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As a Management Accountant you will report to the Head of Accounting and perform/coordinate accounting duties within our Organization in close collaboration with local management and our company headquarters in Paris.

Your responsibilities will include delivering an accurate & timely month end, preparing monthly management accounts, performing account reconciliations, maintaining the general ledger, preparing tax returns, and assisting with audit preparations. Participate to various projects in which efficiency & accuracy of our accounting mission is improved - finally you will become the main go to person for all accounting needs and form successful “Business Intelligence Pods”

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Month end entries (prepayment, accruals, fixed assets…)
• In charge of the monthly closings and reporting
• Posting and reconciliation of IFRS16 leases
• Preparation of monthly profit and loss accounts and variance analysis
• Preparation of monthly balance sheets and liaison with Consolidation teams in Paris
• Review/full reconciliation of all balance sheet balances
• Input of consolidation / reporting package (Group tool)
• Reporting analyses (cash flow, debt, corporation tax …)
• Preparation of statutory accounts
• Preparation of corporation tax computation in liaison with external tax advisor
• Coordination of year end audit with the external auditors
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Preparation of bank reconciliations
• Reconciliation and clearing of concessions accounts
• Reconciliation and clearing of cash and credit card sales payments
• Operational support to stores and other Head Office departments

Other Ad Hoc projects (Digitalisation of Petty Cash, participation to Stock take, store support)

Education and experience:

Qualified or partly qualified ACCA candidate

Experience of accounts preparation

Experience of VAT and corporation tax

Experience in retail industry

Strong reconciliation skills with very good attention to detail

Strong technical skills (UK GAAP and IFRS)

SAP knowledge

Interpersonal skills:

Strong communications and interpersonal skills and a pro-active approach to challenges.

Attention to details

Ability to meet deadlines

French Speaker is a plus