Senior Accountant
Indexed description
- Lead end-to-end French GAAP accounting for French real estate entities.
- Prepare and/or review monthly, quarterly, and annual closing entries (accruals, cut-offs, provisions, reclassifications, FX adjustments).
- Supervise and complete the AC3 (or equivalent) working file: load balances, post adjustments, reconcile accounts, and ensure a complete audit trail.
- Review and challenge client schedules (fixed assets, capex, depreciation, loans, leases, rent rolls, provisions, employee benefits) and reconcile them with the general ledger.
- Prepare and review French statutory financial statements (liasse, balance sheet, P&L, annexes), ensuring FEC compliance and accurate mapping from the working files.
- Coordinate with tax teams and/or external advisors to align statutory accounts with CIT, VAT, and other tax filings; support the preparation of related supporting documentation.
- Extract, reconcile, and validate trial balances from client ERPs/reporting tools, ensuring the correct period, entity, currency, and comparatives.
- Perform detailed IFRS-to-French GAAP conversions: identify differences, post bridging entries, and document all adjustments and underlying assumptions.
- Analyze and classify P&L items (rental income, service charges, operating expenses, property taxes, financing costs) in line with French GAAP and client charts of accounts.
- Supervise Junior Accountants: allocate work, review files, provide feedback, and ensure adherence to deadlines and quality standards.
- Contribute to process improvement and automation (e.g., Excel tools, ERP/reporting enhancements) to increase efficiency and reduce manual errors.
The role also includes preparing annual financial statements, coordinating with tax teams or local team, and performing a first-level technical review of work prepared by junior staff.
A key aspect of the position is to support process standardization and continuous improvement of templates, checklists, and procedures, while providing on-the-job training, guidance, and best practices to develop junior team members
Et si c’était vous ?
- The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance (DSCG, Master CCA or equivalent) and has around 5 years of experience with strong exposure to French GAAP, ideally within a shared service center or an audit firm. Experience with real estate entities and with IFRS / IFRS-to-local-GAAP conversions is a strong advantage.
- You have solid knowledge of French statutory requirements, good working knowledge of IFRS, strong Excel skills, and are comfortable working with ERPs and reporting tools.
- We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical professional, capable of managing structured processes and controls and communicating clearly with international stakeholders. Professional fluency in French and working proficiency in English are required.
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