Financial, Internal Control and Consolidation Leader (m/f/d) Permanent Contract

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In line with the company's vision and its ESG trajectory, we are recruiting our future Financial Control, Internal Control & Consolidation Leader. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will guarantee the reliability of the Group's financial and extra-financial performance, the robustness of the internal control system, as well as the quality of consolidation. This position is part of a logic of securing, performance, compliance, and decision support at the highest level of the company. You play a central role at the interface between accounting, management control, ESG/CSR teams, business departments, country teams, statutory auditors, and General Management. As such, you contribute to strengthening the Group's financial governance by implementing frameworks, controls, analyses, and reporting that ensure a reliable global reading of financial and extra-financial performance. Your role will revolve around the following responsibilities:

Drive financial and extra-financial performance for the scope You guarantee the reliability of financial and extra-financial data produced by entities, business departments, and central functions. You build an integrated vision of performance by articulating results, cash, balance sheet, capex, stocks, and main extra-financial KPIs. You supervise closings, forecasts, budgets, and plans, ensuring alignment between economic performance and the ESG trajectory. You analyze variances, identify risks or inconsistencies, and propose necessary corrective actions. You produce analyses and reporting for the CFO and General Management to inform decision-making. Support the CSRD transition and the structuring of sustainability reporting You contribute to the implementation of the steering and reporting framework meeting CSRD requirements. You participate in defining indicators, management rules, production responsibilities, and control mechanisms associated with extra-financial data. You ensure the reliability of collection, consolidation, documentation, and review processes for sustainability data. You ensure consistency between financial reporting, sustainability reporting, and data governance to guarantee a sustainable and auditable system. Ensure Group consolidation You lead the statutory and management consolidation process of the Group. You define and evolve closing instructions, the calendar, reporting rules, and consolidation principles. You guarantee the quality of reporting packages, adjustments, intra-group eliminations, and associated documentation. You supervise the production of consolidated statements and analyses intended for the CFO, General Management, shareholders, and auditors. You are the referent for technical consolidation topics and support evolutions having an impact on financial production. Define and drive internal control You build and maintain the Group's internal control framework for the main finance, data, and business processes. You map financial, operational, regulatory, and extra-financial risks, then define key controls and associated remediation plans. You lead testing campaigns, evaluate the effectiveness of controls, and monitor action plans. You spread a pragmatic and risk-oriented internal control culture within the Group. Manage the relationship with statutory auditors and governance stakeholders You are the primary contact for statutory auditors on financial control, consolidation, internal control, and data reliability topics. You coordinate audit work and secure the quality of elements and responses provided. You prepare summary and decision-support materials for the CFO and governance bodies. Structure tools, processes, and reporting You optimize tools, processes, and reporting to strengthen the quality, speed, traceability, and auditability of information. You harmonize definitions, management rules, reporting formats, and monitoring indicators within the Group. You secure the closing, consolidation, internal control, and extra-financial reporting processes. You support the skill development of teams through a clear framework and robust standards. Manage the team and develop the function You supervise, lead, and develop the team. You strengthen the technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills of employees. You promote a transversal, demanding, and collaborative way of working with Finance, ESG, and business teams. You carry the vision and transformation of the function in line with the ambitions of the Finance Department.

Master's degree (Business school, engineering, or equivalent). Minimum 10 years of experience in audit, financial control, consolidation, or internal control in an international Group environment. Recognized expertise in driving financial performance, consolidation, and risk governance. Good understanding of ESG issues and CSRD compliance. Ability to structure reliable, auditable, and decision-oriented reporting systems. Proven leadership, strong analytical capacity, and ease in exchanges with top management. Mastery of financial tools and an excellent data culture. Fluent English.

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