Senior Accountant Controller- IFRS

Adecco Recruitment is seeking for a Senior Accountant Controller- IFRS for our client that is an international group acting in the banking sector.

Responsabilities:

• Within Company and its Shared Service Center SSC responsible for the accounting of the European subsidiaries and more especially for the financial instrument accounting department;
• Validation and certification of the balance-sheet/off balance-sheet accounts in French GAAP for JVFR and IFRS by a reconciliation between accounting and Arpson Back Office application;
• Validation and analysis of the P&L by a reconciliation between accounting and controlling recalculation;
• Liaise with systems maintenance department in case of incidents or necessary system evolution;
• Ensure the formalization of the reconciliations and of the accounts certification;
• Ensure the relation and communication with the local accounting services, Back and Middle Offices, internal and external auditors for the financial market operation accounting department scope;
• Define and test accounting schemes for new JV financial operations (derivatives, hedging, securities, loans);
• As part of project management, required to participate in the establishment of new products or in the evolution study of existing operating systems;
• Analysis of mismatches on the reconciliations and correction by Back Office Application or by manual entries in accounting;
• Justification of the accounts and Inter/Co transactions;
• Respect of deadlines for the production and submission of financial statements for both shareholders;
• Analyses for account variations;
• Detection of accounting incidents declaration of the operational incidents.

Profile:

• Strong knowledge on IFRS, intercompany transactions, and experience with accounting research;
• Experience in banking sector (plus);
• Master Degree in Accounting (plus);
• Fluent in English, French is advantage,
• Excellent command with Excel and manipulating large data sets is a must;
• Strong quantitative analysis skillset, with the ability to read, analyse, interpret and explain complex financial data;
• Be a self-starter, have a positive attitude, maintain a solution-oriented work ethic,
• Heavy emphasis on communication and being a team-player;
• Motivated by new challenges, strive to be consistently learning and improving;
• Ability to work dynamically with a variety of internal business partners;
• SAP, IBM Emulation (AS400), Magnitude and Arpson experience is helpful.