Assistant Accounting Manager & Management Control (M/F)

About the company

Do you like your figures to be used for decision-making? Join the STS Europe Business Unit, within the Finance team, for a position as the right hand to the Accounting Manager, combining accounting, treasury, Group reporting, and management control. You will be a key interlocutor for industrial sites, Management, and the Group, with real visibility regarding your work.

Your tasks

1 - Accounting reporting and consolidation

• Upload general accounting trial balances and their appendices into the Group tool Tagetik;
• Perform inter-company reconciliations and monitor associated flows;
• Prepare accounts in French standards and IFRS, as well as Group IFRS reporting;
• Act as the IFRS 16 referent and guarantor of its correct processing;
• Control balance sheet items (French GAAP and IFRS) and the consistency of closing provisions submitted by management controllers.

2 - Management control and steering

• Contribute to the budgeting process in connection with the BU management controllers;
• Analyze variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts, and feed monthly steering reports;
• Establish the Rolling Forecast for cash for the STS Europe BU;
• Ensure the reliability of provisions (including customer accruals) and inform Management decisions through clear analyses.

3 - Treasury and financial relations

• Manage the assignment of accounts receivable and oversee supplier payment management;
• Administer NETCASH and manage bank signature powers;
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with banks and the credit insurer.

4 - Accounting, taxation, and legal

• Ensure the application of internal control rules and guarantee the correct entry and archiving of accounting data;
• Prepare VAT returns (CA3, DEB), the tax return, and associated annual declarations;
• Prepare legal documents for the General Assembly;
• Maintain the relationship with the Statutory Auditors and the Group's central Accounting/Treasury departments;
• Manage e-invoicing;
• Provide functional support to the accounting team as a technical leader, and contribute to process improvement (SAP).

Requirements

• Master's degree (Bac +5) in accounting, finance, management control, or equivalent (DSCG preferred);
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a comparable position, in an audit/accounting firm or in a company, ideally in an industrial and multi-site environment;
• Solid mastery of general accounting, French and IFRS standards (including IFRS 16), VAT, and corporate taxation;
• Good understanding of management control: budget, variance analysis, forecast;
• Proficiency in SAP Finance; knowledge of Tagetik, NETCASH, or consolidation tools is a plus;
• Fluent English, both spoken and written, to communicate with the Group;
• Rigor, analytical skills, interpersonal ease, and a taste for teamwork.

Other

• A versatile position at the crossroads of accounting, treasury, and management control;
• Direct contact with BU Management, industrial sites, and the Group;
• An international environment;
• Remote work possible, attractive CSE, company restaurant