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Mission
The Controllership organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the team as Country Controller for France. This role will play a critical part in supervising and ensuring compliance in the areas of accounting and reporting, providing support to the business and collaborating with the board and the works' council.
The successful candidate will be an experienced accounting professional with strong corporate finance skills and exposure to tax and corporate governance topics. This individual must have a confirmed ability to engage with various partners in a fast paced and growing environment. Experience in project management is a plus!
Responsibilities
Compliance and governance
- Ensure French GAAP accounting standards and regulations are appropriately actioned and reflected in our processes and reporting;
- Prepare/review all reporting obligations (BDSE, documents prévisionnels);
- Support audits and tax queries;
- Monitor and support external quotations or ratings;
- Support local risk assessment.
External reporting
- Ensure accurate financial statements are prepared, approved and filed;
- Prepare/review technical accounting memos;
- Prepare and present relevant financial data to business, board and works council;
- Prepare FAQ's with public relations team in the release of financial documents.
Supporting the business
- Support the directors' fulfillment of their duties;
- Support the country leader in providing financial data insight;
- Propose performance indicators and identify operational improvements.
Beyond those responsibilities, we are expecting leadership to represent controllership in the various company projects and development!
Qualifications:
- Confirmed financial and accounting experience;
- Fully proficient in French and English;
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal;
- Capability to build interpersonal relationships and networks;
- Ability to work in a multicultural and fast paced environment;
- Ability to balance multiple requirements and initiatives;
- Critical thinking, ability to understand the big picture;
- Attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
- Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the strengths for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.).
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good- you've come to the right place.
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