompany eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
• Background in external audit, accounting advisory or group financial reporting, ideally gained within a Big Four or other leading international accounting firm.
• Experience investigating complex accounting matters and producing clear, technically supported recommendations.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across international finance functions.

Responsibilities

• Analyse historical consolidation entries, including manual adjustments, intercompany eliminations and US GAAP-related postings.
• Investigate the purpose and background of existing accounting entries, working with finance teams across different regions to establish whether they remain necessary.
• Review current accounting practices and recommend which adjustments should continue, be revised or be discontinued.
• Document accounting recommendations, including the rationale and potential US GAAP reporting implications.
• Help establish how retained adjustments should be managed within the future ERP and reporting environment.
• Support improvements to financial close procedures, accounting controls and supporting documentation.
• Work alongside finance and IT teams throughout the reporting systems transition, providing functional accounting expertise.

Skills

US GAAP

Group consolidation

Financial reporting

Technical accounting

Topside journal entries

Intercompany eliminations

Consolidation adjustments

Audit experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Professional accounting qualifications (CPA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Oracle HFM

Hyperion

OneStream

SAP

Job description

SixteenFifty is seeking an experienced US GAAP Specialist to support a major finance transformation, including transition to SAP S/4HANA. The role involves reviewing historical Accounting and ensuring correct treatment in future reporting.

You will work with senior finance stakeholders across Europe, focusing on adjustments, consolidations, and close procedures while operating in a remote European setup with occasional travel to the South of France.