Financial Reporting Manager

Job Description

The Financial Reporting Manager (M/F) will report directly to the Director Financial Controller France.

The Financial Reporting Manager (M/F) will be responsible for a direct subordinate, the Financial Accountant. The entire team is located in France.

They will benefit from significant collaboration and support from the offshore team, based in Bangalore, as well as some collaboration between all local finance teams. The Financial Reporting Manager (M/F) will need to work directly with internal and external stakeholders and advisors.

Main responsibilities and missions:

Financial Reporting, Compliance and Accounting:

• Support the Director Financial Controller, France in the preparation and coordination of the monthly close (MEC) for management accounts, including variance analysis.
• Review monthly profit and loss, balance sheet, and key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Control agreed accounting activities to ensure they are carried out in accordance with national regulatory reporting requirements and CN Global standard processes, policies and controls (including US GAAP).
• Preparation of statutory financial statements according to local GAAP and all associated regulatory documents.
• Participate, where applicable, in the local GAAP statutory audit process, including engaging with KPMG to ensure the audit process, deadlines and consistency.
• Manage and support (other) external audit assignments (e.g., VAT, taxes) and internal audits (GIA).
• Review tax calculations and VAT declarations and liaise with tax advisors.
• Preparation of cash flow forecasts, including monthly variance analysis.
• Review and approve all low to medium value manual journals and all judgment-based manual journals.

Management:

• Line management responsibility for the Financial Accountant to achieve overall and local objectives.
• Liaise with the Bangalore team to resolve issues and ensure MEC deadlines are met.
• Creation and production of accounts receivable and payable management reports.
• Maintain and manage the expense reimbursement system.
• Manage and oversee tax compliance, intercompany operations, transfer pricing policies, etc.

Process Improvement:

• Review the balance sheet reconciliation process carried out by the Controlling Operations team, assess the quality of reconciliations, contribute to action plans to address unreconciled items and approve low to medium priority reconciliations that have been agreed.
• Contribute to defining reporting standards, policies, processes and internal controls with stakeholders, including Controlling Operations, Corporate Finance, Tax and Treasury departments.
• Support the Bangalore Controlling Ops team to identify and implement process and technology improvement and standardization opportunities, including taking part in initiatives that will enable the retirement of existing applications by transitioning to our global processes and systems.
• Apply understanding of assigned accounting processes to identify gaps and propose continuous improvement measures.

Desired Profile

• Qualified accountant, with post-qualification experience.
• Technical skills in local GAAP and professional financial analysis; ideally, experience and understanding of US GAAP.
• Experience in a mid-level financial role within a large, complex organization and in leading management control teams.
• Good working knowledge of direct and indirect taxation, including corporate tax, VAT, and personal income tax.
• Experience in financial process transformation and automation and managing change adoption in financial and non-financial teams.
• Internal networking
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Industry knowledge
• Technical expertise
• Workday experience desired

Location:

Paris, 75C

To join us?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below. We will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your CV or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile. Condé Nast respects the principle of equal opportunities.

Assignments and responsibilities may be adjusted based on years of experience.

Compensation is also based on experience.