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Senior Accountant | Paris
TransPerfect
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Paris, Île-de-France, France
Experience
Mid-level · 4+ years
Job description
Senior Accountant responsible for tracking, monitoring and evaluating day-to-day accounting tasks and activities for local legal entities, ensuring accurate financial results and reporting.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Languages
- English – fluent, French – fluent
What you'll do
- Supervise monthly closure and reconciliations and ensure accounting transactions are performed correctly on time
- Preparation and closing of the statutory financial statements and group packages in accordance with local GAAP and US GAAP and in collaboration with tax consultants and auditors
- Control of all VAT and corporate tax requirements
- Interaction with the shared service centre for accounting and administration issues
- Management, updating and optimizing of all administrative-financial processes and procedures in accordance with internal audits rules
- Oversee and be responsible for the preparation of all monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting activities, all statutory filings and local tax matters
- Support the transfer pricing document preparation in cooperation with tax consultant
- Liaise with internal and external auditors and subject matter experts on accounting, reporting and tax issues
- Provide assistance to local Management on local projects within the finance/tax area
What we're looking for
- Degree in Business Administration or similar in the Accounting and Finance areas
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in a responsibility role in a modern structured and international company
- Proactive approach, organizational capacity, problem solving, confidentiality, ability to work in a team and leadership experience
- Good knowledge of French tax legislation and general accounting of financial statements in FR GAAP
- Fluent in written and spoken English and French
- Strong knowledge of Office package and in particular Excel at an advanced level
- Inclusive working style and effective communication skills are essential
- Detailed knowledge of calculations and filings for French VAT and payroll tax / social deductions
Nice to have
- Good knowledge of Great Plains beneficial